Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said on Tuesday, in a stunning U-turn just two years after
July 02, 2024
Singapore's Lawrence Wong was sworn in on Wednesday as its fourth premier since independence, promising to lead the wealthy city state his own way after completing
July 02, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Tuesday appointing all members of the government and planned a late-evening meeting with his new cabinet line-up, Kremlin spokesman
July 02, 2024
Chad's constitutional council confirmed Mahamat Idriss Deby as winner of the May 6 presidential election on Thursday after dismissing challenges by two losing
July 02, 2024
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, an Iranian official and Mehr news agency reported on Monday.
July 02, 2024
Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has
July 02, 2024
The man detained over the shooting of Robert Fico said he had wanted to hurt the Slovak prime minister because he disagreed with government policies and used
July 02, 2024
President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a
July 02, 2024
By Stephanie van den Berg and Bart H.
July 02, 2024
Mexico's presidential candidates formally ended their campaigns on Wednesday, with most polls showing ruling party hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum on course to
July 02, 2024
South Africa was on tenterhooks on Monday for the African National Congress to signal whom it will choose as a partner to govern the nation
July 02, 2024
Regional parties in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance demanded on Thursday more funds for their
July 02, 2024
Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister on Sunday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure
July 02, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she would encourage broad discussions over proposed constitutional
July 02, 2024
MEXICO CITY -Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday tried to calm investor concerns over a proposed judicial overhaul, promising the country would maintain its rule of law while saying
July 02, 2024
Haiti's administration picked new ministers on Tuesday, rounding out the new prime minister's cabinet, in a stark departure from the previous government as
July 02, 2024
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday sued the U.S. government to block the Biden administration's proposed rule that would require the offshore oil and
July 02, 2024
Riot police in Nairobi fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators on Thursday as coordinated marches took place
July 02, 2024
Tackling India's chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government over the next five years, even as the country remains
July 02, 2024
By Sahiba Chawdhary and Krishna N.
July 02, 2024
US government inks a deal with Moderna to make pandemic flu vaccine
July 02, 2024
Portugal's minority centre-right government approved on Thursday a set of tougher measures to combat corruption, including allowing
July 02, 2024
South Africa's rand slipped on Thursday, as investors turned cautious ahead of newly re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet appointments under a unity government.
July 02, 2024
The family of an Indian man accused of plotting with an Indian government official to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States wants New Delhi's help to "get
July 02, 2024
Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul, with Ahmed Kouchouk promoted to lead the finance
July 02, 2024
The United States, France and major economies are unlikely to halt the rises in their debt levels in the next few years, credit rating firm S&P Global warned on Tuesday.
July 02, 2024
The zealous anti-Westerner and the low-key moderate hoping to become Iran's next president could struggle to mobilise millions of supporters in Friday's run-off
July 02, 2024
The head of Brazil's environmental agency said on Wednesday that he expects a decision soon on state-owned oil company Petrobras' request to conduct exploratory
July 02, 2024
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has put his son, Nour El Fath, in charge of coordinating government affairs as he reshuffled his cabinet following a tense January election that
July 02, 2024
The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years after Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government more than seven months after elections
July 02, 2024
Canada will ban open-net salmon farms off the coast of British Columbia by the middle of 2029 in order to help protect dwindling wild Pacific salmon populations, the federal
July 02, 2024
A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living
July 02, 2024
Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time ever on Tuesday, as the Netherlands' new right-wing government was installed
July 02, 2024
Mexico will spend responsibly and control the fiscal deficit next year without raising taxes, President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday, while defending a judicial
July 02, 2024
The South African rand extended losses on Tuesday after a turbulent start to the week as markets waited to see how the new government of national unity (GNU) would approach
July 02, 2024
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte resigned on Wednesday from the cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and another key post, not a surprise
July 01, 2024
Poland's top court backed President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in a dispute with the government over the validity of bills passed without the presence of two convicted lawmakers.
July 01, 2024
The party chief of Vietnam's capital city Hanoi, Dinh Tien Dung, has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, marking the latest top official to exit as the ruling Communist Party
July 01, 2024
The Italian parliament approved a contested reform granting regions more powers after a stormy all-night sitting, an overhaul critics say will worsen the historic divide between the
July 01, 2024
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan removed his health minister and urbanisation minister, the country's Official Gazette showed on Tuesday.
July 01, 2024
José Raúl Mulino has been sworn in as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia
July 01, 2024
Bolivia's government has summoned the Argentine ambassador following comments by the office of Argentina's President Javier Milei which repudiated claims of an
July 01, 2024
The U.S.
July 01, 2024
South Africa's new unity government inspired cautious optimism on Monday from industry and financial markets but many citizens and political analysts fear
July 01, 2024
Mexico's incoming government will discard a core goal of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to reduce imports of yellow
July 01, 2024
The approval rating of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government was at 36% in June, slightly up from 35% in March, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
July 01, 2024
Cuba`s government said late on Sunday it would double down on price controls and continue to fight tax evasion in an increasingly desperate bid to tamp down on a ballooning fiscal
July 01, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement for the continent’s most industrialized country
July 01, 2024
An ambitious overhaul of the Italian constitution to allow for the direct election of a prime minister won the Senate's approval on Tuesday, the start of what is
July 01, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said she considers constitutional reforms for social programs concerning the rights and recognition of Indigenous people as
July 01, 2024
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday a cabinet of the country's government of national unity following weeks of protracted and at times acrimonious
July 01, 2024
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won reelection after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, the country's electoral commission said on Monday
July 01, 2024
A Kenyan parliamentary panel recommended on Tuesday that the government scrap some new taxes proposed as part of next year's budget, as hundreds of protesters
July 01, 2024
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev handed Rosen Zhelyazkov of the centre-right GERB party a mandate to try to form a government on Monday, after it won the most seats in a
July 01, 2024
By P.J.
