President Donald Trump holds briefing on opioid crisis, delivers stern warning to North Korea
Protesters hit France with transport strikes, notably targeting the Paris Metro, blockades and demonstrations Thursday, pitting the power of the streets against President Emmanuel Macron’s government and its plans to cut funding for public services that underpin the French way of life. The first scuffles between police and protesters came before the break of day,…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China. Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade,…
President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10 percent tariff on imports from all foreign countries, as well as higher tariff rates for dozens of nations that the White House deemed the “worst offenders” when it came to trade barriers. The 10 percent tariff will go into effect on Friday. About 60 countries facing a…
Russia has notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine that it will not renew a crucial deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the agreements had reached a “de facto” end on Monday. The deal let cargo ships pass through the Black Sea from the ports of…
Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected to be closely monitored by global tech companies and policymakers around the world. Canberra’s ban, which came into effect from midnight local time, targets 10 major services, including Alphabet’s YouTube,…
Officials say they don’t know who is behind the occupation of the National Public Health Laboratory. The World Health Organization is warning about a “high risk of biological hazard” at a Sudan laboratory of which one of the warring factions in the country has taken control. However, officials don’t know exactly who’s behind the occupation…