Britain’s election could be historic. Here’s what to know.
LONDON — Millions of Brits go to the polls Thursday, in an election likely to oust the Conservative Party that has dominated postwar politics and ruled the United Kingdom for the past 14 years. Who governs Britain should matter to Americans. The U.K. is considered Washington’s closest ally, it is the world’s sixth largest economy, and it has More...
Chinese migrants deported on first large flight from U.S. since 2018
A group of migrants were deported to China over the weekend on the first large charter flight there since 2018, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Tuesday. The department said that it More...
Greece becomes first E.U. country to introduce a six-day working week
Greece has controversially introduced a six-day working week for some businesses in a bid to boost productivity and employment in the southern European country. The regulation, which came into force on July More...
Pope Francis approves teenager on social media as first ‘Millennial saint’
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Hurricane Beryl reaches record winds of 165 mph as the powerful storm barrels toward Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl, the record-setting, powerful storm that has claimed at least six lives in the Caribbean, weakened slightly Tuesday as it makes its way toward Jamaica, but is still a major Category 4 with life-threatening More...
Why British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces likely electoral defeat
RICHMOND, England — Rishi Sunak has a habit of making history. He’s United Kingdom’s first British-Indian prime minister, its first Hindu leader, and at 42 he was the youngest to take the job in over 200 More...
Tear gas, stones and flames as violence erupts in Kenya and protesters call for president’s ouster
Members of the protest movement, which has no official leaders and largely organizes via social media, have rejected Ruto’s appeals for dialogue — even after he abandoned his proposed tax rises. “People More...
Car strikes pedestrians in South Korean capital, killing 9
SEOUL, South Korea — A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide, police More...
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall north of Grenada
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As Hurricane Beryl churns through the Caribbean, it’s breaking records
Hurricane Beryl is breaking records as it wreaks havoc in the southeastern Caribbean. On Sunday, Beryl became the first Category 4 storm ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean in the month of June. No storm has More...