July 01, 2024
Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the largest party in the governing coalition, avoided pre-trial detention
July 01, 2024
Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state
July 01, 2024
Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has
July 01, 2024
The head of Ireland's Green Party, the smallest part of the three-party governing coalition, on Tuesday said he is to step down as party leader "to give a new leader a chance" ahead
July 01, 2024
Pakistan's finance minister said on Sunday he was "very confident" his country would secure a new funding programme from the International Monetary Fund after the cash-strapped
June 30, 2024
The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history, until now
June 30, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former opposition leader John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture on Sunday, bringing the
June 30, 2024
Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday he was confident cuts to income taxes from Monday would not exacerbate price rises, as the nation suffers a cost-of-living squeeze
June 30, 2024
French voters head to polls in first round of snap parliamentary elections
June 30, 2024
A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody
June 29, 2024
Bolivian leftist President Luis Arce told Reuters on Friday support on the streets had strengthened his government after a failed
June 28, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce says a former general intended to take over the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denies that the Andean nation is experiencing an economic crisis
June 28, 2024
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp's five-member board plans to vote on Thursday to downgrade its rating on Citigroup's data-management systems to a "deficiency" from a "shortcoming,"
June 28, 2024
Detained Bolivian general Juan Jose Zuniga was ordered to six months "preventive detention" for his role leading a failed coup against the government earlier in the week, a top
June 28, 2024
Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe and homes we live in, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling
June 28, 2024
Argentina's Senate has handed libertarian President Javier Milei an important win by approving his key reform bill and a twin fiscal package, but not
June 28, 2024
Brazil's finance minister said on Thursday the government aims to swiftly reach a consensus with the Senate to compensate tax benefits after a setback on a
June 28, 2024
Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party won 68 seats in the 240-seat parliament on Sunday and will need at least two coalition partners to form the cabinet, state election commission
June 28, 2024
The U.S.
June 28, 2024
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday to boost the government's battle with a cost-of-living crisis, but
June 28, 2024
Colombia hopes to sign and begin to implement a peace deal with the Segunda Marquetalia armed group before current President Gustavo Petro leaves office in just
June 28, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected for a second term, having won a majority of votes in the National Assembly, the chief justice said on Friday.
June 28, 2024
For the first time since Nelson Mandela negotiated an end to white minority rule, former sworn enemies are coming together in South Africa under a pledge to
June 28, 2024
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday he is open to analyzing Finance Minister Fernando Haddad's spending cut proposals but emphasized that fiscal adjustments would
June 28, 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as South Africa's president on Friday with the support of once rival parties that have agreed to join his African National
June 28, 2024
The African National Congress said on Monday South Africa's new government has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National
June 28, 2024
South Africa's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party will join an alliance of smaller opposition parties in parliament in a bid to take on the African National Congress and Democratic
June 28, 2024
The Biden administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by anti-smoking groups demanding that it end nearly a year of delay and ban menthol cigarettes, which
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court will issue the final opinions of its terms on Monday
June 28, 2024
The Australian government should be required to disclose every consulting contract worth over A$2 million ($1.33 million) and contracts should include a requirement that providers
June 28, 2024
Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.
June 28, 2024
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan scheduled snap parliamentary elections for Sept. 1 in a decree published on Friday in a widely expected move that appears unlikely to radically
June 28, 2024
Mexico's finance ministry launched debt management operations in New York on Wednesday that will reduce all the country's external debt payments for 2025, as well as local peso
June 28, 2024
The head of the top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance on Wednesday called on lawmakers to adopt greater protections against the collection and use of consumers'
June 28, 2024
The U.S. government recorded a $347 billion May budget deficit, up sharply from the $240 billion deficit a year earlier due to the pre-payment of some June benefits and higher
June 28, 2024
Mexico's former foreign minister, the scion of a legendary political family, and a party boss are in contention for top energy-related jobs in President-elect
June 28, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered on Friday an audit of government data centres after officials said the bulk of data affected by a
June 28, 2024
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) is committed to working out a deal over posts in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet, a party source close to the talks
June 28, 2024
Italy's Forza Italia, part of the right-wing ruling coalition, will vote in favour of Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission, foreign minister and head of the party
June 28, 2024
French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history
June 28, 2024
Mexican Senator Ricardo Monreal expects open discussion forums on a proposed judicial reform to begin next week, local media reports showed on Tuesday, with judges, ministers,
June 28, 2024
Facebook owner Meta is considering blocking news content from the platform in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees, a company representative told a parliamentary
June 28, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied any involvement or knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by General Juan Jose Zuniga a day earlier, after Zuniga told reporters that
June 27, 2024
A ship that had been set to host more than 2,000 police officers providing security at this week's Group of Seven leaders' summit was impounded on Wednesday after complaints
June 27, 2024
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, chosen to be the next president of the European Council, said on Thursday he will be fully committed to promoting the unity of the 27
June 27, 2024
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than King Charles, said he went without "lots of things" as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he
June 27, 2024
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday that the culture ministry would fire 300 employees who he said were promoting agendas "incompatible" with the government's
June 27, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday there is always room to cut government spending, after his remarks this week pushing against spending cuts had
June 27, 2024
This week's reopening of Baltimore's main shipping channel - less than three months after the Key Bridge collapse - was due to expertise gained from a COVID-
June 27, 2024
Thai courts will convene on a trio of politically charged cases next week, including one that could potentially lead to the prime
June 27, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named close ally and former Mexico City finance chief Luz Elena Gonzalez as incoming energy minister, tasking her with
June 27, 2024
Officials in Pakistan say an appeals court has upheld the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife for their 2018 marriage which was found to be unlawful
June 27, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the decision to back Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as head of the EU's powerful executive body, along with other top jobs, would be
June 27, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce has denied being behind an attempted coup against him and said the general who apparently led it “acted on his own,” lashing out at accusations that he had asked for the mutiny in a plan to boost his popularity
June 27, 2024
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hinted at a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, saying "corrective measures" were required after his centre-right party performed less well than
June 27, 2024
By Jatindra Dash and Krishna N.
June 27, 2024
The South African rand fell sharply on Thursday after media reports of a major disagreement between the pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA) party and
June 27, 2024
Political parties in the Netherlands have reached a final agreement on the formation of their incoming right-wing government, election winner Geert Wilders said on Tuesday.
