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By Josh Smith SEOUL – North Korea praised Kim Jong Un’s leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political achievements, and unveiled new portraits and exhibitions to celebrate his 10 …

By Joseph Ax and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable …

(Reuters) – Russian former reporter Ivan Safronov said ahead of the resumption of his treason trial on Monday that he plans to vigorously fight the charges against him and does …

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s national security police arrested a veteran journalist and former contributing writer with the now-shuttered liberal media outlet Stand News, on Monday for …

FRANKFURT – Drugmakers on Monday pledged to speed up the market launch of new drugs in underserved EU member states in a bid to avert stricter regulation by Brussels. European …

(Reuters) – Orlando cracked a list of the world’s top 10 busiest airports by passengers for the first time last year, as the home of the Walt Disney World and …

By Michel Rose PARIS -President Emmanuel Macron will not be able to count on French voters’ traditional anti-far right front in the final runoff and will need to step up …

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY -Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in …

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD -Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan’s next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday, his party said, after …

California Is Single-Handedly Making The Supply Chain Crisis Even Worse Harry Wilmerding on April 10, 2022 California introduced new regulations for the trucking industry that would worsen supply chain issues …

By Elizabeth Piper and Zohra Bensemra KYIV/BUZOVA, Ukraine – Russian forces pounded targets in eastern Ukraine with missiles and artillery on Sunday as Austria’s leader planned to meet with Russian …

By Layli Foroudi, Tassilo Hummel and Ingrid Melander PARIS -French leader Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen qualified on Sunday for what promises to be a very tightly fought …

By Mimosa Spencer and Layli Foroudi PARIS -Supporters of France’s far-right and hard-left parties celebrated as presidential candidates for traditional mainstream parties failed dismally in Sunday’s first-round vote. As vote …

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM -Israeli forces killed two Palestinian women on Sunday after one ran towards troops and the other stabbed a soldier in separate incidents in the occupied West …

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI -Lu, 99, was a long-time resident at Shanghai’s Donghai Elderly Care hospital, her loved ones secure that she was getting round-the-clock care at the city’s largest …

By Michel Rose PARIS – The French will decide on April 24 whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream consensus in favour of …

(Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday after waking up in the morning with a “raspy voice,” his only symptom, a spokesperson said, becoming …

(Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he had asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a review to determine whether he had stuck to the rules on …

By Joel Schectman and Brendan O’Brien WASHINGTON -The United States is committed to providing Ukraine with “the weapons it needs” to defend itself against Russia, U.S. national security adviser Jake …

By Khalil Ashawi and Tom Perry IDLIB, Syria/BEIRUT – Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was …

DUBAI – Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not quit it, Iranian …

By Sonali Paul and John Mair MELBOURNE/SYDNEY -Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, triggering a campaign expected to be fought …

SHANGHAI – China’s foreign ministry expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the United States late on Saturday after it raised concerns over China’s coronavirus control measures. The U.S. State Department said on …

By Moira Warburton and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is endorsing celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is running as a Republican in …

By Elizabeth Piper KYIV – Ukraine is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, and British …