Hidden behind the tug of war over whether Ukraine will cast its lot with Europe or Russia is the prospect of bankruptcy. Someone will need to chip in at least $10 billion in the coming months if Ukraine wants to keep its economy afloat. With talks on resuming credit from ...
Congress declared a holiday truce in the budget wars Wednesday, sending President Barack Obama a blueprint for funding the government ...
Up to half of the terrorism suspects held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay could be closer to ...
The U.S. Congress did something Wednesday it hasn’t done during three years of partisan warfare — pass a budget deal that won’t likely hurt the economy. The two-year spending plan all but removes the threat of another government shutdown like the one that slowed ...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan charged Wednesday that the detention of dozens of people in a high-profile graft probe was an “ugly” operation against his government. Several dozen police chiefs have been sacked in the wake of the dawn raids on Tuesday that ...
Deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 35 others will be tried on charges of espionage and aiding acts of terrorism, state prosecutors said Wednesday in the latest blow dealt by military-backed authorities to the former leader and his associates in the Muslim Brotherhood after ...
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Sen. Max Baucus as ambassador to China, Democratic officials said Wednesday, turning to a lawmaker well-versed in trade issues to fill one of America’s most sensitive diplomatic posts. If confirmed by the Senate, Baucus would replace Ambassador Gary ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened his wallet on Tuesday in the battle with the European Union over Ukraine’s future, saying Moscow will buy $15 billion worth of Ukrainian government bonds and sharply cut the price of natural gas for its economically struggling neighbor. The ...
Germany’s parliament elected Angela Merkel as chancellor for a third term Tuesday, ending nearly three months of uncertainty since elections that forced her to seek a “grand coalition” with her rivals. Merkel, 59, set to govern Europe’s top economy for another four years, was ...
Germany’s new government will feature the country’s first female defense minister and the return of a respected former foreign minister, while Chancellor Angela Merkel’s influential finance chief will stay on as she starts her third term. Merkel’s new “grand coalition” government of right and ...
A showdown between Russia on one side and the United States and the European Union on the other drew closer Sunday, as two American senators told a crowd of hundreds of thousands of protesters that Ukraine’s future lies to the west, not east. “We ...
Michelle Bachelet, the winner of Chile’s presidential runoff Sunday, years ago became her country’s first female president and now has a chance to cement her legacy with a second term. The socialist, agnostic pediatrician has been on a dramatic roller coaster ride of a ...
Nearly 300,000 outraged Ukrainians braved freezing temperatures Sunday to demand closer Western integration after the European Union abruptly suspended historic partnership talks because of the government’s continued courtship of Russia. The ex-Soviet nation of 46 million has been at the heart of a furious ...
Chile’s once and future leader, Michelle Bachelet, easily won Sunday’s presidential runoff, returning center-left parties to power by promising profound social changes in response to years of street protests. Bachelet won 62 percent of the vote, the most decisive victory in eight decades of ...
The White House systematically delayed enacting a series of rules on the environment, worker safety and health care to prevent them from becoming points of contention before the 2012 election, according to documents and interviews with current and former administration officials. Some agency officials ...