June 27, 2024
Japanese authorities will take necessary actions on currencies, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, signalling readiness to
June 27, 2024
Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and
June 26, 2024
The president of Bolivia is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies
June 26, 2024
Brazil's central government posted a larger-than-expected primary budget deficit in May, pressured by increased pension benefits, the Treasury said on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024
Mexican banks face risks from exposure to sovereign debt and debt from state entities, but have "sufficient ratings headroom" and can expect solid financial performance this
June 26, 2024
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Monday it is looking for cuts to capital projects and is concerned about federal grants after Governor Kathy
June 26, 2024
A planned hike in the capital gains tax for the wealthiest will help keep Canada's borrowing low and fund social programmes, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday.
June 26, 2024
France’s government has ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes
June 26, 2024
Poland will go ahead with plans conceived by the previous government to build a huge air hub in the centre of the country, but with amendments, Prime Minister Donald
June 26, 2024
Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid by three points to 21%, the lowest since he took office in 2021, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed on Monday,
June 26, 2024
The Mexican governing party's unexpectedly lopsided victory last week has investors concerned that it may use its mandate to sweep
June 26, 2024
U.S. government officials are keeping a close watch on the aftermath of the European Parliament election that saw far-right parties gain seats in France and Germany, wary of the
June 26, 2024
French technology firm Atos said on Wednesday a consortium led by investor David Layani's Onepoint had withdrawn from discussions on its restructuring, but that it still planned to reach a
June 26, 2024
Kenya’s president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing relief from economic pain
June 25, 2024
Spain's government passed an inflation relief package worth nearly 3 billion euros ($3.21 billion) on Tuesday, including measures such as a lower income tax for minimum wage workers
June 25, 2024
European political groups on Tuesday agreed to a deal on top European Union posts, selecting Germany's Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as head of the European
June 25, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that President Droupadi Murmu had invited him to form a government, as he
June 25, 2024
Haiti's new interim prime minister, Garry Conille, is in stable condition after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness on Saturday afternoon, his office said.
June 25, 2024
A majority of Thais are dissatisfied with the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took office nine months ago, as it has not been able to resolve the country's
June 25, 2024
A large crowd protested in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, led by a Christian cleric who announced the start of four days of
June 25, 2024
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz announced on Sunday that he was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency unity government formed shortly after the Hamas
June 25, 2024
Portugal's prime minister, whose rightist coalition won a general election in March, said on Sunday he would back former centre-left Socialist premier Antonio Costa if he decides to
June 25, 2024
Japan's government will highlight the need to work closely with the central bank and guide policy "flexibly" in the wake of soft consumption and uncertainty over
June 25, 2024
Mexico's ruling Morena party and its allies have won a super-majority in the lower house of Congress but not the Senate, the party's president said on Sunday, falling just short
June 25, 2024
The South African rand weakened in volatile trade on Tuesday as comments from the two biggest parties in the unity government suggested a cabinet announcement by President
June 25, 2024
Citizens across the European Union are currently voting in the European Parliament elections to choose direct representatives for the supranational legislative body.
June 25, 2024
Iranians will choose between mostly hardline candidates in an early presidential election on Friday following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
June 25, 2024
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 25, 2024
Canada's government is investigating whether to impose a surtax on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles
June 24, 2024
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) will invite other political parties to form a government of national unity, its leader Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, after a
June 24, 2024
South Africa's African National Congress will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its leader President Cyril
June 24, 2024
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said late on Thursday no decision had been made on a package of constitutional reforms put forward by outgoing President Andres
June 24, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's advisory panel tasked with growth strategies called on Friday for the government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to be vigilant
June 24, 2024
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers are leaving for Haiti, where they will lead a multinational force against powerful gangs
June 24, 2024
One of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's most senior aides is leaving for a top job with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and will be replaced by a brother of President Joe Biden's national security adviser
June 24, 2024
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 24, 2024
Australia plans to outlaw the sale of vapes outside pharmacies from next week under some of the world’s toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes
June 24, 2024
Pakistan's government submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday details of the living conditions of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, seeking to rebuff his
June 24, 2024
Georgia is the election battleground that yielded the closest margin of any state in the 2020 election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump
June 24, 2024
Australia could impose billion dollar fines on big supermarket chains that fail to comply with an industry code of conduct, the federal government said on Monday as it
June 24, 2024
North Macedonia's lawmakers on Sunday approved a new nationalist-dominated government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, whose party won general elections in May
June 23, 2024
Bulgarian voters head to the polling stations on Sunday for the sixth snap parliamentary election in three years, but analysts see little chance of it producing a
June 23, 2024
North Macedonia’s center-right leader Hristijan Mickoski has secured parliamentary approval to lead a new coalition government
June 23, 2024
Illinois is poised to right a 175-year-old wrong by returning land in northern Illinois guaranteed to a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chief in 1829
June 23, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is set to prioritize public internet access after taking office, an adviser said on Wednesday.
June 22, 2024
A three-year-old Biden administration executive order asking federal agencies to assist with voter registration is being targeted by Republicans as this year’s presidential election draws closer
June 22, 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin defended his frequent globe-trotting during his first 10 months as leader of the Southeast Asian nation, in remarks aired in a television
June 22, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him on Wednesday to lead
June 21, 2024
The Supreme Court has ruled against a California woman who said her rights were violated after federal officials refused to allow her husband into the country, in part, because of the way his tattoos were interpreted
June 21, 2024
Japan on Friday affirmed its pledge to deliver a primary budget surplus by the next fiscal year, reflecting concerns that its exit from the
June 21, 2024
The Thai government's 3.753 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the 2025 fiscal year passed its first parliamentary vote on Friday,
June 21, 2024
The Australian government on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firms to run credit checks on borrowers, aiming to regulate
June 21, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's ruling coalition is close to securing a two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress, which would pave the
June 21, 2024
A former member of the opposition Congress and an on-and-off ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could decide the shape and stability of the next
June 21, 2024
Portugal's centre-right minority government on Wednesday suffered another setback as the far-right Chega teamed up with the Socialists to block an income tax cut for the middle
June 21, 2024
Mexico's ruling MORENA party and its allies will likely have 83 senators in the next Congress after last Sunday's vote, just shy of the two-thirds majority needed to change the
June 21, 2024
The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a government of national unity for South Africa, it said on Wednesday, but
June 21, 2024
Vaughan Gething, leader of the semi-autonomous Welsh government, lost a non-binding vote of confidence on Wednesday but defied pressure to resign despite the blow to
June 21, 2024
Nearly six months into his administration Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General’s Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation that he says he found “semi-destroyed.”
