Tag: politics

Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in the world and head of Tesla, SpaceX, and the owner of X (previously known as Twitter), received criticism following a controversial comment he made ...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (news agencies) — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt ...

Israeli airstrikes on aid workers delivering food in Gaza killed at least seven people — including a U.S.-Canada dual citizen and citizens of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom. It’s ...

HELSINKI (news agencies) — Mourners gathered outside a southern Finland school Wednesday, a day after a 12-year-old student shot and killed a boy and seriously wounded two girls all the ...

KYIV, Ukraine (news agencies) — Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years ...

DAKAR, Senegal (news agencies) — Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (news agencies) — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — North Korea said Wednesday it tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants, extending a run in weapons demonstrations that’s deepening a ...

Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United ...