BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Progressive leaders from around the globe gathered in Barcelona on Saturday trying to galvanize their forces and defend the multilateral rules-based order in a world turning to the right and violently torn by superpowers. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, an...
PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting is part of attempts by sidelined nations...
MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was supposed to be Europe’s bridge to U.S. President Donald Trump. It may be burning. After chastising Pope Leo XIV, Trump turned his ire on Meloni, long one of his closest European allies, for calling his papal broadside “unacceptable” and not...
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Spain on Tuesday pledged to work to safeguard multilateralism at a time of conflicts including the war in Iran, with Chinese President Xi Jinping saying the countries should “oppose the world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle.” Xi said they...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday suspended the fuel tax in response to the Iran war in his first act after securing a majority government. Carney said that with fuel prices increasing sharply, he is suspending the federal fuel excise tax from next Monday until Labor...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government with special election wins Monday night, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties. Voters cast ballots for three vacant seats of the 343 districts represented in...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and resource-rich Indonesia agreed Tuesday to deepen economic ties and cooperation in energy security as the two Asian countries face growing uncertainty over oil and gas supplies prompted by the war in the Middle East. “In the wake of the Iran situation, the importance of...
President Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae agreed to work closely for the early de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with particular focus on ensuring safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The agreement was reached during a 20-minute telephone meeting on March 24,...
TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public comments about Japan 's 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. So there was embarrassment, confusion and unease on Saturday in Japan after President Donald Trump casually used...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is traveling Wednesday to the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump after he called on Japan and other allies to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. The three-day...
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is traveling to India, Australia and Japan this week and next in his latest effort to diversify trade away from the United States, his office announced Monday. Carney will first visit Mumbai on Thursday for talks with Indian Prime Minister...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new minority Dutch coalition government took office Monday led by Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ youngest-ever prime minister who will have to use all his bridge-building skills to pass laws and see out a full four-year term in office. Jetten, 38, heads a...