June 21, 2024
The Brazilian government issued on Thursday tighter guidelines for the extension of energy distribution contracts, easing the advanced cancellation of concessions and allowing the country
June 20, 2024
A proposal to tax Brazilians' small online purchases from abroad was dropped from a bill on sustainability tax incentives for automakers on Tuesday, prompting the nation's Senate
June 20, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday a review of 1 million claims for the Employee Retention Credit representing $86 billion shows the “vast majority” are at risk of being improper
June 20, 2024
Slovakia's parliament approved the government's planned revamp and leadership change at public broadcaster RTVS on Thursday, overruling concerns the changes will bring the broadcaster under
June 20, 2024
Slovakia’s parliament has approved a government plan to overhaul the country’s public broadcaster
June 20, 2024
Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor
June 20, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed his government to compile a long-term economic and fiscal plan on Tuesday, drawing a line under nearly two decades of falling prices
June 20, 2024
Mexican finance minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O sought to reassure investors and markets, saying on Tuesday he would stay in his current role with the incoming
June 20, 2024
A Madrid court has summoned Begona Gomez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to appear before a judge on July 5 over allegations of corruption and influence peddling that
June 20, 2024
The California Supreme Court has removed a measure from the state’s November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes
June 20, 2024
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and seven other candidates for July elections on Thursday signed an agreement to respect the results, although the country's
June 20, 2024
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved tax measures to boost domestic tourism during the low season, Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul said.
June 20, 2024
The African National Congress was holding high-stakes internal talks on Tuesday about which parties it should approach to form South Africa's next government,
June 20, 2024
Criminal gangs are exploiting loopholes in Italy's legal visa system for foreign workers to smuggle in illegal immigrants, a problem the anti-Mafia prosecutor should
June 20, 2024
Mexican Finance Minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O accepted President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's invitation to stay on in the role, she said in a video shared on social media on
June 20, 2024
Australian government spending rose in the March quarter to make a much needed contribution to economic growth, data showed on Tuesday, helping offset a steep drag from net exports.
June 20, 2024
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making final arrangements not to call a snap election during the current parliament session ending June 23, the Asahi daily reported on Tuesday
June 20, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum basked in the glow of a thumping presidential win late Sunday, thanking supporters who gathered at the capital's iconic Zocalo plaza
June 19, 2024
A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his
June 19, 2024
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering from the harms of slavery, the US remains silent.
June 19, 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria
June 19, 2024
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reappointed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday to form a new government after the latter submitted his cabinet's resignation, following
June 19, 2024
Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will face the unenviable task of making good on campaign promises to boost social programs even
June 19, 2024
Japan's government will finalise this year's long-term fiscal and economic roadmap as early as June 21, three government and ruling party sources told Reuters on Monday.
June 18, 2024
Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election
June 18, 2024
New home prices in China rose slightly for a ninth month in May, a private survey showed, driven higher by a slew of supportive steps to prop up the nation's crisis-hit property
June 18, 2024
The Russian government has softened requirements for mandatory sales of foreign currency for exporters if more than half of the value of their contracts is paid in roubles,
June 18, 2024
The U.S.
June 18, 2024
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree nominating Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah as crown prince, the state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted and arraigned on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics
June 18, 2024
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday said major U.S. airlines had declined to commit to boosting travel benefits for military personnel, the
June 18, 2024
In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes
June 18, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service plans to end another major tax loophole that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade
June 17, 2024
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they must obey any laws, nor that they can be held to account for lawbreaking.
June 17, 2024
Former Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, was among candidates registering on Friday for an early election next month following the death of
June 17, 2024
The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs
June 15, 2024
The California Legislature has passed its own version of a state spending plan that rejects many of Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget cuts
June 13, 2024
President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
June 13, 2024
Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has invited his political opponents to hold talks on forming a new government
June 13, 2024
Tensions in Italy’s lower house over a government proposal that opponents says will further impoverish the poorer south erupted into a fist-fight that sent an opposition lawmaker to the hospital
June 13, 2024
A top official with South Africa’s African National Congress party says it has a broad agreement with the main opposition and other parties to form a coalition government
June 13, 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo has appointed a new government, spokesperson Tina Salama said in the early hours of Wednesday, ending an impasse that has mired the country in
June 13, 2024
South Africans vote in national and provincial elections on May 29 with opinion polls suggesting the governing African National Congress will lose its
June 12, 2024
Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash could complicate efforts by the
June 12, 2024
Argentina's government, facing domestic gas shortages and targeted service cuts, said on Wednesday that it had unblocked the unloading of a key Petrobras
June 12, 2024
The White House on Wednesday unveiled nearly $900 million in awards to 530 school districts to replace thousands of aging, gas-fueled school buses with cleaner, mainly electric models.
June 12, 2024
Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved key state overhaul and tax packages proposed by President Javier Miliei, delivering an initial legislative victory to the libertarian leader in his efforts to enact his promises of radical change
June 12, 2024
Cyprus has scrapped a 1.2 billion euro ($1.30 billion) concession agreement for the development of Larnaca port, in a legal wrangle that the state and the contractor traded blame
June 12, 2024
Brazil's finance ministry plans to raise the minimum cigarette price to offset losses from tax benefits granted to companies in some sectors and small municipalities, a government
June 12, 2024
In the first cabinet shakeup of his five-month-old administration, Argentine President Javier Milei accepted the resignation of cabinet chief Nicolas Posse on Monday night
June 12, 2024
Government measures to destroy illegal roads in and around Colombia's Amazon rainforest are stalled, eight sources told Reuters, with one operation suspended
June 12, 2024
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mexico City's then-Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of always donning a face mask and firmly recommending
June 12, 2024
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition after an assassination attempt earlier this month is improving, the government and hospital said on Monday.
