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Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know.

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but so...

Friday Briefing: Racing to Control Los Angeles Fires

Plus, renovating a wrecked palazzo.

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy S...

The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taki...

Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tighte...

President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, after cla...

Kremlin Confirms Readiness for Putin to Meet Trump

The president-elect had said the Russian leader wanted to meet him to discuss th...

Israeli Hostage Declared Killed in Gaza as Fears for Ca...

Hamza Ziyadne, 23, was abducted in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel alongside...

Shui Ka-chun, Hong Kong Activist, Dies

A social worker and teacher imprisoned for his activism, he later wrote about th...

Lebanon Turns a Political Page as Hezbollah’s Hold Is W...

A stinging defeat in war has left the once untouchable group on its most uncerta...

Pink Fire Retardant, a Dramatic Wildfire Weapon, Poses ...

It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it als...

Walgreens shares soar 15% on big earnings beat, as drug...

Walgreens maintained its fiscal 2025 adjusted earnings guidance, but did not inc...

Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing regiona...

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, showing the d...

Biden cancels Italy trip due to California wildfires

U.S. President Biden canceled an Italy trip to focus on directing full federal r...

Trump to be sentenced in New York for hush money case c...

The sentencing comes 10 days before Donald Trump is due to be sworn in for a sec...

Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules, reversing expansio...

President-elect Donald Trump previously promised to end the rules “on day one” a...

Wayfair to exit Germany, cut 730 jobs as it looks to fo...

Wayfair, an early e-commerce disruptor, wants to focus more on physical retail a...

Walgreens results top estimates as drugstore chain work...

Walgreens maintained its fiscal 2025 adjusted earnings guidance, but did not inc...