GOVERNMENT

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has endorsed businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson to be his successor.

Lithuania will present a combat drone to Ukraine that was donated by the Turkish manufacturer after a private crowdfunding campaign among ordinary Lithuanians who raised nearly 6 million euros ($6.1 million) for the purpose within days.

Boris Johnson has stepped down as Conservative Party leader.

The European Union’s parliament has called for abortion safeguards to be enshrined in the EU’s fundamental rights charter.

The contest to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has begun after he announced he is resigning as Conservative Party leader.

Portugal is bracing for a heat wave, with temperatures in some areas forecast to climb as high as 43 C (109 F) this weekend just as a severe drought grips the country.

The European Union’s executive is warning that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change.

China is calling the United States “the biggest threat to world peace, stability and development," continuing its sharp rhetoric in response to U.S. accusations of Chinese spying and threats to the international order.

Fifty-nine people are on trial in Italy for the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge.

Boris Johnson wanted to be like his hero Winston Churchill: a larger-than-life character who led Britain through a time of crisis.

The Biden administration says it'll spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade airports around the country.

Senate Democrats want to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare.

Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in Ukraine as it attempts to reconstitute its forces for a renewed assault.

Less than three years after a thumping election victory, Boris Johnson is resigning. How did it come to this?

German lawmakers on Thursday approved a major package of reforms aimed at boosting the production of renewable power, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that the country has for too long relied on energy supplies from Russia.

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries.

Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow.

Australia’s new government has dropped the 4-year-old prosecution of a lawyer over his alleged attempt to help East Timor prove Australia spied on it during multibillion-dollar oil and gas negotiations.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday, giving in to irresistible pressure as a three-year-term that began with a bold vow to “get Brexit done” and a huge election win ended in scandal and division, much of it of his own making.

As the crisis over Boris Johnson's leadership grows, the Northern Ireland secretary resigns.

A South Korea activist says he launched more huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items toward North Korea.

Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for talks bound to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine despite an agenda focused on global cooperation and food and energy security.

Details are being released of the people whose lives were lost in the July Fourth shooting at a parade in suburban Chicago.

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is prompting efforts in liberal states to protect providers and patients who have traveled for a legal procedure.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has sanctioned a group of front companies and individuals tied to the sale and shipment of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products to East Asia.

The Biden administration is looking to help foreign manufacturers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term.

Slovakia’s government is facing another serious crisis after a junior party threatened to withdraw from the four-party coalition.

Cyprus has brought back compulsory mask-wearing in all indoor areas for everyone age 12 and over amid a surge of COVID-19 infections.

The White House says President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, and has pledged he's working to win her release as soon as possible.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says the government plans to nationalize French electricity giant EDF amid an energy crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The FBI director and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency are raising alarms about the Chinese government, warning business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain.

The Energy Department is teaming with actor Robert Downey Jr. to recruit up to 1,000 new workers focused on climate change and clean energy.

President Joe Biden has used an Ohio visit to showcase federal action aimed at shoring up pensions for millions of workers.

Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the 2020 election.

Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, has agreed to testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the Horn of Africa.

Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson is determined to cling to power despite an open revolt within his Conservative Party.

The suspected ringleader of a network that smuggled as many as 10,000 people on small boats across the English Channel to Britain has been arrested along with 38 others.

The war in Ukraine is fueling fears of a natural gas emergency in Europe.

China has launched a scathing attack on the U.S. and NATO, days before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Norway's government late Tuesday intervened to bring an end to an oil and gas strike that threatened to exacerbate the region's deepening energy crisis.

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the capital of North Macedonia for a fifth consecutive night protesting a proposal aiming to break a deadlock in the country’s efforts to join the European Union.

Russia has redoubled its push for Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, with the Ukrainian military claiming to have repelled some advances.

Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities.

Immigrant advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children.

Sri Lanka is desperate for help to weather its worst crisis in recent memory, but it’s not the only economy that’s in serious trouble as prices of food, fuel and other staples soar, partly due to the war in Ukraine.

Foreign ministers from the world’s largest nations are looking to address Russia's war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week.

More Capitol riot defendants are pushing to get their trials moved out of Washington, D.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an administrative stay on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market.

