The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.A floating fuel station selling diesel last month in the Mekong River delta. Vietnam has been hit hard by rising fuel costs because of th
The vice president is again center stage, after abruptly leaving the first round of high-level Iranian peace talks without an agreement.Vice President JD Vance last week in Georgia. He is returning to Pakistan this week, after spending 21 hours last weekend negotiating with the Iranians.
Few vessels are crossing after Iran reversed course on reopening the vital waterway and ships came under attack.Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
Plus, Lego crime.A screenshot of a video posted by U.S. Central Command on Sunday that was described as showing a U.S. Navy destroyer near an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea.
The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president’s trade policy.President Trump opposed tariff refunds until the Court of International Trade intervened in March and ordered the government to return the money t
Ben Casselman, our chief economics correspondent, explains why wages are not keeping up with inflation and what that means for American workers and the economy.
Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.Oil prices climbed in recent weeks to the highest level since 2022. Gas station owners don’t like price spikes any more than their customers do.
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s acknowledgment in a TV interview undercut President Trump’s earlier claim that price increases would be “short-term.”The price of gas has increased significantly since the war with Iran began in late February.
New documents reveal what professors did to help Jeffrey Epstein get inside Harvard’s gates.Jeffrey Epstein had a special obsession with Harvard, which he sought to infiltrate more than any other American institution.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street in London last month.
Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way.Ukrainian soldiers training with an unmanned ground vehicle in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine last year. The country is eager to highlight its advances in te
Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.Mary Peltola could help overcome a brand problem for Democrats in Alaska.
Weighed down by President Trump’s approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville.“We need to be a little nicer,” said Chaz Molder, the mayor of Columbia, Tenn., who is running for a Republican House
With Virginians voting Tuesday to accept or reject redistricting, candidates from both parties await the voters’ judgment to decide whether — or where — to run for Congress.Beth Macy, the best-selling author of books like “Dopesick,” is running for Congress in Virginia.
The 7.7-magnitude undersea quake occurred off Iwate Prefecture, on the northeastern coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu.A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Japan after a strong earthquake off the country’s northern coast on Monday.
A president who relishes attacking the news media is set to break his boycott of an event celebrating the news media. What could go wrong?President Trump has sued ABC News, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other news organizations since the run-up to the 2024 election.
At churches with connections to Pope Leo and the Trump administration, pastors and parishioners speak out on the quarrel between the president and the pontiff.Pope Leo XIV called for peace in a “world ravaged by wars” in his Easter message at St. Peter’s Basilica.
The latest attack raised the death toll to at least 180 in the campaign by the United States against people it accuses of smuggling drugs at sea.Gen. Francis L. Donovan of the Marine Corps, the head of the Southern Command, ordered the strike in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday.
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Washington last fall. The prince’s plans and ambitions have grown more rapi
The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.A pile of nicotine products against a blue background.
Argentina’s right-wing president has tamed the country’s runaway inflation. Now he wants to transform its values.Javier Milei in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in January at the Derecha Fest, a large right-wing gathering.
Seven of the eight children killed were the shooter’s own. Relatives said the gunman, who died in a confrontation with police, was struggling with mental health problems and stressed about his relationship with his wife.Police tape blocks off a house in Shreveport, La., that is one of the locations
Most chief executives are not recognizable to their customers. But when they step into the limelight, the rewards — and the risks — can be great.Burger King’s chief executive, Tom Curtis, at the company’s Miami headquarters. He not only appeared in a recent commercial but also invited customers to c
The jobs are coming back, despite President Trump’s tariffs and harsh immigration enforcement.
