Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain

For months, the United States has restricted Iraq’s access to its own dollars, trying to stamp out what Iraqi officials describe as rampant money laundering that benefits

Putin invokes Stalingrad battle as justifying Ukraine fight

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the World War II Soviet victory over Nazi German forces in the battle of Stalingrad, and

Blinken visit highlights US limitations in region

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward

GM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment

General Motors Co. has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas Corp. in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the

Saudi soccer influence grows by winning seat on FIFA Council

Saudi Arabia added to its influence in world soccer yesterday, winning a seat on the FIFA Council and then being confirmed as host of the 2027 Asian Cup. The

Italy on alert amid anarchist attacks on diplomatic missions

Italy’s government has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist network acting in solidarity

Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet

Boeing bids farewell to an icon yesterday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has

Palestinians say Israeli troops kill man as conflict escalates

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The killing marks the latest bloodshed

Dutch electronics giant Philips to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide

Dutch consumer electronics and medical equipment maker Philips said yesterday it is cutting 6,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years as it revealed a net loss of

Retired army general Pavel wins presidential election

Petr Pavel, a retired army general, decisively defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote Saturday to become the Czech Republic’s new president. Pavel, 61, will succeed controversy-courting

UK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party yesterday for a “serious breach” of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax

Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban

Facebook parent Meta said it will restore former President  The company said in a  “The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying

Monterey Park, an Asian cultural hub, shaken by shooting

For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity — and a culinary heaven worth visiting for anybody near

Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Amazon

Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides

New photographs of Warsaw Ghetto found in family collection

Warsaw’s Jewish history museum yesterday presented a group of photographs taken in secret during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, some of which have

UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art

The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of looted cultural objects from

UN chief warns the world is in a ‘sorry state’

The world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine that are “piling up like

World’s oldest known person, French nun, dies at 118

A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home

China’s NetEase criticizes Blizzard offer as unequal, unfair

China games company NetEase Inc. has rejected a proposal from World of Warcraft creator Activision Blizzard to temporarily extend its partnership while the U.S. company seeks a new

On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the

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