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WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to bar the Biden administration from moving forward with stringent vehicle…

LONDON — The World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments on Tuesday to increase taxes on alcoholic drinks and impose them on…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Gold buyers in China are getting younger, as a property market downturn, weakening stocks and currency and low bank…

BOSTON — US President Joseph R. Biden said on Tuesday that Hamas had repeatedly raped women and mutilated their bodies during…

SYDNEY — Australia Post will soon end daily letter deliveries as part of a series of postal reforms announced on Wednesday…

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is warning that more testing of African swine fever vaccines is needed, triggered by…

BEIJING — China’s finance ministry on Wednesday issued a draft rule on the management of domestic investments by the country’s social…

Myanmar’s central bank will no longer set exchange rates for foreign currencies and will instead allow banks and licensed dealers to set their own rates, state media reported on Wednesday. The announcement…

MEXICO CITY — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States would be “responsible for Ukraine’s defeat” if…

BRUSSELS — Top EU officials will raise an array of concerns from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to trade irritants in a…