Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...
Democratic history is a timeline of states acting to curb over-mighty figures, from kings to business tycoons...
Drones, spies and extremists? Bundestag President Julia Klöckner sounds the alarm on security gaps threatening Germany’s democracy. Her proposals could hit the far-right AfD party the hardest....
The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers are set to visit the White House on Wednesday in a high-stakes effort to ease tensions over Greenland, after President Donald Trump said the territory “nee...
Whole milk, yuck. Getty Images; BI The government's latest dietary guidelines suggest people drink whole milk instead of low-fat. This matters a lot for school lunches, where whole milk will get top b...
US automakers are bringing back their gas-churning V8 engines as federal regulators relax climate rules. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Car companies have been re-launching powerful V8 engines that were pr...
The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red stea...
In 2021, when Beijing finally pledged to stop building and financing new coal power plants overseas, Western governments and climate advocates rejoiced. John Kerry, US climate envoy at the time, said ...
The EU has taken another step toward ending its reliance on Russia for energy by agreeing to stop gas imports from there. But not all countries voted in favor of the ban....
The European Union has taken another step toward ending its energy reliance on Russia by agreeing to stop gas imports from the country. But not all countries voted in favor of the ban....
The Trump administration agreed to scale back federal presence after a second fatal shooting by federal officers. President Donald Trump said he will replace Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino with bo...
US president accuses Seoul of ‘not living up to’ agreement struck with Washington last year...
A still from a video showing federal agents holding down protestor Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, January 24, moments before they shot and killed him. VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS/Reuters Americ...
The former UK Cabinet member is the latest high-ranking Conservative politician to defect to the Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage. Another senior Tory, Robert Jenrick, was pushed before he could leave e...
Party which has struggled to oppose Donald Trump’s agenda says it is prepared to take a stand over Minneapolis deaths...
How can people use the internet in authoritarian countries like China, Russia and Iran without revealing their identity? Are there workarounds besides VPNs and proxy servers?...
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to take on the country's presidency after the highly controversial elections....
A new wave of protests has seen hundreds of Minnesota businesses close and thousands of people march in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities to oppose the Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforc...
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Chinese-owned video platform TikTok has sealed a deal to create a joint venture with American investors. The move allows the popular social app to dodge the threat of being banned in the US....