June 12, 2024
Australia's top trade official is predicting China will lift a ban on Australian lobster imports after Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits the country
June 12, 2024
Armenian police detained 137 protesters who were blocking streets in Yerevan as part of a series of anti-government protests, Russia's TASS news agency cited the Interior Ministry
June 12, 2024
Japan's government upgraded its assessment of factory output for the first time in a year, saying in its monthly economic report that it showed signs of picking
June 12, 2024
Haiti’s transitional council has appointed a new Cabinet
June 11, 2024
Canada ordered on Friday the dissolution of two technology companies' businesses in the country, citing national security concerns.
June 11, 2024
Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of new consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break
June 10, 2024
Malawi's president says soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country’s vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area
June 10, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, has named a Cabinet that retains his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party losing majority in a shock election result
June 10, 2024
Employees of Slovakia’s public radio and television have staged a three-hour walkout to protest a contentious overhaul of their services
June 10, 2024
European Union citizens will vote on June 6-9 to choose the 720 members of the next European Parliament, who will serve for five years.
June 10, 2024
The brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been ordered by a court to pay S$400,000 ($296,000) to two government ministers in a defamation
June 10, 2024
Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition
June 09, 2024
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome
June 09, 2024
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday replaced his minister of foreign commerce, Ricardo Cabrisas, a key cabinet member who has long spearheaded thorny debt negotiations
June 09, 2024
Haiti's government says the country's newly selected prime minister has been hospitalized in the capital of Port-au-Prince
June 08, 2024
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on Manhattan drivers
June 08, 2024
Chad's newly elected President Mahamat Idriss Deby was sworn in to succeed his late father on Thursday, after three years as an interim leader under military
June 07, 2024
A prosecutor says he will not file any criminal charges over the purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the office of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
June 07, 2024
A New Jersey businessman who pleaded guilty and cooperated in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez has testified that he believed he had a deal worth $200,000 to $250,000 for the Democrat to make criminal probes of his friends and family vanish
June 07, 2024
The US Commerce Department said on Thursday it plans to grant $75 million to Absolics for constructing a 120,000-square-foot facility in Georgia that will
June 07, 2024
South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congress’ offer to become part of a government of national unity
June 07, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election
June 07, 2024
The Democratic Republic of Congo's national assembly elected Vital Kamerhe, whose home was violently attacked on Sunday, as speaker in a delayed vote, a key step towards
June 07, 2024
The Supreme Court is siding with Native American tribes who said they faced increased costs after taking over management of their own health care programs from the federal government
June 06, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday, pledging further capital market reforms and promoting asset management
June 06, 2024
Chad's prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has tendered his resignation after interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby was confirmed as a winner of the May 6
June 06, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting with senior officials of the African National Congress to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock
June 06, 2024
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation overhauling access to the state’s public records, likely making it harder for the public and media to access some documents, according to critics
June 05, 2024
Slovakia's parliament returned to work on Tuesday after adjourning in the wake of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, with the government coalition signalling its
June 05, 2024
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions
June 05, 2024
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
June 05, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was concerned about the negative implications of the current weakness in the yen and its effect on incentives to increase
June 05, 2024
In a transformative year of elections around the world, voters in democratic countries share a common sentiment: They’re unhappy with their governments and leaders
June 05, 2024
Shares of Chinese developers wobbled on Monday as investors fretted that China's "historic" steps to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector fell short of
June 04, 2024
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting
June 04, 2024
Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons and a higher age for opening social media accounts
June 04, 2024
Iran's three branches of government held an extraordinary meeting on Monday, with First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber representing the executive branch following the death of
June 04, 2024
Here are some key facts about Mohammad Mokhber, 68, Iran's first vice president who became interim president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
June 04, 2024
Vietnam's economy is facing mounting pressure and the government will maintain policies that support growth, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said on Monday.
June 04, 2024
Mexico’s newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
June 04, 2024
Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, will not stand for re-election to parliament, he said in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday.
June 04, 2024
The Croatian parliament on Friday approved a government dominated by the conservative pro-European HDZ party, led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, marking his third term in the
June 03, 2024
Most Indian bond traders are looking for a cut in the government's short-term borrowing as a better way to regulate banking system liquidity after two
June 03, 2024
China on Friday announced "historic" steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in extra funding
June 03, 2024
Forty caretaker senators on Friday petitioned Thailand's Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the
June 02, 2024
China will allow local government authorities to buy some homes at "reasonable" prices to provide affordable housing, Vice Premier He Lifeng told an online meeting on housing
June 02, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for his country's political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in its young democracy
June 02, 2024
Panama President-elect Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday pulled business leaders and an economist into his ranks, the first cabinet selections in what Mulino has
May 31, 2024
After months of tense negotiations, Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders and his coalition partners have struck a deal to form a right-wing government.
May 31, 2024
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said he expects savings from the government's new efficiency plan to outstrip estimates
May 31, 2024
South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress well short of a majority
May 31, 2024
Argentina will post a budget surplus in April for the fourth consecutive month under the new government, the country's economy chief said Wednesday, touting
May 31, 2024
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris' Fine Gael drew level with Sinn Fein in an opinion poll for the first time in almost three years on Thursday, a further potential setback to the
May 31, 2024
Iran has opened a five-day registration period for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election
May 30, 2024
China is considering a plan for local governments nationwide to buy millions of unsold homes, Bloomberg News said on Wednesday, after a meeting of leaders of the ruling Communist Party
May 30, 2024
Nigeria has adopted a new national anthem reintroduced nearly a half-century ago after it was dropped for the current one
May 29, 2024
Portugal will build a new international airport in the municipality of Alcochete, across the River Tagus from Lisbon, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced on Tuesday after
May 29, 2024
U.S. government officials have temporarily relaxed strict guidelines on how public health laboratories and healthcare facilities handle, store and transport
May 29, 2024
Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19
May 29, 2024
UK political leaders have just a few short weeks − and limited campaign funds − to woo voters.
