President Trump again expressed confidence in U.S. intelligence agencies and their assessment of Russian interference Wednesday, but declined to say whether he believes Vladimir Putin was lying when he denied Russia was behind the meddling effort. Mr. Trump made the…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- It was a warm homecoming for Adul Sam-On, one of 12 boys who spent weeks trapped in a Thai cave. He was released from the hospital Wednesday, where he's spent the past week with his teammates and…
Last Updated Jul 18, 2018 6:04 PM EDT President Trump told "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor Wednesday it's "true" Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and he "would" hold Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible for interference. Mr. Trump,…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- Trapped in the recesses of a flooded cave, 12 boys and their soccer coach were trying to dig their way out when they heard voices in the darkness. The coach quickly told everyone to be quiet. …
Speaking at the White House briefing for the first time in more than two weeks due to President Trump's travels, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Mr. Trump's claim that he misspoke at Monday's press conference with Russian…
As the Thai soccer team that was trapped in a cave for more than two weeks heads home from the hospital, they could still face potential physical and psychological challenges. Despite looking like normal teenage boys at Wednesday's press conference…
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Pro-government forces have seized a major opposition stronghold in Nicaragua. In a violent bid to silence protesters, police and gunman loyal to President Daniel Ortega launched a sweeping crackdown in the city of Masaya on Tuesday. Juan Sebastian Chamorro, executive…
A fire vehicle is seen as fire burns in Karbole, Sweden, on July 15, 2018. Mats Andersson/AFP/Getty Images HELSINKI -- Sweden says it has mobilized all available resources to put out dozens of wildfires raging across the country. Thousands of…
JOHANNESBURG -- They are called the born-frees; black South Africans born after Nelson Mandela became the country's first democratically elected president after 27 years in jail. They were born free, after decades of racist rule, but for many of them…
JOHANNESBURG -- They are called the born-frees; black South Africans born after Nelson Mandela became the country's first democratically elected president after 27 years in jail. They were born free, after decades of racist rule, but for many of them…
Last Updated Jul 18, 2018 8:57 AM EDT The European Union is hitting Google with a record $5 billion fine for abusing the market dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system. The fine, which had been widely expected this…
A view out the window of a crashing plane is shown in this screen grab from a video shot on a phone inside the cabin. AIRLIVE A small plane carrying passengers on a luxury air safari crashed outside Pretoria, South…
Nearly a month after they first went missing in a cave in Thailand, 12 boys and their soccer coach are going home Wednesday. Ahead of their release, "CBS This Morning" spoke to a mom of one of the boys. Chanta…
The 12 members of a soccer team and their coach rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand finally regained their full freedom on Wednesday, walking out of a hospital a week after they emerged from 18 days trapped underground.…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk apologized on Tuesday for calling one of the cavers crucial to the rescue of a Thai boys' soccer team a "pedo," accepting that the tweet to his 22.3 million followers was unjustified. Musk backed into the…
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Nicaraguan police and armed pro-government civilians on Tuesday laid siege to and then retook a symbolically important neighborhood that had recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. Government forces began advancing on Masaya's…
The world's first lab-grown beef burger is seen after it was cooked at a launch event in west London on Aug. 5, 2013. Reuters BERLIN -- A Dutch company that presented the world's first lab-grown beef burger five years ago said…
Former President Barack Obama weighed in with his perspective on the "strange and uncertain times that we are in" as he delivered a major address in South Africa Tuesday. Mr. Obama was invited to give the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture…
Kylian Mbappe of France will donate his earnings to a children's charity after the team won the World Cup. Ian MacNicol / Getty Images On top of the world after France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win its second-ever World Cup…
Nicaraguan national police and armed pro-government civilians laid siege to a symbolically important neighborhood that has recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. Government forces began advancing on the Monimbo neighborhood in the city of Masaya…
[cbsn] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and his summit with Russian President Donald Trump (all times local): Pres. Trump: "I have felt very strongly that while Russia's actions had no impact at all on the…
MOSCOW -- The four protesters who barged onto the field at the World Cup final in Moscow have been sentenced to 15 days in jail. The protesters, members of the Pussy Riot punk collective, ran onto the pitch at Luzhniki…
A remote village in Greenland is being threatened by a massive iceberg. Video captured a large piece of the iceberg breaking off and crashing into the water last week. There are fears another breakaway chunk could trigger a tsunami. Evacuations…
Former President Barack Obama, in a speech honoring the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, said he'd try to "get some perspective" as news cycles bring "more head-spinning and disturbing headlines." "Given the strange and uncertain times that we are…