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
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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
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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
U.S.
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
U.S.
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
Britain's "big promises" to boost the financial sector's post-Brexit global competitiveness have been a "damp squib", with many of the changes yet to be implemented and
April 26, 2024
Japan is "concerned" that the U.S. military continues to fly the Osprey aircraft despite the government's request to ground them until their safety is confirmed, Japan's top
April 26, 2024
Chicago is grappling with local backlash against moving homeless migrants into a new government-run tent encampment as temperatures drop and more migrants continue to
April 26, 2024
Canada is set to announce on Thursday a multi-billion dollar sole-source contract for Boeing Co’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to replace the country’s military surveillance
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration has been circulating on Capitol Hill the first breakdown of which U.S. states have benefited from the billions of dollars spent on arming
April 26, 2024
The potential threat posed by the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) means safeguards need to be built in to systems from the start rather than tacked on later, a top
April 26, 2024
Canada's government will present legislation this month to start paying subsidies for carbon capture and net-zero energy projects, a source with direct knowledge of
April 26, 2024
Rising U.S. government debt and fiscal deficits that have helped lift government bond yields this year will likely become secondary factors for investors, as
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a long awaited proposal to split regulatory powers over emerging private-sector space activities between the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Moody's on Friday changed the outlook on the government of United States of America's ratings to "negative" from "stable".
April 26, 2024
Peru's foreign minister, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, has resigned from office, amid criticism of President Dina Boluarte's trip last week to the United States, according to a source
April 26, 2024
The U.S. government has approved a complaint brought against the Netherlands and European Union by Jet Blue and industry group A4A over landing slots at Amsterdam's Schiphol
April 26, 2024
Ruling party lawmakers in Honduras elected an interim attorney general on Wednesday, but opposition legislators accused the allies of leftist President
April 26, 2024
The White House is working to finalize as soon as Tuesday a new policy outlining how governments should respond to ransomware attacks,
April 26, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday the economy in 2024 would exceed the potential growth rate after picking up pace in the second half of 2023, and pledged closer
April 26, 2024
Italy's government plans to hike taxes on short-term rentals by people letting out more than one flat, a draft of the 2024 budget seen by Reuters showed on Saturday.
April 26, 2024
Former lawmaker Maria Corina Machado was formally declared the victor of the Venezuelan opposition's weekend presidential primary on Thursday, as a government official warned
April 26, 2024
Former Venezuelan lawmaker Maria Corina Machado, who has declared victory in a primary to choose the opposition's 2024 presidential candidate,
April 26, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said on Wednesday it will launch a sovereign cloud in Europe for government and customers in highly regulated industries.
April 26, 2024
U.S. regulators will begin grading banks on which communities and geographies they service via online lending under tougher new rules modernizing fair lending
April 26, 2024
Infighting among Republicans who control the U.S.
April 26, 2024
China removed its defence minister on Tuesday, the second ousting of a senior leader in three months, raising questions about the stability of the leadership team
April 26, 2024
The United States was "closely monitoring follow up steps" from the Indian government after India's Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex marriage, the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Ten Senate Democrats will ask President Joe Biden's
April 26, 2024
A group representing General Motors, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen and nearly all other major automakers, sharply criticized the Biden administration proposal to drastically hike
April 26, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will travel to Israel this weekend to meet with its new unity government and discuss U.S.
April 26, 2024
U.S. retirees and government benefits recipients will get a 3.2% increase next year, the federal government said on Thursday, announcing its smallest annual increase in three
April 26, 2024
U.S.
April 26, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence chief and centrist opposition party leader Benny Gantz have agreed to form an emergency government, a joint statement
April 26, 2024
All partners in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition approved on Tuesday a proposed expansion of the government to include politicians now in the opposition, a
April 26, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he will discuss the possibility of setting up centers to process migrants in an Oct. 22 meeting with other Latin
April 26, 2024
Credit rating agency Fitch said on Wednesday the ousting of U.S.
