Government policy

European vote could tip the balance on Meloni’s far-right agenda in Italy

Abhinav Thawait

MILAN (AP) — While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving ...

North Korea’s trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means

Abhinav Thawait

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea ...

Iran helicopter crash: Iran President has died in office. Who succeeds Khamenei?

Abhinav Thawait

JERUSALEM (AP) — The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system ...

Biden marks Earth Day by going after GOP, announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants

Elaine Hadley

TRIANGLE, Virginia (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar ...

Mideast-US: Israel and Iran show restraint. But for how long?

Abhinav Thawait

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and ...

House on the brink of approving Ukraine and Israel aid after long struggle

Abhinav Thawait

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for ...

Biden’s fiery State of the Union address issues contrast with Trump

Elaine Hadley

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union ...

China sets an economic growth target of around 5%

Barbara Terrio

BEIJING (AP) — China aims to achieve 5% economic growth this year, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday, acknowledging that it ...

US regulator eases restrictions on Wells Fargo

Barbara Terrio

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the bank ...

Indonesia election 2024: Stakes are high for US and China

Abhinav Thawait

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s ...

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