The day after Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for the White House, Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee’s Michigan campaign office saw 650 people sign up to volunteer.
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States comes as negotiations to end the Israel-Hamas war and recover hostages held in Gaza inch forward - with no immediate deal in sight.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, according to a U.S. law enforcement official familiar with the matter.
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Central Bank on Friday raised its key lending rate to its highest level in more than two years to stem soaring inflation in an overheated economy hit by Western sanctions in response to Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.
MOSCOW (AP) - A former Russian defense ministry official was arrested on corruption charges, the Russian security services said Friday, the latest in a series of high-profile military arrests.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations agreed Friday to strive toward effectively taxing the super-rich, a joint ministerial declaration said.
ROME (AP) - Italy plans to send an ambassador back to Syria after a decade-long absence, the country's foreign minister said, in a diplomatic move that could spark divisions among European Union allies.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration's expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific region more broadly as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next. The trip comes as the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign heats up after a series of bombshell developments upended the race.
