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A few hundred people in Venice protested on Friday against US Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta as he arrived in the lagoon city aboard his…
Samantha Johnson
Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says he’ll add cost to tariffs
US President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of…
US and Iran attack infrastructure, raising fears of escalation
The US struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait on Friday, as the two sides risked…
Many allegations, little evidence: unpacking the China election-interference records
Newly declassified US intelligence records show Chinese actors collected or acquired voter information covering millions of Americans and that Beijing developed capabilities that could be…
Strong quake off Mexican coast rattles Guatemala and El Salvador
A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas on Friday, shaking buildings as far away as Guatemala and…