Politics

(AFP) - The US central bank's decision to slash interest rates this week is a "very positive sign" for where the world's biggest economy stands, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...

(AFP) - China presents the top challenge to the United States in its history, surpassing the Cold War, a top US official said Wednesday, as he urged Europe to get...

(AFP) - Donald Trump railed against illegal immigrants Wednesday and pledged to visit an Ohio town simmering with racial tensions fueled by his campaign's conspiracy theories, as Kamala Harris courted...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Elon Musk's X social network said on Wednesday that the restoration of its services in Brazil, where it had been shut down, was "inadvertent and...

(AFP) - Donald Trump told a boisterous rally Wednesday he will visit the US town beset by racial tensions ever since his campaign began promoting false allegations that immigrants there...

(AFP) - US lawmakers rejected a Republican government funding plan Wednesday amid divisions within the party, with former president Donald Trump calling for a forced shutdown unless certain demands are...

(AFP) - US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep up pressure to free Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose son warned that time was running out. Lai, the...

(AFP) - Kamala Harris spent a second straight day Wednesday courting minority voters, especially Latinos, as fresh polling showed the Democrat receiving a post-debate bump over Donald Trump in two...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of...

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction for more than four years, sharply lowering borrowing costs...