Derided by Donald Trump as a “communist,” Vice President Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million from his father on a “silver platter,” Trump is leaning into his raw populism. The two presidential candidates are set to deliver dueling speeches
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s central bank on Wednesday cut its key interest rate for the seventh time in a row as inflation remains low and amid the economy’s slow recovery. The cut, which had been predicted by analysts, brought the interest rate down by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.25%. The
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday in a rare occurrence, adding to tensions in the region where multiple countries have overlapping territorial claims and both Beijing and Washington seek to project their influence. The launch was part of routine training by the People’s Liberation Army’s
When their church no longer felt safe, deacon Francisco Alvicio and his congregation made a plan. Cautiously, discreetly, they took their worship to their homes. “If I’m pursued at the church, I still have my Bible,” the 63-year-old Nicaraguan said. Praying in hiding became his last resort before fleeing his country in 2023. Like him
MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Wednesday gave overwhelming approval to the first reading of a proposed law to prohibit the adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The measure, which would need to pass two more readings in the Duma before being sent to
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, launched a new network on Wednesday to strengthen and further coordinate the continent’s fight against organized crime. The European Judicial Organised Crime Network’s first priority will be tackling drug-related crime. Drug trafficking cases at Eurojust have doubled since 2020. The organization said that
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow on Wednesday, rejecting his decision to cut payments that offset winter heating costs for millions of retirees. The vote on the final day of Labour’s annual conference is not binding, but it’s a setback to Starmer’s efforts to
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran rose to 50 on Wednesday after one of the miners who was injured in the weekend blast died in hospital, the Iranian state television reported. A methane gas leak sparked an explosion on Saturday at the mine in
As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. A few months ago, hundreds of asylum-seeking families, including crying toddlers, waited for an opening to crawl through razor wire from Juarez into El Paso. No one is waiting there now.
NEW DELHI (AP) — A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week, and management is at an impasse over their demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay, a workers union spokesman said on Wednesday, The employees strike in the plant near Chennai