April 26, 2024
The Canadian government, under political pressure to tackle high inflation, said on Thursday the country's five major grocery chains had made an initial commitment to help stabilise
April 26, 2024
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's $2.3 billion plan to replace its high-speed Acela train cars is more than three years behind schedule and faces more likely
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The eye-watering surge in long-term U.S. government borrowing costs continues to pummel world markets everywhere as investors fear 30
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Mike Dolan A six-week reprieve for U.S. government funding that keeps public services functioning through mid-November has been enough to give
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration on Friday named Mark Lambert as its top China policy official at the State Department, appointing the veteran diplomat amid tense
April 26, 2024
A partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government due to lack of appropriations could begin on Oct. 1 and would mean key agencies involved in the collection and publication of data about
April 26, 2024
If Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting on Sunday and the government shuts down, the effects will be felt around the world, with many workers
April 26, 2024
Health insurer Cigna Group says it has reached a settlement with the United States over claims it overcharged the government's Medicare Advantage program by making it appear
April 26, 2024
The White House warned on Thursday a partial shutdown of the federal government that could occur this weekend would delay nearly 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects.
April 26, 2024
White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Friday that a government shutdown that could start this weekend was an "unnecessary risk" to a resilient economy now with
April 26, 2024
One of the most highly anticipated announcements watched for each year by more than 70 million U.S. retirees and government benefits recipients could well be delayed by any federal
April 26, 2024
U.S. economic activity was either even weaker or not as strong as previously estimated in each of the first quarters of 2020, 2021 and 2022 amid downgrades
April 26, 2024
The U.S.
April 26, 2024
BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline
April 25, 2024
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has left Spain in suspense after announcing he may step down because of what he called an “unprecedented” smear campaign against his wife
April 25, 2024
Ariel Henry has resigned as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
April 25, 2024
Indonesian president elect Prabowo Subianto received a boost on Thursday after a prominent political party that backed another candidate pledged its support for his administration,
April 25, 2024
A trial of a former government official charged with killing his wife has riveted Kazakhstan with lurid video of the attack, sparking a national conversation about domestic violence and leading to the government enacting a tougher law on spousal abuse
April 25, 2024
Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa said on Monday his party, which is now in opposition, will support security measures widely backed by voters in a
April 22, 2024
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged that the country’s first deportation flights could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over the measure
April 22, 2024
Polish voters are casting ballots to chose mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of local election voting two weeks ago
April 21, 2024
The Senate has advanced legislation that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans’ civil liberties
April 18, 2024
Persistently high interest rates have led Missouri lawmakers to significantly expand a state loan program for farmers and small businesses
April 18, 2024
Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia force a vote seeking his ouster
April 18, 2024
A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar businesses to report the identities of their owners to the government
April 17, 2024
Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas before arguments even begin
April 17, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office is facing pointed questions from lawmakers about a $19,000 lectern purchase that was the focus of a legislative audit
April 16, 2024
Connecticut’s top public defender is fighting to keep her job as an oversight commission begins considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged misconduct
April 16, 2024
Newly unsealed court papers show that Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at a May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen
April 16, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is imposing higher taxes on the wealthiest Canadians as part of the federal government
April 16, 2024
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his office on May 15 and hand the post to his deputy Lawrence Wong, his office said Monday
April 15, 2024
Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week
April 14, 2024
German lawmakers are expected to vote on a government plan to make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official documents
April 12, 2024
South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 11, 2024
Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law
April 11, 2024
South Korean media report that the prime minster and top presidential advisers have offered to resign in the wake of the parliamentary election defeat
April 11, 2024
A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested
April 10, 2024
A top lawmaker says he expects the audit report on the $19,000 lectern purchased for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be released in the next 10 days
April 09, 2024
Venezuela’s government says the country’s former oil minister has been arrested on allegations of corruption
April 09, 2024
The federal program that helps pay for groceries for millions of low-income mothers, babies and young kids will emphasize more fruits, vegetables and whole grains
April 09, 2024
The Spanish government says it will scrap so-called “golden visas” that allow wealthy people from outside the European Union to obtain residency permits on investing more than half a million euros (dollars) in real estate
