FRANKFURT, Germany - German unions called a major transport strike for Monday as workers demand higher wages to cope with surging inflation, the latest industrial action in Europe's top economy. Staff at airports, ports, the railways, buses and subways will walk out across much of the...
MADRID, Spain - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday he will meet with President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week to discuss China's peace plan for Ukraine. "I think it is important to learn first-hand" what China's position is, Sanchez told reporters in Brussels where he was...
PARIS, France - There is no sign the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow will rein in President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine, even if it again highlights a lopsided relationship where Russia is clearly the junior partner, analysts say. Xi held two days of talks this week...
MOSCOW, Russia - The leaders of China and Russia hailed a "new era" in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing's proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. The nations, eager to curb Western power, expressed...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" Monday over an oil spill on land, in an incident decried by environmental activists as a "recurring problem" in the energy-rich Gulf state. The emergency was sparked by an "oil leak in the west of the country", the...
WASHINGTON, United States - Disturbing video footage released Tuesday shows the death of a 28-year-old Black man as he was being admitted to a US mental hospital, where he was forcibly restrained by as many as 10 police officers and hospital security guards. Irvo Otieno's March 6 death in...
WASHINGTON, United States - Joe Biden used an arts awards ceremony Tuesday -- where one honoree was an actress who famously played a fictional president -- to drop perhaps his heaviest hint yet that he's seeking a second White House term in 2024. Presenting a National Humanities Medal to...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - Humanity's "lifeblood" -- water -- is increasingly at risk around the world due to "vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment," the UN warned in a report, published hours ahead of a major summit on the issue was set to begin Wednesday. The world is "blindly...
Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China would prioritize ties with Russia, calling the two "great neighboring powers" as he prepared for a second day of talks with Vladimir Putin expected to focus on Ukraine. The Chinese president also said he invited the internationally isolated Putin to visit China...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - China's Xi Jinping this week invited the leaders of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Aisa to a first joint summit in China, a bid to boost Beijing's influence in Russia's backyard. The Chinese president extended the offer to the "first China-Central Asia summit",...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -Â A blast at a home in central Mexico that doubled as an unauthorized fireworks producer killed at least seven people and injured 15 others, state officials said. "The explosion occurred inside a house where fireworks were being clandestinely manufactured and stored," the...
JINDAYRIS, Syria - Thousands of angry Kurds rallied in rebel-held northern Syria on Tuesday after pro-Turkish fighters killed four fellow Kurds who were celebrating their Nowruz new year festival, an AFP correspondent reported. "They killed my children for no reason," Kuli Maho, 70, told AFP...
