Tag: World News
IMF Chief to Stay Following Probe Into Data Rigging
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund said it has full…
Xi Scrutinizes State Banks’ Ties With Private Firms
Chinese President Xi Jinping is zeroing in on the ties that China’s…
In Poland, Protesters Fear Court Ruling Points to EU Exit
WARSAW—Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities…
Strange Quiet Arrives in Afghanistan After Decades of War
SANGIN, Afghanistan—Eighteen years after his bakery was destroyed in an American airstrike,…
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Escapes Afghanistan
An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden in 2008…
Ireland Signs On to Global Deal Seeking to Curb Tax Avoidance
A global agreement to set a minimum 15% corporate tax rate cleared…
EU Offers No New Pledges to Take in Afghan Refugees
European Union countries have made no new pledges to take in Afghan…
Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the judges…
U.S. Set Out to Hobble China’s Huawei, and So It Has
HONG KONG—When she was detained in Canada nearly three years ago, Meng…
U.S. Troops Secretly Train Taiwan Forces Amid Worries Over China
WASHINGTON—A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly…
CIA Chief Burns Forms China-Focused Group in Pivot Toward Asian Rival
WASHINGTON—CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday he is establishing a major…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Announces Retirement from Politics
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose brash and authoritarian style has upended governance…