April 08, 2024
An exit poll released after Poland’s local and regional elections show Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU party slightly trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December
April 07, 2024
Efforts to ban TikTok from government devices have picked up steam in the past year in state legislatures and Congress even as politicians continue to use it to connect with and expand their base
April 06, 2024
The House is set to consider a bill next week that would reauthorize a surveillance program that U.S. officials consider vital to national security but that critics say raises privacy concerns
April 05, 2024
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research finds that while Americans say they respect the Constitution’s checks and balances and don’t want a president to have too much power, that view shifts if the candidate of their party wins the presidency
April 05, 2024
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's surprise decision to schedule elections earlier than expected in Algeria is prompting suspicion and appears to be awakening discouraged political parties from a deep lethargy
April 04, 2024
South Korea’s president has met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors and promised to respect their position during future talks over the government's contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions
April 04, 2024
The government’s chief human resources agency has issued a new rule making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees
April 04, 2024
A attorney defending Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally told a panel of federal judges Wednesday that the law may have “went too far” but that will be up the court to decide
April 03, 2024
North Dakota lawmakers expecting a legal challenge to a congressional age limit, if passed through a ballot initiative in the June election
April 03, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico election officials violated public disclosure provisions of the National Voter Registration Act by refusing to provide voter rolls to a conservative group and its public online database
April 02, 2024
Heavy gunfire erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours
April 01, 2024
South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions
April 01, 2024
The office of Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above
March 29, 2024
The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform
March 28, 2024
Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti have issued their first official statement
March 27, 2024
Protesters in Slovakia have formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building in anger over a takeover plan by the government whose populist, pro-Russia prime minister recently labeled several private media outlets his enemies
March 27, 2024
A Greek opposition party has submitted a motion of no-confidence in the government over its handling of a deadly railway disaster last year
March 26, 2024
Senegal woke up to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political novice
March 26, 2024
New Zealand says hackers linked to the Chinese government targeted its Parliament in 2021
March 25, 2024
A South Carolina court official under investigation amid allegations of tampering with the jury in the Alex Murdaugh trial has announced her resignation
March 25, 2024
Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges
March 25, 2024
Britain’s government is expected to blame a string of cyberattacks targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers on hackers linked to the Chinese government
March 25, 2024
Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea plan to submit their resignations in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions
March 25, 2024
Barely six months into the job, House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of the same conservative revolt that took down his predecessor
March 22, 2024
Canadian officials say they will set targets to decrease the number of new temporary residents in the country
March 21, 2024
Algeria will hold its next presidential election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign should he choose to seek a second term leading the oil-rich north African nation
March 21, 2024
A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin
March 21, 2024
A Communist Party newspaper says Vietnam’s Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will be acting president after the previous president’s resignation
March 21, 2024
California wants to pay doctors more money to convince them to see more Medicaid patients
March 21, 2024
As Venezuela’s government would have it, President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle have been the target of several conspiracies since last year that could have left them injured or worse
March 21, 2024
New Zealand has entered its second recession in 18 months after the latest round of GDP figures confirmed its economy contracted in the last quarter of 2023
March 20, 2024
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it expects the federal government will be awash in debt over the next 30 years
March 20, 2024
Wales has become the first part of the U.K. to get a Black leader, following the election of Vaughan Gething as first minister
March 20, 2024
The Dutch parliament has named two new go-betweens to lead negotiations to form the next ruling coalition
March 20, 2024
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will step down as leader of the country as soon as a successor is chosen
March 20, 2024
Republican attorneys general in two dozen states are pushing back against a proposed Biden administration rule that seeks to expand diversity in apprenticeship programs
March 20, 2024
A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves
March 19, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills thousands of Americans every year
March 18, 2024
Democracy takes many forms, and some are more direct than others
March 18, 2024
A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier
March 16, 2024
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister
March 14, 2024
The British government on Thursday published an official definition of “extremism.”