In a story published July 5, 2022, about President Joe Biden's visit to Ohio on Wednesday, The Associated Press erroneously reported that it would be Biden's fourth visit to the state as president.

A federal judge has thrown out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is facing a fresh crisis after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers resigned within minutes of each other.

The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 2001 attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City.

It is the first time they have spoken since Nicola Sturgeon outlined her route map to a referendum.

There are 50 known survivors of the banned pregnancy drug in Scotland, most now in their 60s.

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.

Original Ife bronze heads, of which only some 20 survive, are thought to be about 700 years old.

With half the rail network closed, travellers from Paddington Station were pleasantly surprised.

An earthquake in Afghanistan's Paktika province has killed at least 250 people, an official tells the BBC.

The task force intends to develop steps the federal government can take to combat online hate and abuse.

The task force intends to develop steps the federal government can take to combat online hate and abuse.

The bid to change post-Brexit trade procedures is set to prompt a row, writes our political editor.

He is expected to give a new right-to-buy pledge and suggest benefits should count towards mortgages.

The government said the bill would also allow for the removal of gun licenses from people involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has introduced legislation that would put a national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns

Heating water contributes hugely to cost increases, says an organisation aiming to get the UK more active.

European countries have taken different approaching to higher energy bills.

Two days after his election win, Anthony Albanese will fly to meet leaders of the US, India and Japan.

Sir John Major warns about rising prices, as a minister is criticised for advocating people working more hours.

England's schools regulator says such schools are often "unsafe" and don't provide a full education.

Nowhere is the challenge of abandoning Russian oil clearer than in the refinery town, Schwedt.

Ministers had refused to make it public, arguing that it would breach legal professional privilege.

Labour wants MPs to investigate if the PM misled them - but ministers say a decision should wait.

Only £60m of £220m humanitarian aid pledged by the government was handed out by 1 April, a Labour MP says.

Hassana Adamu speaks to the BBC about feeling neglected on the eighth anniversary of the kidnappings.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if elected. Le Pen frames her measure as an effort to end animal suffering. She wants animals to be stunned first. But Jews and Muslims who for religious reasons eat meat from animals that aren't stunned before slaughter say they feel targeted. The issue is one of the many fault lines between Le Pen and incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the starkly different visions of France they are presenting for next Sunday's election runoff vote.

That's 4%, plus whatever the local government may tack on, which would disappear from store receipts.

That's 4%, plus whatever the local government may tack on, which will disappear from store receipts.

“No nation is doomed for failure or destined to live in captivity,” the journalist and historian Adam Michnik says.

A man whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire says he was left alone to find his missing relative.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.

The House of Lords support plans to widen the documents people could use to get a ballot paper.

Charities react to the government's decision not to ban conversion therapy for trans people.

Dozens of Chinese medical journal articles published between 1980 and 2015, when the Chinese government said it would stop procuring organs from executed prisoners, describe doctors in China performing organ transplants without following standard procedures for establishing brain death, according to new research published in a top U.S. medical journal.Why it matters: "This shows, in the words of the physicians themselves, that they prioritized organ procurement over adhering to the most basic me

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Frustrations persist among tribal leaders who say their conversations with the federal government have not resulted in action on the ground.

Protestors are angry because of food, fuel and power shortages across the nation.

The council tax rebate scheme is due to come into force in April, but councils warn payments could be delayed.

The civil war has left millions needing food aid, yet none has been delivered to Tigray for months.

The UK's only two shale gas wells are set to be put permanently out of use at the end of June.

Drone footage shows destruction of Mariupol, and protesters target an oligarch's London mansion.

Train operators are talking to unions about how to address job changes in a bid to modernise the railways

"No visa for at least another week," said Misha, simply. "No-one can help us in Calais."

Ukrainians with family in the UK say the government should make more effort to provide refuge.

The UK government was too slow to offer help after it withdrew from Afghanistan, a report finds.

Nearly two million were AstraZeneca shots that advisers said should not be given to younger adults.

Boris Johnson is facing calls to accelerate moves to tackle economic crime amid the crisis in Ukraine.

U.K. students who fail math and English could be barred from taking out college loans under proposals set to be announced by the British government this week.

The proposed measure is likely to be dropped from an animal welfare bill, after ministers raised concerns.

Manufacturers call for a regulator to monitor electric car charging prices and charge point rollout.