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Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices
Europeans are becoming more incensed as pump prices surpass the equivalent of $12 a gallon in some countries. EU c…
War widens as Israel and US pound Iran and Tehran and its allies hit back
Iran’s supreme leader has been killed during major attack, Trump says
A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination that he said gave Iranians their “…
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war
How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us — and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israe…
US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran. Trump urges Iranians to 'take over'
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by risi…
Denmark calls an early election following tense US-Greenland standoff
Polls also show a bump in the popularity of the prime minister’s Social Democrats during recent weeks which were dominated by the looming Greenland crisis.
Cartel violence fuels doubts about FIFA World Cup games in Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum was asked at her daily news briefing what guarantees there are that World Cup matches will be held in Jalisco. “Every guarantee,” s…
4 years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a look at the war by the numbers
The upper end of the estimated number of soldiers killed, wounded or missing on both sides, according to a report last month by the Center for Strategic and In…
Former Prince Andrew arrested and held for hours on suspicion of misconduct over ties to Epstein
King Charles III, whose late mother lived by the motto “never complain, never explain,” took the unusual step of issuing a statement on the arrest of his broth…
Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic gold
It was a couple of weeks before Christmas. Elana Meyers Taylor was in Norway, prepping for a World Cup bobsled weekend. Things were going horribly. Her body wa…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country’s first election since 2024 uprising
The BNP is headed by 60-year-old Tarique Rahman, its prime ministerial candidate who returned to Bangladesh in December after 17 years in self-exile in London.…
Remote community grieves the 8 killed in Canada's deadliest attack in years
Mourners braved frigid cold Wednesday night to grieve the victims, with Mayor Darryl Krakowka telling them, “It’s OK to cry.”
Suspect in Canada shooting is identified as an 18-year-old with history of police visits to her home
“Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The nation mourns with you, and Canada stands by you,” an em…
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi looks to translate her election gains into a new conservative shift
Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, alone secured 316 seats, comfortably surpassing a 261-seat absolute majority in the 465-member lower house, the mo…
Olympians march in Milan and the mountains at a multi-site opening ceremony for the Winter Games
Another symbol of how far-flung things are this time: Instead of the usual one cauldron that is lit and burns throughout the Olympics, there will be two, both …
Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid,’ the island’s president says after Trump-Xi call
In December, the U.S. State Department announced its largest-ever arms sales package to Taiwan, valued at more than $11.1 billion and including missiles, artil…