US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ramps up Ecuador support in regional anti-crime push

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa shake hands at the Carondelete presidential palace in Quito, on September 4, 2025. JACQUELYN MARTIN / AFP US Secretary of... Read more »

Rubio slams France over Palestine recognition

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, September 4, 2025. JACQUELYN MARTIN... Read more »

European leaders call Trump after summit on ceasefire security guarantees

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy chair the Coalition of the Willing Summit at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris, France, on September 4, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN / VIA... Read more »

Florida to roll back childhood vaccine mandates; Washington, Oregon and California push back against ‘politicized’ CDC

This photo combination shows, from left, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. JENNY KANE LINDSEY WASSON GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ / AP The Democratic governors of... Read more »

Judge overturns Trump funding cuts to Harvard University

Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on... Read more »

France issues record fines for cookies against internet giants Shein and Google

A customer holds her bags as she leaves a pop-up store of the Chinese fast fashion brand Shein, in Dijon on June 26, 2025. ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP France’s data protection authority... Read more »

Thailand’s acting government moves to dissolve parliament

Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party’s leader and prime ministerial candidate, leaves after a press conference at the parliament, in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 3, 2025. CHALINEE THIRASUPA / REUTERS Thailand’s acting prime minister... Read more »

Google won’t be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules

Various Google logos are displayed on a Google search, Monday, September 11, 2023, in New York. RICHARD DREW / AP A US judge on Tuesday, September 2, rejected the government’s demand that... Read more »

Strikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 31 as international experts accuse Israel of genocide

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg holds her mobile phone as she and other members of the Global Sumud Flotilla depart to Gaza from the port of Barcelona, Spain, September 1, 2025, after weather... Read more »

What is Israel trying to hide by imposing a media blackout on Gaza?

The deadly war waged by Israel against Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, has also claimed among its victims a fundamental right: freedom of information. For nearly two... Read more »