Americas

Lawmakers in Venezuela allied with the government of President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday approved the creation of a new state in a territory that is the subject of a long ...

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on ...

The United States and Saudi Arabia have made “good progress” in talks on normalising ties between the kingdom and Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday ...

Canada plans to reduce its temporary residents and set a cap on temporary immigration for the first time ever, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday, the latest government effort ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states on Thursday sued Apple, alleging it used the powerful demand for its iPhone and other products to drive up prices for its ...

The defense of former footballer Robinho has filed a request to Brazil’s Supreme Court to avoid his immediate arrest after a different court ruled that he must serve in ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday recent high inflation readings had not changed the underlying “story” of slowly easing price pressures in the US as the central bank ...

The United States is pressing Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, to drop plans to buy a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6 billion) industrial stake of a Russian ...

–Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump drew outrage from the White House, Democrats and leaders of Jewish groups for saying Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats hate their religion ...

The leadership of President Nikos Christodoulides towards implementation of the humanitarian sea corridor to Gaza was highlighted in a letter by the US president. The letter from President Joe Biden ...

A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court ...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday evening met with the head of the United States’ National Security Council Curtis Ried. No statements were made after the meeting. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos ...

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday after meetings in Washington that the United States should put more pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, ...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight through space on its third try on Thursday, getting farther ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Israel must make “significant course corrections” to achieve lasting peace with the Palestinians. In a Senate speech he said ...

There is “no fairness to speak of” in citing national security to reduce the competitive advantage of other countries, a spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, criticising ...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties’ nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Biden needed 1,968 delegates ...

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine it would be considered ...

The US may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a much larger US military effort, ...

John Barnett, a former Boeing BA.N employee who had reportedly raised concerns about the company’s production issues, was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to authorities in ...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to win enough delegates on Tuesday to clinch their respective parties’ nominations, formally kicking off the first U.S. presidential ...

Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since ...