Nation and World
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Bank of England joins US Fed in keeping interest rates unchanged after inflation declines
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday joined the U.S. Federal Reserve in pausing interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns abou...
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Vietnam detains energy policy think tank chief, human rights group says
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - Hanoi, VIETNAM - Vietnam has detained the director of a think tank that works on energy issues in the country - the sixth expert working on environmental and climate iss...
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Elijah McClain died after a police stop and ketamine injection. Now, 2 officers are on trial
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - BRIGHTON, Colo. - The trial of two suburban Denver police officers was set to open Wednesday in the killing of Elijah McClain, a Black man put in a neck hold and injecte...
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Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were 'contingent' electors, not fake
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - ATLANTA - Three of the Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 were not fake electors, their...
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Biden warns Netanyahu about the health of Israel's democracy and urges compromise on court overhaul
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - President Joe Biden raised "hard issues," including protecting the "checks and balances" in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Be...
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Sikh separatism has long strained Canada-India ties. Now they're at their lowest point in years
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - NEW DELHI - Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap accusations and expel each other's diplomats over the k...
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UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain's environmental commitments on Wednesday, saying the country must fight climate change wit...
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Six Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and unrest in the Gaza Strip have killed six Palestinians, Palestinian health officials sai...
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House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the "weaponization" of the departme...
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Inside the delicate art of maintaining America's aging nuclear weapons
Sep 20, 2023 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS, Mo. - In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation's nuclear warhe...