MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexico and the United States said they would gradually reopen the United States border to cattle imports from Mexico in July after U.S. agriculture officials suspended them in May over fears of the northward spread of the screwworm, agriculture officials in both countries said Monday. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) 鈥� The fate of Argentina鈥檚 state-run oil company was thrown into doubt Monday as a U.S. judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% controlling stake in YPF in partial compensation for seizing the shares of former investors during its 2012 nationalization of the energy group. The ruling 鈥� […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) 鈥� Forest fires fanned by high winds and hot, dry weather damaged some holiday homes in Turkey as a lingering heat wave that has cooked much of Europe led authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat on Monday. A heat dome hovered over an arc from […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian shares started the week with gains after U.S. stocks closed at an all-time high following their recovery from the shocks of the Trump administration鈥檚 trade policies. Canada’s decision to cancel a plan to tax U.S. technology firms that had led President Donald Trump to halt trade talks helped to steady the […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called 鈥渁 direct and […]
MADRID (AP) 鈥� Spain’s final preparations for the Women’s European Championship have been upended. Again. Three years ago, Alexia Putellas tore an ACL days before the competition. This time, a different Ballon d鈥橭r-winning midfielder鈥檚 tournament is in question after Aitana Bonmat铆 was hospitalized with viral meningitis. Bonmat铆 came down with a fever during practice Friday […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Iran鈥檚 judiciary says at least 71 people were killed in Israel鈥檚 attack Monday on Tehran鈥檚 Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political activists have been held. Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office鈥檚 official Mizan news agency website Sunday that those killed included staff, soldiers, prisoners and […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) 鈥� Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S. government. President Irfaan Ali said late Friday that the government of the South American country is dedicating 鈥渆normous resources鈥� to thwart the smuggling, which has long been a problem. He […]
CAIRO (AP) 鈥� Sudan’s military agreed to a proposal from the United Nations for a weeklong ceasefire in El Fasher to facilitate U.N. aid efforts to the area, the army said Friday. U.N. Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres called Sudanese military leader Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and asked him for the humanitarian truce in El Fasher, the capital […]
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) 鈥� The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that鈥檚 been dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz鈥� because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department has been looking to expand immigration detention capacity, and she […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week. Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided any details about the agreement. 鈥淲e just signed […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Asian were mostly higher on Friday after U.S. stocks ran up to the edge of another record. U.S. futures and oil prices also logged slight gains. Investors were watching for further details after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and China had signed a trade deal. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said […]
VENICE, Italy (AP) 鈥� The sky itself is no limit for billionaire Jeff Bezos and fianc茅e Lauren S谩nchez, who have traveled into space 鈥� and expectations are just about as high for their wedding in Venice. One of the world鈥檚 most enchanting cities as backdrop? Check. Star-studded guestlist and tabloid buzz? Of course. Local flavor? […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sharply Thursday to U.S. government sanctions blocking transfers from three Mexican financial institutions, saying Washington hasn’t shown evidence of its allegations of money laundering. The U.S. Treasury Department announced the sanctions Wednesday on the banks CIBanco and Intercam Banco and the brokerage Vector Casa de Bolsa, […]
JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel’s most heated debates, unnerving some in its political class just days after they unanimously praised his strikes on Iran. Trump’s social media post condemning the trial as a […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz are helping usher in a new era for tennis. With Wimbledon beginning Monday, the sport鈥檚 most recent Grand Slam champions are Gauff, a 21-year-old American, and Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spaniard, who are both at No. 2 in the rankings and are both coming off French Open titles […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Hong Kong’s top American diplomat said on Thursday that the policies of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments have curtailed freedoms, pointing to the cases of jailed prominent activist Jimmy Lai and what he called 鈥渢ransnational regression.” At a reception for the U.S. Independence Day, U.S. Consul General Gregory May, who […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has 鈥渋gnored the science鈥� and 鈥渓ost the public trust.鈥� A video of Kennedy’s speech was shown to participants at a Gavi meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, where the vaccines group […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught their breath following recent bouts of volatility. The dollar weakened against the Japanese yen and euro and oil prices were steady. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.3% to 39,465.53 as attention shifted to a […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions Wednesday on three Mexico-based financial institutions it said were used to launder millions of dollars for cartels, in a move officials say would block certain money transfers between the banks and American banks. The orders issued on the banks CIBanco and Intercam Banco, as well […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� For many Iranians it was a lightning sequence of events: A 12-day war with Israel and a sudden, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Now, as they return to their neighborhoods deeply shaken by Israeli air assaults, fears mount over what the country’s theocracy may do next. Human rights advocates have already warned […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� A Japanese court said Wednesday it has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him to prison terms, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island, which has a heavy American troop presence. The Naha District Court said Lance Cpl. […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian shares have logged modest gains after U.S. stocks climbed to near their all-time high as investors considered comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to Congress. Oil prices gained more than 1% early Wednesday after falling about 6% on Tuesday on hopes that Israel鈥檚 war with Iran will not hinder the […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Wednesday will meet with members of a NATO alliance that he has worked to bend to his will over the years and whose members are rattled by his latest comments casting doubt on the U.S. commitment to its mutual defense guarantees. Trump’s comments en route to […]
