Leaders of China, Russia and India are among heads of state meeting to counter US influence

The leaders of China, Russia and India gathered with other heads of state in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to US global influence. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are attending the events in Bishkek, the capital of the Central Asian nation. Putin and Xi met in one of the many bilateral sessions on the sidelines of the summit, Russian state media

2026-08-31 22:00:15:00

Trump moves toward levying new tariff on China for flooding market with cheap goods

US President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalize the world’s second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods, according to three people familiar with the matter. Two of the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations still being finalized, said Trump is considering setting the new tariff at 7.5 percent. It's a level administration officials believe would not endanger the one-year trade truc

2026-08-25 08:51:43:00

David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor over progressive Francesca Hong

Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short while trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state. Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, is vying to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor and pitched himself as the candidate best positioned to win in November against Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump. Crowley narrowly defeated democratic socialist Franc

2026-08-12 21:53:55:00

Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization, has died of illness, state media reported Wednesday. He was 97. Zhu died in Beijing at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Once sent into rural exile to do manual labor for praising reforms in other communist countries, Zhu

2026-08-12 21:23:03:00

Zelenskyy says Moscow is getting more North Korean missiles

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion. Zelenskyy said Russian forces used ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea in an overnight attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where a company said seven workers at its steel plant were killed and 21 injure

2026-08-12 08:15:53:00

Families retrieve bodies after a 14-year-old killed at least 7 in a shooting outside Bangkok

Relatives of victims of the shooting at a high school and a home outside Bangkok retrieved the bodies of their loved ones Saturday, a day after the gunman killed at least seven people. A 14-year-old schoolboy opened fire at around 10 a.m. Friday at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of Bangkok before taking his own life. He also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning, officials said. Sixteen people remain hospitalized, with

2026-08-08 17:15:08:00

Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline to pass short-term patches, but this time senators acted nearly two months before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The 90-6 vote showed lawmakers are still sm

2026-08-08 17:08:37:00

Son shines with 2 goals in All-Stars victory

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) -- It was a night worthy of a picture or two for Son Heung-min. Son scored two goals in a three-minute span in the first half off assists from Carles Gil to propel the MLS All-Stars past the LIGA MX All-Stars 4-3 in Wednesday night's Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The Los Angeles Football Club forward celebrated both goals with his signature "camera" celebration -- mimicking holding an old-fashioned camera, framing the shot with his fingers and then pretending

2026-07-30 15:22:58:00

Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50 percent tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s return to the White House. The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of

2026-07-21 10:04:57:00

Argentina reaches World Cup final

ATLANTA (AP) — No “Hand of God” this time. Argentina didn’t need it. Instead it was the hallowed feet of Lionel Messi and the unbreakable spirit of a team that has repeatedly fought back at this year’s World Cup that is now one step away from back-to-back titles. Trailing 1-0 going into the 85th minute, Argentina rallied for a 2-1 victory over England Wednesday with goals from Enzo Fernandez and substitute Lautaro Martinez. “I dreamed it, I swear. I told Alexis (Mac Allister) that I was going to

2026-07-16 11:03:43:00