May 29, 2024
Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country
May 29, 2024
Dutch election winner Geert Wilders and his prospective right-wing government partners gathered on Tuesday for a new round of coalition talks as a deadline set for the end of May
May 29, 2024
Australia's government plans to spend billions to cut energy bills and rent, hoping to lower headline inflation and provide relief for voters grumbling
May 29, 2024
Britain should avoid further restricting international student numbers or some universities may collapse, a government commissioned report said on Tuesday, after
May 29, 2024
Italy's ruling coalition was divided on Tuesday over the approval of new curbs on costly incentives for home renovations, with the moderate Forza
May 29, 2024
Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election in July
May 28, 2024
British defence minister Grant Shapps said he would order up to six new warships for the Royal Marines, as the government starts to indicate where a recently announced rise in
May 28, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said abuses documented in a report on workplace problems at the U.S.
May 28, 2024
If the presidential election ends in a tie, then what? The winner might not even be 1 of the 2 people who tied for the most votes.
May 28, 2024
Australia's government will boast a second consecutive budget surplus on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices, giving it cash to afford more cost of
May 28, 2024
Argentina's government is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuela to grant safe passage to six opposition aides who had sought
May 28, 2024
Singapore's incoming prime minister Lawrence Wong appointed a new deputy premier in a minor reshuffle of the cabinet on Monday, as he gears up to become the city-
May 28, 2024
China's finance ministry plans to start raising 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in long-awaited, long-term special treasury bonds this week to raise funds it will use to
May 28, 2024
The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, on Monday approved the nomination of Alexander Novak as Deputy Prime Minister.
May 28, 2024
About 50,000 protesters marched peacefully through the streets of the Georgian capital on Saturday, Reuters witnesses said, in a fresh show of opposition to a "foreign agents" bill
May 27, 2024
Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, according to a royal decree issued Sunday.
May 27, 2024
Australia's government is expected to boast another surplus in its annual budget due on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices
May 27, 2024
Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber has addressed the country’s new parliament for the first time since last week’s helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven others
May 27, 2024
The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows, in the government's latest bid to
May 27, 2024
Cuba's government and independent online news site El Toque exchanged blows this week after state-run media accused the website of manipulating the black market currency exchange
May 27, 2024
Zimbabwe introduced the world's newest currency in April with public rallies and commercial jingles
May 26, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the reappointment on Friday of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a technocrat who has helped him through the war in Ukraine and the economic
May 26, 2024
The lower house of Russia's parliament voted on Friday to approve the nomination of Mikhail Mishustin to return as prime minister, a position he has held since 2020.
May 25, 2024
Croatia's incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic submitted to President Zoran Milanovic on Friday a list of lawmakers who will support his centre-right HDZ party´s new
May 25, 2024
Russia has no plans to restrict the work of foreign companies in its market, despite Western sanctions against Moscow, Mikhail Mishustin, President Vladimir Putin's nominee for
May 25, 2024
The focus for South Africa’s national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time
May 25, 2024
Millions of Indians are voting in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election in the searing summer heat
May 25, 2024
Here are some key facts about Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, whose reappointment as prime minister President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday: - Mishustin, 58 (born March 3,
May 24, 2024
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu is putting in place a special task force to better protect victims and punish perpetrators of sexual violence in the army, he announced in
May 24, 2024
Australia announced on Friday that it would hold a parliamentary inquiry to look into the negative impacts of social media platforms, saying they have significant
May 24, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced the commander of his special forces on Thursday, the second time in half a year that he has changed the head of the
May 24, 2024
Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two senior officials who have held key
May 24, 2024
The founders saw a need for government to intervene in markets.
May 23, 2024
Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister and six others
May 23, 2024
Brazilian opinion polls released this week show a mixed scenario for the approval ratings of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration, with two surveys indicating a
May 22, 2024
Russian cyberspies targeted networks belonging to the Polish government this week, the state-run National Research Institute (NASK) said on Wednesday.
May 22, 2024
Croatia's ruling HDZ party has agreed to form a coalition with a far-right party following the parliamentary election in April, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who also heads the
May 22, 2024
A Russian court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov against his pre-trial detention in a bribery case in which his lawyer said he denies taking
May 22, 2024
Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close
May 22, 2024
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House
May 22, 2024
The German ministries' spending wishes for 2025 exceed the specifications of Finance Minister Christian Lindner by around 20 billion euros ($21.53 billion), government sources told
May 22, 2024
In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that's mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty
May 22, 2024
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May 22, 2024
Britain's government says thousands of victims of the U.K.’s infected blood scandal will start receiving their final compensation payments this year
May 21, 2024
Britain's Liberal Democrat party said on Monday it would submit a parliamentary motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government to try to force a June general
May 21, 2024
The Australian government's budget will show a decline in projected gross debt this year and forecast a lower peak in debt ratios in the years ahead, the Treasury said on Monday.
May 21, 2024
Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song
May 21, 2024
An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender said on Sunday ahead of Islamabad beginning
May 20, 2024
Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's legislative election announced on Friday.
May 20, 2024
An inquiry has found that British authorities and the public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products and hid the truth about the disaster for decades
May 20, 2024
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May 20, 2024
Italian prosecutors said on Friday they wanted to charge Tourism Minister Daniela Santanche for alleged benefit fraud at her former publishing company during the COVID pandemic.
May 20, 2024
Portugal's new centre-right minority government has suffered its first setback in parliament as the far-right Chega party teamed up with the Socialists to end
May 19, 2024
The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry has been published, six years after it started its work
May 19, 2024
The majority of Haiti's transition council who had nominated an interim prime minister earlier this week has walked back the decision, exposing the internal
May 17, 2024
The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has fallen slightly after France imposed a state of emergency
May 17, 2024
Peruvian lawmakers have begun yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle
May 16, 2024
Thailand's government plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($10.84) from October, a spokesperson said on Thursday, a policy that could help lift consumption in
May 16, 2024
Members of the House of Representatives relish their connection to their districts and their constituents. So why are they called “Congressman” or “Congresswoman” instead of “Representative”?
