SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung garnered comradely laughs during an unscripted moment recently with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but the humor was lost on those South Koreans worried about Beijing’s growing influence in Seoul. On the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea in November, Mr. Xi offered […]
CONAKRY, Guinea — Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend, according to incomplete results released late on Tuesday, the country’s first election since a 2021 coup. Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. Ahead of the […]
The Trump administration said late Tuesday it was freezing child care payments to Minnesota over the reported fraud schemes that have plagued the state. Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the announcement on X, saying three actions were taken against the “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant […]
1. Why are musicians canceling their performances at the Kennedy Center? Multiple artists have canceled performances following the recent renaming of the venue to “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” While some artists haven’t explicitly stated the name change as their reason, several have made clear […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and the Southern Transitional Council, which is backed […]
Don’t miss the full story from our staff writers, whose reportage is the basis of this article. China launched extensive military exercises around Taiwan on Monday, deploying joint forces from the army, navy, air force and rocket force in operations dubbed Justice Mission 2025. The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command announced the drills involve […]
The Trump administration says it will kick off the new year by garnishing the wages of persons who are delinquent on student loan repayment, reversing Biden-era leniency. The Education Department said it plans to send garnishment notices to 1,000 defaulted borrowers during the week after Jan. 7, and “notices will increase in scale on a […]
HONG KONG —The Chinese military said Monday said it was dispatching air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around Taiwan, a move it called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” forces. The drills came after Beijing expressed anger at U.S. arms sales to the territory and a st atement by […]
Don’t miss the full story from our staff writers, whose reportage is the basis of this article. Rep. Mike Turner defended the Trump administration’s Christmas Day airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Nigeria during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” asserting the operations align with U.S. foreign policy and are essential for combating global […]
A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone, setting off a chain reaction of snow, ice, rain and severe weather expected to affect much of the country. Snow and strengthening winds spread across the Upper Midwest on Sunday, where the National Weather […]
