In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp
Ahead of national elections next week, some people in Zimbabwe's rural areas say they are facing intimidation from supporters of the long-ruling ZANU-PF party and a biased state-run media that restricts their options
2023-08-19 14:21
Slow-Growing UK Faces Reckoning Over £2.6 Trillion Debt Pile
From the financial crisis to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Britain has borrowed and spent its way out of
2023-08-19 13:20
Five Takeaways From the US, Japan and South Korea Summit
US President Joe Biden was dealt a stronger hand in Asia when Yoon Suk Yeol became South Korea’s
2023-08-19 13:20
Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?
Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar
2023-08-19 13:19
Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage
Public health advocates say Georgia appears to be doing little to promote its new Medicaid plan or enroll people in it
2023-08-19 13:16
Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad
2023-08-19 12:47
Pelosi Says Jan. 6 Attack Gives Her Reason to Stay in Congress
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol has given
2023-08-19 09:23
Hawaii wildfires stoke climate denial, conspiracy theories
Climate change-denying social media accounts are exploiting the deadly wildfires in Hawaii to push conspiracy theories that high-energy lasers were...
2023-08-19 09:22
Argentina sets grocery price controls for 90 days to tame inflation
BUENOS AIRES Argentina's government announced on Friday a price agreement for supermarkets to limit monthly increases to a
2023-08-19 07:51
DeSantis Meets Privately With Trump Critic Brian Kemp
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met privately on Friday with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who has publicly rebuked DeSantis’s
2023-08-19 07:17
Bankman-Fried's lawyers blast trial prep time as 'entirely inadequate'
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday rejected as "entirely inadequate" the U.S. government's
2023-08-19 06:25
Islamists Backed by Young Voters Gain Clout in Southeast Asia
Political leaders in Southeast Asia‘s biggest Muslim-majority nations got a reminder from Malaysia last week that the battle
2023-08-19 06:20