May 16, 2024
A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions
May 16, 2024
Vietnam's parliament is set to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss personnel issues, the office of the country's lawmaking body said on Wednesday, five days after its chairman,
May 16, 2024
Brazil's Senate on Tuesday approved a bill maintaining tax incentives for the meetings and cultural events sector until the end of 2026, which now needs President
May 15, 2024
The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside
May 15, 2024
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and put safeguards around it
May 15, 2024
China will step up support for the economy with prudent monetary and proactive fiscal policies, including interest rates and bank reserve requirement
May 15, 2024
Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other Dutch party leaders say they have brokered a provisional government deal
May 15, 2024
Amy Wang was counting on a 100,000 yuan ($13,800) subsidy promised by authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Weifang to fit and
May 15, 2024
Voting got under way in legislative elections in Togo on Monday following approval of constitutional reforms by the outgoing parliament that
May 14, 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to announce on Monday whether he plans to stay on or quit the premiership, days after saying he was considering resigning.
May 14, 2024
On the eve of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's dramatic announcement about his future, thousands of Socialist Party supporters rallied in Madrid on Sunday to ask him to stay
May 14, 2024
Poland is taking steps to increase the transparency of its public finances Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told reporters, amid rising debt servicing costs.
May 14, 2024
Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers
May 14, 2024
Portugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the
May 14, 2024
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Friday he intended to fight a vote of no confidence called by political opponents following his decision to withdraw from a coalition
May 13, 2024
The Biden administration is imposing new restrictions on firearms exports and increasing scrutiny on transactions to limit diversions of guns to drug cartels
May 13, 2024
The Biden administration wants to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that provides court oversight of how the federal government cares for migrant children in its custody
May 10, 2024
Thousands of protesters angered by the government’s decision to hand over control of some border villages to Azerbaijan have demonstrated in the center of the Armenian capital for a second day to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
May 10, 2024
The Israeli government sought another deferral on Thursday of a looming Supreme Court-enforced deadline for it to come up with a new military conscription plan
May 10, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a
May 10, 2024
Prosecutors in Spain asked a court on Thursday to throw out a corruption case against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife that has prompted him to announce he is
May 10, 2024
Iranians have voted in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting
May 10, 2024
Scotland's first minister, Humza Yousaf, said on Thursday he had decided it was in his country's best interest to end a coalition agreement with the Green Party, a move he admitted
May 09, 2024
The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations as it seeks to address a shortage of troops, approved rules temporarily barring military-age men from applying for passports abroad.
May 09, 2024
A third man has been detained in a bribery investigation centring on Deputy Russian Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, the Moscow court service said on Thursday.
May 09, 2024
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign
May 09, 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back from public duties "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue
May 09, 2024
India says Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime
May 09, 2024
Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
May 09, 2024
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
May 09, 2024
The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government
May 09, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is no stranger to high octane political battles and has successfully fought for his career in public life
May 09, 2024
Thailand's 500 billion baht ($13.53 billion) handout scheme aims to reach the wider population and boost the overall economy through stimulus, a finance official said on Wednesday,
May 08, 2024
Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles
May 08, 2024
Newly installed Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa announced a package of reforms on Tuesday aimed at strengthening the Palestinian Authority (PA) amid
May 08, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he hopes to present a new fund aimed at boosting the lower pensions in the system on May 1, a month ahead of
May 08, 2024
Spain's High Court on Tuesday reopened an investigation into the use of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group's Pegasus software to spy on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and other
May 08, 2024
Britain's government borrowed more than expected in the 2023/24 financial year, data showed on Tuesday, in bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who hopes to woo back
May 07, 2024
Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday last week's trilateral meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts likely laid the groundwork for Tokyo to take
May 07, 2024
Brazil's government will launch measures on Monday aimed at renegotiating debts and reducing the cost of new loans for small businesses and low-income families, besides
May 07, 2024
Vladimir Putin began his fifth term as Russian president at a glittering Kremlin ceremony, after destroying his political opposition, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating power
May 07, 2024
Moldova's pro-European government faces a new challenge from its restive pro-Moscow Gagauzia region after its leaders denounced proposed judicial reforms and
May 06, 2024
The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data
May 06, 2024
The Kremlin said on Friday that staff in some government departments were banned from travelling abroad for security reasons, while some departments required people to provide
May 04, 2024
A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
May 03, 2024
One-third of Americans think that “rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their country.” Are they losing faith in democracy?
May 03, 2024
Serbian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States
May 02, 2024
Illinois Gov_ J_B_ Pritzker’s office says the Chicago Bears' proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “non-starter."
May 01, 2024
Haiti’s newly installed transitional council has chosen a little known former sports minister as the Caribbean country’s prime minister, as it tries to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence
April 30, 2024
Authorities say lottery bids for highly educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year
April 30, 2024
Local media in Kazakhstan say authorities have arrested a former interior minister in connection with a deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022
April 30, 2024
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility
April 30, 2024
Spain is in suspense as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office or leave
April 29, 2024
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women
April 28, 2024
State Rep. Phil Lyman has been selected as the Utah Republican Party’s gubernatorial nominee
April 27, 2024
President Joe Biden’s administration has formally begun planning for a potential presidential transition, aiming to ensure continuity of government no matter the outcome of November’s general election
April 26, 2024
It’s been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on its members is rapidly growing
April 26, 2024
The CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”
April 26, 2024
Scotland’s leader has cancelled a speech as he fights for his political life in the wake of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement
April 26, 2024
Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned
April 26, 2024
Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state secrets during the worst crisis in relations with the
April 26, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday, a day after he missed arguments in two cases with no explanation offered by the court.
