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
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
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
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 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’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 yesterday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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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