Algeria’s black market for foreign currency underlines its economic woes
ALGIERS, Algeria — In a square near the center of Algiers, currency traders carry wads of euros, pounds and dollars, hoping to exchange them to those worried about the plummeting value…
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Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
MEXICO CITY — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women — but it’s almost equally as certain that…
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Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?
Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one. Eastern…
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Hong Kong customs arrests 7 in a $1.8 billion money laundering case linked to transnational crime
HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory’s largest ever money laundering case, involving about 14 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.8 billion) some of…
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UK voters deliver double blow to Rishi Sunak
LONDON — Voters in two districts in England delivered new blows to beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, electing opposition-party lawmakers in seats that Sunak’s Conservatives had held for years. Labour Party…
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‘Our gods were locked in the basement.’ Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s gods and goddess are returning home. An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past. Now dozens are being…
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Australian parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he hoped for an amicable end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after lawmakers ramped up pressure on the United States…
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Japan slips to the world’s fourth-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany
TOKYO — Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data released Thursday showed it fell behind the size of Germany’s in 2023. The numbers highlight how the Japanese economy…
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Kim watches missile tests and warns that North Korea will take an aggressive stance in disputed seas
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of new surface-to-sea missiles and warned that the country would take a more aggressive military posture in disputed…
Read MoreAirstrike from Israeli hostage rescue wipes out entire Palestinian family in Gaza border town
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place — where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep,…
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