April 26, 2024
Chile's government on Tuesday opened up more than two dozen lithium salt flats to private investment, while reserving the prolific Atacama and Maricunga deposits for state
April 26, 2024
Democrats, who helped Republican hardliners oust Kevin McCarthy as U.S.
April 26, 2024
The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning tobacco sales for future
April 26, 2024
Cuba's government confirmed on Monday that five protests had taken place across the island on Sunday and warned citizens against what it said were lies and exaggerations on social
April 26, 2024
Haiti's capital was calm on Wednesday for the second day following the prime minister's announcement that he would step down, with political leaders in the
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a detailed timeline for studying significant government-owned spectrum with the aim to help expand wireless and other technology
April 26, 2024
The U.S.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. federal budget deficit grew in February with outlays surging as annual tax-filing season kicked into gear and interest costs on the national debt kept rising, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
A leading U.S. bank regulator said Tuesday that the government will be "open-minded" about making changes to a contentious plan to raise large bank capital requirements.
April 26, 2024
Mexico's state-owned airline Mexicana will purchase 20 aircraft by October, when President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's term ends, the country's leader told reporters on
April 26, 2024
Russia's elite is expecting President Vladimir Putin to reshuffle government positions to bring in younger people after what it sees as the
April 26, 2024
Two top Republican senators are introducing legislation on Monday that would require some U.S. government-owned spectrum be auctioned off to boost commercial
April 26, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has issued his resignation as the Caribbean nation's head of government, the chair of the Caribbean Community said on Monday, leaving an
April 26, 2024
Ex-Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to prison this month, his lawyers said in a court filing, which could make him the first senior member of the
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden's overall U.S. defense and national security budget request expected on Monday will be just 1% higher than last year, forcing a slowdown in
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it had resolved an issue with its website and related domains that caused them to temporarily go down on Thursday.
April 26, 2024
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board will tell the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday the agency needs more funding and warn cuts could
April 26, 2024
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom will travel to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, the government said in a brief statement.
April 26, 2024
The U.S.
April 26, 2024
The White House on Friday said the U.S. government was taking seriously an internal watchdog report that the U.S. ambassador to Singapore threatened his staff and failed to
April 26, 2024
NASA said on Friday it is shutting down a more than $2 billion project to test satellite servicing like fueling in space, citing higher costs and schedule delays.
April 26, 2024
Iranians will vote in a parliamentary election on March 1 seen as a litmus test of the clerical establishment's popularity amid growing discontent over economic, political and social
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated two Democrats and one Republican to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent panel that rules on energy
April 26, 2024
U.S.
April 26, 2024
The chairman of the U.S.
April 26, 2024
U.S.
April 26, 2024
Shehbaz Sharif is set to begin a second term as Pakistan's prime minister in coming days, returning to the role he had until August
April 26, 2024
The United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday separately expressed concerns about Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday
April 26, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday calls made with AI-generated voices are illegal after a fake robocall imitating President Joe Biden sought to dissuade people
April 26, 2024
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday will stop accepting new enrollments for a government broadband internet subsidy program, used by nearly 23 million American
April 26, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden will put forth his proposed U.S. spending plan on March 11, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
April 26, 2024
Deputy U.S. Energy Secretary David Turk will testify at Feb. 8 U.S.
April 26, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that his recent cancer diagnosis shook him but he should have notified President Joe Biden and the public about it.
April 26, 2024
Standing over 6 feet tall and weighing more than 250 pounds (113 kg), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has a towering presence at the podium.
April 26, 2024
The Italian government would be prepared to buy a stake in carmaker Stellantis if the company asked it to do so, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso told reporters on Thursday.
April 26, 2024
A top U.S. bank regulator will on Monday propose new regulations for bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in a bid to increase transparency around the process,
April 26, 2024
The U.S. government said on Friday it would tentatively deny the renewal of a joint venture between Delta Airlines and Aeromexico due to what it called the Mexican government's
April 26, 2024
Three cases before the U.S.
April 26, 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday a partial government shutdown would force the agency to suspend its investigation into the cabin panel blowout on a
April 26, 2024
Business and governments are doing a poor job of managing and regulating new technologies, a survey of people ahead of this week's World Economic Forum's
April 26, 2024
Republican U.S.
April 26, 2024
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo is due to be sworn in Sunday for a four-year term, pledging to banish deep-rooted corruption, though he will come
April 26, 2024
U.S.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Tomahawk weapons system support services and related equipment to Australia for $250 million, U.S.
April 26, 2024
U.S.
April 26, 2024
The new head of the Federal Aviation Administration is set to appear next month before Congress as the agency faces new questions on its oversight of planemaker Boeing following
April 26, 2024
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) will conduct a hearing on Friday about Trans Mountain Corp's request for a change in construction to complete expansion
April 26, 2024
The Indonesian government has delayed a plan to purchase 12 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, due to limited fiscal capacity, a spokesperson for the defence
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump's vow to give himself the power to gut the federal workforce if he is elected to the White House again has unions, Democrats and watchdog groups
April 26, 2024
The Indian government's chief economic advisor called in a paper published on Thursday for reforms to the way credit ratings agencies assign sovereign ratings, saying their
April 26, 2024
A law passed in Hungary's parliament last week gives the government "draconian tools" to intimidate those with views not shared by the ruling party, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
A U.S. government watchdog said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's use of government airplanes on eight trips complied with all federal rules.
April 26, 2024
The acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday she is stepping down from her post after overseeing the agency's investigation into Tesla
April 26, 2024
The new Slovak government's planned criminal law reforms, being pushed through parliament in a fast-track process, will impact some of the country's biggest ongoing corruption cases, the
April 26, 2024
Guatemala's outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday rejected what he described as "intimidating actions" that undercut national sovereignty, a day after the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Why AP called Arizona for Trump
Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all seven battleground states, Edison Research says
China, Indonesia enhance ties with key deals on lithium, green energy, tourism
King Charles III and Kate will attend remembrance events as both royals slowly return to duty
Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan
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US to speed up interceptor missiles delivery to Ukraine, WSJ reports
Jalen Milroe runs wild as No. 11 Alabama thrashes No. 14 LSU 42-13
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