Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south

U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war

Japan’s H3 rocket has returned to flight with the debut of its new low-cost variant

Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan say they were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues

Economic data has shown Argentina’s inflation slowing for the second straight month in May

U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening

{S&P 500 rallies 1.8% for its biggest gain in 2 months on hopes for a US-Iran deal to get oil flowing again} (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the percentage change as 1.7%.})