Texas Republicans are seeking to take control of elections in the Houston area, a growing Democratic stronghold that is making statewide races more competitive and could eventually turn the state into a presidential battleground.
Price of groceries has grown 50% faster than overall inflation since 2020
Arab League states moved Sunday to reinstate Syria to the 22-nation bloc, effectively ending President Bashar Al-Assad’s decade of regional isolation in defiance of US warnings.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s conservative political party warned voters against throwing the country into a “black hole of conflict” by supporting opposition groups that are proposing sweeping societal changes, as a power struggle intensifies ahead of next week’s general election.
The European Central Bank needs to continue raising interest rates amid a “too high” underlying inflation rate, said Governing Council member Klaas Knot.
Pakistan reassured China its investments and personnel in the country will be protected from increased militant attacks that hindered progress on President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative.
The UK’s culture secretary defended police action after dozens of arrests were made Saturday during King Charles III’s coronation in London.
President Joe Biden’s approval slid to a career low in the latest opinion poll for ABC News and the Washington Post that also showed the US leader lagging predecessor Donald Trump in early voter preferences for the 2024 election.
Pakistan will not have bilateral relations with India until New Delhi reviews Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision four years ago to revoke Kashmir’s autonomy, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told India Today, a private news television channel.
State utility Vietnam Electricity Group warned of electricity shortages in the northern part of the country at the same time that thermal power and supplies of coal and gas are squeezed, news website VnExpress reported.
