WASHINGTON – Federal workers faced fresh uncertainty about their futures on Tuesday after Elon Musk gave them “another chance” to respond to his ultimatum that they...
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ordered the swift implementation of measures to give consumers relief from inflated food prices, including an unprecedented release...
SEOUL – South Korea’s Constitutional Court will begin on Monday reviewing the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial law attempt, while investigators said...
NEW YORK — US President Joseph R. Biden delivered a scathing broadside against Russia at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying Moscow had launched...
KYIV/RIYADH — Russia and Ukraine carried out an unexpected prisoner swap on Wednesday, the largest since the war began and involving almost 300 people,...
UNITED NATIONS/NEW YORK — The Global Fund to fight AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world...
NEW YORK/KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded a special United Nations (UN) tribunal impose “just punishment” on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including...
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on...
WASHINGTON — World Bank President David Malpass came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after he declined to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus...
BEIJING — China is willing to make the utmost effort to strive for a peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan, a Chinese government spokesperson said on...
VATICAN CITY — Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, in direct defiance of a...
KYIV/LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial military mobilization, as Russian forces battle a Ukrainian counter-offensive that has regained some...