The US Supreme Court was set to hear a crucial case Wednesday weighing whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion violates federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care.

It's Day 201 of the Israel-Hamas war – fire exchanges in Israel's northern border with Lebanon have only escalated in recent days even as the Israeli army prepares for a planned ground invasion of Rafah, where most Palestinian civilians are sheltering.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in China on Wednesday as the United States ramps up pressure on its main rival over its support for Russia, while seeking to manage tensions between the two powers.

In the battleground state of Pennsylvania, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured victories in their respective primary races, solidifying their positions as their parties' presumptive nominees for the 2024 presidential election.

David Pecker's revelations about a secretive arrangement to boost Trump's candidacy and undermine his opponents have sparked significant interest and scrutiny.

The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.