President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their first state visit to the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019, ahead of a dinner with then-Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Chris Jackson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Chris Jackson/AFP When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid his first visit to President Trump in the
A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland located near central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Gray/AFP via Getty Images A vaccine has been approved to help protect koalas against chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in fighting the disease that
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Sunday, as Israel intensified its attacks
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their first state visit to the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019, ahead of a dinner with then-Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Chris Jackson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Chris Jackson/AFP When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid his first visit to President Trump in the
A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland located near central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Gray/AFP via Getty Images A vaccine has been approved to help protect koalas against chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in fighting the disease that
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Sunday, as Israel intensified its attacks
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, in August 1932. Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images ISLE OF LEWIS, Scotland — On a windswept island 40 miles off Scotland's northwest coast, a 19th century castle turned museum echoes with Gaelic ballads about homesickness and loss. For centuries, islanders lined fishing
A demonstrator stands on the head of the South Bank lion that sits on the side of the Westminster Bridge, during a Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom march and rally in London, on Saturday. Joanna Chan/AP hide caption toggle caption Joanna Chan/AP LONDON — A London march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew more
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their first state visit to the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019, ahead of a dinner with then-Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Chris Jackson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Chris Jackson/AFP When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid his first visit to President Trump in the
A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland located near central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Gray/AFP via Getty Images A vaccine has been approved to help protect koalas against chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in fighting the disease that
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Sunday, as Israel intensified its attacks
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, in August 1932. Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images ISLE OF LEWIS, Scotland — On a windswept island 40 miles off Scotland's northwest coast, a 19th century castle turned museum echoes with Gaelic ballads about homesickness and loss. For centuries, islanders lined fishing
A demonstrator stands on the head of the South Bank lion that sits on the side of the Westminster Bridge, during a Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom march and rally in London, on Saturday. Joanna Chan/AP hide caption toggle caption Joanna Chan/AP LONDON — A London march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew more
A picture of the inside of the David Bowie Centre, a new archive at the V&A East Storehouse in London, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, ahead of its public opening. Joanna Chan/AP hide caption toggle caption Joanna Chan/AP Anyone looking for Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and The Man Who Sold The World can now find all
Emergency teams work at the site of a derailed electric streetcar in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday. Armando Franca/AP hide caption toggle caption Armando Franca/AP LISBON, Portugal — The death toll in the crash of a famous Lisbon streetcar popular with tourists rose to 17 Thursday after two of the 23 injured people died, an emergency
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule
Soldiers rehearse prior to the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square on September 03, 2025, in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Frayer/Getty Images China holds a military parade that is about more that commemorating the end
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories A bipartisan group of Congress members are trying today to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the
Tourists gather at a parking lot in the center of Berlin, Germany. Greg Rosalsky/NPR hide caption toggle caption Greg Rosalsky/NPR This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. BERLIN — On a Wednesday afternoon in late August, I traveled to a tourist attraction in the heart of Germany's capital. If
President Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP A federal appeals court late Tuesday blocked President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans the administration says are gang members, likely setting up a legal clash at
China's President Xi Jinping, center, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, arrive at a reception in the Great Hall of the People, following a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2025. JADE
The USS Sampson, a U.S. Navy missile destroyer, docks in Panama City, Panama, on Sept. 2. The deployment comes amid a broader U.S. Naval presence in Caribbean waters following President Donald Trump's order last month to take action against Latin American drug cartels. Daniel Gonzalez/Anadolu/via Getty hide caption toggle caption Daniel Gonzalez/Anadolu/via Getty Tensions between
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their first state visit to the United Kingdom on June 4, 2019, ahead of a dinner with then-Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Chris Jackson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Chris Jackson/AFP When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid his first visit to President Trump in the
A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland located near central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Gray/AFP via Getty Images A vaccine has been approved to help protect koalas against chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in fighting the disease that
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/POOL REUTERS/ AP JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Sunday, as Israel intensified its attacks
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, in August 1932. Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images ISLE OF LEWIS, Scotland — On a windswept island 40 miles off Scotland's northwest coast, a 19th century castle turned museum echoes with Gaelic ballads about homesickness and loss. For centuries, islanders lined fishing
A demonstrator stands on the head of the South Bank lion that sits on the side of the Westminster Bridge, during a Tommy Robinson-led Unite the Kingdom march and rally in London, on Saturday. Joanna Chan/AP hide caption toggle caption Joanna Chan/AP LONDON — A London march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew more
