December interest rate cut was a close call for some Fed officials, minutes show
WASHINGTON — Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have…
Ireland’s Micheál Martin will visit China in the first trip by an Irish leader in 14 years
BEIJING — Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin will visit China from Sunday and meet with Chinese President Xi…
Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration
OMAHA, Neb. — Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12…
Japan gets local consent, clearing a last major hurdle to restart the world’s largest nuclear plant
TOKYO — The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reactors at the…
Spanish police evict hundreds of migrants from squat deemed a safety hazard
BARCELONA, Spain — Police in northeastern Spain began carrying out eviction orders Wednesday to clear an abandoned school…
Thousands protest Slovak leader Fico over whistleblower office closure and penal code changes
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday to protest the latest moves by the government of…
Israeli military raids in Syria raise tensions as they carve out a buffer zone
BEIRUT — Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin…
Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow
WASHINGTON — As the rest of the world rushes to harness the power of artificial intelligence, militant groups…
Ruben Gallego emerges as key Democratic figure in Latino voter outreach
MIAMI — On a warm Sunday morning in Miami, Sen. Ruben Gallego stepped out of a car and…
UN-sanctioned migrant smuggler killed in western Libya
CAIRO — A notorious Libyan militia leader, sanctioned by the U.N. for migrant trafficking across the Mediterranean Sea,…
In post-Assad Syria’s chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence
LATAKIA, Syria — The woman, a member of Syria ‘s Alawite religious minority, was walking home on a…
Cuba sentences former economy minister to life in prison for espionage
HAVANA — Cuba’s top court on Monday said a former economy minister was sentenced to life in prison…