March 14, 2024
Indian farmers are protesting in the Indian capital to press their demand for new legislation that would guarantee minimum profitable prices for their crops
March 14, 2024
Thailand’s paroled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a series of public appearances with an early morning visit to a holy shrine in the capital Bangkok before flying to his home province of Chiang Mai in the country’s north
March 14, 2024
A Democratic legislator is calling for an inquiry into South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s trip to Texas for dental work and a promotional video in which she praises the dental office
March 13, 2024
The shakeup of Walt Disney World’s governing district more than a year after it was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees continues with the departure of its board chairman
March 13, 2024
U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running
March 12, 2024
South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations
March 12, 2024
After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need to put together financial aid offers for incoming students
March 11, 2024
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has announced she'll resign her post, effective March 22
March 11, 2024
The 19-member Cabinet of Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has been sworn into office
March 11, 2024
China's national congress is wrapping up its annual session with the usual show of near-unanimous support for the ruling Communist Party's blueprint for the year
March 11, 2024
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule by the National Labor Relations Board that would have made it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies
March 10, 2024
France's public administration minister says the government will offer bonuses to civil servants mobilized to work in Paris during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes
March 09, 2024
Microsoft says it is still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email of senior company executives in November and have since been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data
March 09, 2024
Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days
March 08, 2024
A new Pentagon study that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence
March 08, 2024
The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease said it failed to help patients with the fatal disease
March 08, 2024
China’s hacking industry, leaked internal documents reveal, is vast in size and scope but also suffers from shady business practices, disgruntlement over pay and work quality, and poor security protocols
March 08, 2024
During the State of the Union address, the House speaker and vice president sit behind the president
March 08, 2024
Sen. Katie Britt will call President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening
March 08, 2024
A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House
March 07, 2024
A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white business owners who claimed the program discriminated against them
March 06, 2024
The Senegalese government has announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election
March 06, 2024
Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home
March 06, 2024
The French government says tourists won’t be allowed to watch the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics for free as initially promised
March 05, 2024
China's blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but it's also notable for not spelling out specific moves to attain long-promised reforms that foreign businesses and investors have been hoping for
March 05, 2024
Benny Gantz, who is in Washington this week for meetings with U.S. leaders, is a crucial member of Israel’s War Cabinet
March 04, 2024
Nepal's two largest communist parties joined forces to form a new coalition government that would include smaller parties as partners
March 04, 2024
South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts
March 04, 2024
The Chinese government says it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the only times a top Chinese leader took questions from the news media
March 04, 2024
Haiti’s government has declared an emergency and a nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend in which armed gang members stormed the country’s two biggest prisons
March 04, 2024
Congressional leaders have come out with a package of six bills setting full-year spending levels for some federal agencies
March 03, 2024
After last year's wave of wins for the so-called school choice movement, some religious schools in those states are seeing enrollment rise and are planning for a fuller future
March 03, 2024
A county in Indiana has lost its top election official nearly every other month since its longtime supervisor resigned over a vote-counting mistake in the 2022 election
March 03, 2024
A day after parliamentary election concluded in Iran, hard-liners are leading in initial vote counting in the capital of Tehran, state media reported
March 02, 2024
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng has pledged to provide more opportunities for foreign companies in China as the government tries to restore confidence in the world’s second largest economy
March 01, 2024
The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable boats
March 01, 2024
The IRS plans to go after 125,000 high-income earners who did not file tax returns going back to 2017
February 29, 2024
The European Union’s powerful Commission says it will begin releasing billions of euros to Poland that were frozen over the previous government’s policies that the bloc said amounted to widespread backsliding on fundamental democratic principles
February 29, 2024
A panel of U_N_-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity.”
