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(WASHINGTON) With President Trump back in Washington following his trip to Beijing, attention now turns to Iran, where tensions appear to be escalating. In an interview with Axios, the president warned that, quote, “the clock is ticking” for Tehran. He added that unless the Iranian regime presents a stronger proposal for a deal, quote, “they are going to get hit much harder.” Sources say Mr. Trump is expected to meet […]

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said Monday. The presence of Anthropic’s Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope’s position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration. In […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Liquidators of the failed Chinese property developer China Evergrande are seeking 57 billion yuan ($8.4 billion) from accounting firm PwC over its auditing work, a Hong Kong court heard on Monday. The hefty amount was claimed against PwC International, PwC Hong Kong and PwC’s mainland Chinese entity, the court was told. A court decision has not yet been made on the claims. China Evergrande, once one […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Idaho voters will nominate candidates for federal, state and local offices in a state primary Tuesday. The contests will set the stage for the November general election, when Republicans will count on big wins in Idaho to help keep control of the U.S. Senate and House. Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch faces three primary challengers in his bid for a fourth term. The incumbent eclipsed challengers Joe […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only three of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will hold binding primaries Tuesday in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted Republicans in a handful of southern states to throw out their congressional maps. Elections in the four remaining Alabama districts were postponed to an Aug. 11 special primary while state officials restore a previous set of Republican-drawn district boundaries that eliminates one of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting concludes in the swing state of Georgia on Tuesday in competitive primaries for governor and a U.S. Senate seat that could decide control of the closely divided chamber. The nomination contests will set the stage for two of November’s marquee races that could have long-lasting political implications far beyond the state’s borders. Georgia voters will also pick nominees for U.S. House, the state Legislature and a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic voters in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary will pick their nominees to flip four seats seen as critical for the party to retake the U.S. House in November. Republicans hold a slim House majority, and just a handful of seats could determine whether they continue to control the chamber next year. Democrats see four competitive Republican-held districts in Pennsylvania as among their top pick-up opportunities. U.S. Reps. Brian […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Protests erupted in Kenya’s capital Nairobi Monday as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off in protest at rising fuel prices. Commuters were stranded in various suburbs and the city center remained deserted. Drivers with private vehicles opted to stay home as protesters burned tires on major roads. The Kenya Association of Private Schools had advised its members to assess the safety of students going to […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary and Ukraine will begin high-level consultations on the rights of Ukraine’s ethnic Hungarian minority, the countries’ foreign ministers said on Monday, an early sign that strained relations between Budapest and Kyiv could improve under Hungary’s new government. Bilateral ties between the neighboring countries had eroded for years under the pro-Russian government of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which refused to provide Ukraine with money […]