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REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he is not likely to visit Ukraine when he travels to Europe later this month for summits with Washington’s …

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden’s election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a state-wide convention that wrapped up this weekend on a party platform …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO – A Japanese court ruled on Monday that a ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only …

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM -Israeli lawmakers will vote next week to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country’s fifth election in three years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM – As a TV star, Yair Lapid’s weekly commentary was entitled “Being Israeli” – a rhapsody about the middle-class, politically centrist ranks that he saw holding together …

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that a decision on whether to pause a federal gasoline tax could come by …

By Ruma Paul and Zarir Hussain DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India -Soldiers on small boats delivered relief material on Monday across flooded towns and villages in Bangladesh, after more than nine million people …

By Katharine Houreld DOLLOW, Somalia -Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day’s mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend’s …

By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico – Her elderly neighbor is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the …

By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI – India’s annual monsoon rainfall has covered more than half of the country and conditions are favourable for it to advance into central, northern and western …

By Michel Rose PARIS -Jupiter has lost his thunder. Emmanuel Macron, whose first presidential mandate was marked by a top-down government style he compared to that of the almighty Roman …

DUBAI – Iran said on Monday that Tehran is ready to reach a “good deal” with world powers, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh told a televised news conference, blaming the …

By Rich McKay ATLANTA -With street parties, the trumpets and drums of marching bands, speeches and a few political rallies, people across the United States marked Juneteenth this weekend, a …

(This June 18 story corrects to say Indian ruling party spokeswoman, not Indian government spokeswoman, in 2nd paragraph) By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL – An attack claimed by Islamic State …

By Nelson Bocanegra, Oliver Griffin and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA – Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won …

SHANGHAI – China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that “achieved its expected purpose”, the Defence Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country. …

(Corrects spelling of Sievierodonetsk in paragraphs 3, 7, 9, 12) By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder KYIV -Russia said on Sunday it seized a village near Ukraine’s industrial city of …

BRASILIA – Brazilian federal police on Sunday said that five more suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, after having already arrested …

By Tassilo Hummel and Ingrid Melander PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country …

(Reuters) – World swimming’s governing body FINA on Sunday voted for new eligibility rules that restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions. The policy is the strictest …

By Max Hunder KYIV – Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining …

DHAKA/ASSAM, India -At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by …

CHANG: China’s Economy Is Collapsing. Here’s Why You Should Worry Gordon G. Chang on June 19, 2022 Chinese ruler Xi Jinping has staked his rule on making China larger, by …