February 29, 2024
Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election
February 29, 2024
South Korea’s government is making a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout, with hours left to go before the Thursday deadline on its threats to suspend medical licenses and prosecute the strikers
February 29, 2024
Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year
February 29, 2024
A proposal meant to guide electoral authorities in setting the date for Venezuela’s presidential election includes more than 20 potential options ranging from as soon as the last week of March through early December
February 28, 2024
Congress is again on the brink of a government shutdown less than four months after the last close call.
February 27, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency says 25 toxic waste sites in 15 states will be cleaned up as part of a $1 billion infusion to the federal Superfund program
February 27, 2024
The government of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has condemned a threat by the governor of the oil-rich province of Chubut to cut off energy supplies to the rest of the country amid a dispute over funding reductions
February 27, 2024
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority
February 26, 2024
President Joe Biden and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox are calling for less bitterness and more bipartisanship in American politics
February 25, 2024
The eldest son of Mexico’s president and the governing party’s presidential candidate say their telephone number have been published on social media and they have received threats and insults
February 24, 2024
The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington have signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest
February 23, 2024
For the fourth time in five months, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayor Joe Ganim will face challenger John Gomes at the ballot box in his quest for an eighth term
February 23, 2024
Angry farmers are back in Paris on their tractors on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital, in a new protest demanding more government support and simpler regulations
February 23, 2024
The head of the European Union’s powerful Commission says decisions will be taken soon to release billions of euros to Poland, funds frozen by the bloc over the previous Polish government’s anti-EU policies
February 23, 2024
German lawmakers are expected to vote on a government plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, which would decriminalize limited amounts of marijuana and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy it for recreational purposes
February 23, 2024
Senegal’s President Macky Sall says that he will end his term in April as expected, but he has not given a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday
February 22, 2024
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government
February 21, 2024
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order and create a new federal rule aimed at better securing the nation’s ports from potential cyber attacks
February 21, 2024
Mexico's president acknowledges the armed forces have taken over yet another civilian role: filling potholes on the nation's highways
February 20, 2024
A vote in Hungary’s parliament on ratifying Sweden’s bid to join NATO could come as early as Monday
February 20, 2024
South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to protest a government medical policy, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical treatments at hospitals
February 20, 2024
Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government, and say they will continue their march to New Delhi
February 20, 2024
A study has found more than 57% of Argentina's people are considered poor, the worst poverty level in 20 years
February 19, 2024
Farmers are blocking highways and holding demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens and thousands to march toward the capital
February 16, 2024
Most Republican governors turned down federal money to provide grocery help for low-income families with school-age kids over the summer
February 16, 2024
The head of the House Intelligence Committee says he has information about a serious national security threat and urges the administration to declassify the information so the U.S. and its allies can openly discuss how to respond
February 14, 2024
Myanmar’s military government says it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year
February 14, 2024
The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies have announced they will jointly form a coalition government
February 13, 2024
The Australian government says will outlaw doxxing – the malicious release online of personal or identifying information without the subject’s permission – after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details about hundreds of Jewish people in Australia
February 13, 2024
President Joe Biden has launched a task force aimed at addressing the "systemic” problem of mishandling classified information during presidential transitions
February 12, 2024
Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
February 12, 2024
The Iraqi government met again with the U.S. government on how to draw down American troops who have been deployed there for years combating the Islamic State
February 12, 2024
Myanmar’s military government has for the first time activated a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately
February 10, 2024
Pakistan has hit back at criticism over the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which were held amid sporadic militant attacks and an unprecedented suspension of all mobile phone services
February 10, 2024
Pakistan held its parliamentary election with 44 parties fighting for a share of 266 seats in the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament
February 10, 2024
A new IRS inspector general report says the agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite failing background reports as recently as last July
February 09, 2024
Nebraska state Sen_ Loren Lippincott is touting a bill that would give the Nebraska State Patrol $200,000 to hire “an ethical hacker.”
February 08, 2024
New Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, include efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages
February 08, 2024
Auditors are nearly done looking into a $19,000 lectern purchased for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that prompted scrutiny and national attention last year
February 08, 2024
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