Politics

(AFP) - A top US lawmaker said Wednesday he would visit Taiwan for the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te, a year after his last trip to the self-governing democracy provoked...

New York (AFP) - Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped charges Wednesday against three antique collectors accused of handling stolen lyrics for 1970s hit "Hotel California" and other tracks by rock group the...

(AFP) - Donald Trump on Wednesday challenged Joe Biden to an election debate after the two men emerged from primary voting as the all-but-certain Republican and Democratic candidates in November's...

(AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Wednesday set April 25 as the date to hear Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he is immune from criminal prosecution....

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - A deadly Russian missile strike Wednesday on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa appeared to land near President Volodymyr Zelensky and the visiting Greek prime minister, who...

(AFP) - Donald Trump and President Joe Biden finally kicked off their bitter White House rematch Wednesday as the Republican's final rival Nikki Haley threw in the towel after a...

(AFP) - US lawmakers moved Wednesday to pressure TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, in a push to keep social media apps...

(AFP) - The Republican-led US House of Representatives approved a deal on Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown due to start this weekend, moving a long-running row over the...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine stepped up attacks behind Russian lines on Wednesday with the apparent killing of a Russian election official in a car bomb and a drone assault...

(AFP) - Nikki Haley prided herself on being the last challenger standing between the "chaos" of Donald Trump and the 2024 Republican White House nomination. Now her dreams of becoming...