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US irks G20 ministers by bringing back Russia, barring journalists

The United States' move to welcome Russia back to a meeting of G20 countries on Monday while denying some journalists access to the gathering dismayed some finance leaders present, deflecting from its bid to focus talks on global economic growth.

2 days ago
Americas

Trump heads into midterms short on foreign policy wins

With the Iran war now at a costly standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, President Donald Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears stuck as he heads into November's midterm elections. ...

1 week ago
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Race to reach trapped Colombia quake survivors offers hope

Authorities said on Friday that 287 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured, while nearly 400 others were still missing. ...

2 weeks ago

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Harvard faculty rally around beleaguered university president Claudine Gay

A concisely worded petition was signed by at least 570 professors and was delivered Sunday evening to the 13-member Harvard Corporation, which has the power to fire university president Claudine Gay. More professors indicated they also wanted to sign, according to a co-author of the petition.

2 years ago
Americas

Washington Post staff to strike on Thursday

The strike comes after 18 months of failed talks to reach a new deal over pay, remote work, and other conditions -- and after the daily, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, warned more layoffs were possible.

2 years ago
Americas

Three killed in Las Vegas university shooting

The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub's tourist-packed Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence is a part of the fabric of daily life.

2 years ago
Americas

Biden 'not sure' he'd be running if Trump was not in 2024 race

"If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running," Biden said at a fundraising event for his 2024 campaign outside of Boston. "We cannot let him win."  

2 years ago
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Chile, where Kissinger backed coup, remembers his 'moral wretchedness'

"A man has died whose historical brilliance never managed to conceal his moral wretchedness," Chile's ambassador to the United States, Juan Gabriel Valdes, wrote on X, the former Twitter.

2 years ago
Americas

George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin 'stabbed 22 times' in US prison: Prosecutors

Chauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison in November.

2 years ago
Americas

Judge rejects Trump immunity claim in federal 2020 election case

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no legal basis for concluding that presidents cannot face criminal charges once they are no longer in office.

2 years ago
Americas

Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy

South America's largest country is now one of roughly 100 countries that have signed onto the deal, according to a European official familiar with the matter.

2 years ago
Americas

'Black Friday' kicks off US shopping season amid economic unease

"Black Friday" will be followed by the newer "Cyber Monday," as the sector seeks to entice bargain-hunters.

2 years ago
Americas

With X's Musk under fire, Biden joins rival Threads

The White House confirmed it had launched Threads accounts for the president, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff and the White House itself in English and Spanish.

2 years ago
Americas

Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president

In downtown Buenos Aires hundreds of Milei supporters honked horns and chanted his popular refrain against the political elite - "out with all of them" - as rock music played from speakers. Some people set off fireworks as excitement spread.

2 years ago
Americas

Biden turns 81 as voters show concern about age

His birthday will turn an unwelcome spotlight on the fact that the Democrat is the oldest president in American history -- and that if he wins a second term next year he will be 86 by the time he leaves.

2 years ago
Americas

Advertisers drop X after Musk backs anti-Semitic post

Nonprofit group Media Matters added Apple, Disney, Comcast, Lionsgate Entertainment, and Paramount Global to its list of companies pausing advertising on X.

2 years ago
Americas

Old photo, birthday wish, ravioli lunch: Personal ties on display during Xi-Biden meet

Among the key outcomes of the leaders’ summit were a resumption of military-to-military cooperation and the creation of a task force to curb the production of fentanyl.

2 years ago
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New Indonesia-US partnership unlikely to get off ground without reforms, analysts say

Indonesia’s recently elevated status as the United States’ comprehensive strategic partner remains insufficient as a means to boost Jakarta’s standing among Washington’s trading partners, analysts have said.

2 years ago
Americas

Biden hails Xi summit, military links to restart

The leaders of the world's biggest economies shook hands and smiled as they met at a historic estate near San Francisco for their first talks in a year, and wrapped up the four-hour summit with a walk in the garden.

2 years ago
Americas

What to expect when Biden meets Xi Jinping in San Francisco

The leaders of the world's two largest economies have known each other for over a decade and have shared hours of conversation in six interactions since Biden's January 2021 inauguration.

2 years ago
Americas

Biden says goal of Xi meeting is to resume US-China military communications

The Chinese severed military-to-military contacts with the United States in a fit of pique after then-House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022.

2 years ago
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Indonesia, US herald ‘new era’ of cooperation

Jokowi and Biden announced on Tuesday that the Indonesia-US bilateral partnership would be elevated from a strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP).

2 years ago
Americas

Biden to embrace Asia allies and meet Xi in San Francisco

Biden is expected to outline progress on IPEF which will bring together three of the world's largest five economies -- the United States, Japan and India -- as well as Australia, South Korea and much of Southeast Asia, but not China.

2 years ago
Americas

Republicans face 2024 dilemma after abortion rights issue powers Democrats

Abortion rights could also appear directly on 2024 ballots in states including Arizona and Florida, as they did in Ohio on Tuesday.

2 years ago
Americas

Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections

In Ohio, a state that voted for Republican Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election, voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, Edison Research projected.

2 years ago
Americas

Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies

Lawmakers first heard from Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan on Sept. 13 when he presented two specimens in a first-of-its-kind congressional event on UFOs, or FANIs in Spanish. Maussan said the bodies, believed to have been found near Peru's ancient Nazca lines, were not related to any life on Earth. 

2 years ago
Americas

US House censures lone Palestinian-American lawmaker over Israel comments

Twenty-two Democrats joined with most Republicans in the chamber to censure Tlaib for allegedly "promoting false narratives" on Hamas' Oct. 7 gun rampage in Israel and "calling for the destruction of the state of Israel." 

2 years ago
Americas

Trump tangles with judge, complains of treatment at NY fraud trial

Over roughly four hours on the witness stand, Trump often avoided direct answers, instead bragging about his properties and his wealth.

2 years ago
Americas

One year from election, Trump leads Biden in key states

The Democratic incumbent's numbers look especially bleak among people of color and young voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. 

2 years ago
Americas

Blinken heads to Israel seeking 'concrete measures' to spare civilians

President Joe Biden has promised full support and ramped-up military aid to Israel for its retaliatory strikes in Gaza, but in a visible shift of tone has also voiced empathy for Palestinian suffering which has stoked anger in parts of the world.

2 years ago
Americas

Split US Congress quarrels over new aid to Israel and Ukraine

Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress want to promptly adopt military aid for Israel, a long-standing US partner at war with Hamas.

2 years ago
Americas

For Biden in 2024, is age really just a number?

The 80-year-old Democrat is already the oldest president in American history, and if he wins a second term next year he will be 86 when he leaves the White House.

2 years ago
Americas

No ceasefire in Gaza, no votes, Muslim Americans tell Biden

The White House has scrambled to address concerns raised by community members and political appointees within the administration. Biden met with a handful of Muslim leaders last Thursday, a White House official said.

2 years ago
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