Labour Party leader Keir Starmer makes his pitch to UK voters with a speech vowing national renewal
U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is delivering that amounts to a public job interview for the post of prime minister
2023-10-10 16:19
IMF outlook worsens for a world economy left 'limping' by shocks like Russia's war
The International Monetary Fund warns that the world economy is losing momentum in the face of higher interest rates, the ongoing war in Ukraine and widening geopolitical rifts
2023-10-10 16:18
Publishing executive found guilty in Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal, but avoids jail time
An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member
2023-10-10 15:52
Afghans still hope to find survivors from quake that killed over 2,000 in western Herat province
Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead
2023-10-10 15:50
Stock market today: Rate hopes push Asian shares higher while oil prices edge lower
Asian shares are higher after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about interest rates, which have been dragging markets lower since the summer
2023-10-10 15:16
Auto workers begin strike at GM plants in Canada
Auto workers have launched strikes at three General Motors facilities in Canada
2023-10-10 14:22
Destroying Hamas a priority for Israel, ambassador says, after militant group threatens hostages
Israel is repeatedly pounding Gaza with deadly airstrikes, displacing more than 100,000 people and sending waves of injured Palestinians to overwhelmed hospitals, as military leaders follow through on orders of a "complete siege" of the densely populated coastal strip.
2023-10-10 14:18
Facing Beijing's threats, Taiwan president says peace 'only option' to resolve political differences
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has said peace with China is the “only option,” while strongly asserting the self-governing island's defenses
2023-10-10 13:55
Hamas' attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North Korea
South Korea’s new defense minister says he would push to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on reducing tensions between the rivals, insisting that it hampers the South’s surveillance activities along their heavily armed border when the North’s nuclear threats are increasing
2023-10-10 13:18
Car rams into Chinese consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot driver, officers say
Officials say a car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital
2023-10-10 12:59
Kari Lake wants to be elected to the Senate. She also wants to keep fighting the election she lost
Kari Lake is preparing to launch a U.S. Senate campaign with a splashy rally outside Phoenix, having never conceded that she lost last year’s race for Arizona governor
2023-10-10 12:59
Biden's second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate over plan's details
President Joe Biden’s second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets to debate what a new proposal might look like
2023-10-10 12:55