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DOJ and LA County Sheriff Settle Firearm Carry Permit Suit
The agreement puts Los Angeles County on a faster, Bruen-compliant permit process after applicants waited more than nine...
Colombia Earthquake Search Shifts to Recovery as Death Toll Tops 260
Rescuers in Cali are moving from search to debris removal after a magnitude 7.4 quake killed at least 265 people and lef...
Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin Loss Shows the Left’s Electability Test Is Still Real
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s governor primary to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley after ...
NYC Council Votes to Keep Outdoor Dining Sheds Year-Round
New York City reverses the Adams-era winter teardown rule for restaurant sheds, but permit delays and upkeep costs may d...
Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting
Restrictions tied to Desenrola debt relief, social-benefit rules and self-exclusion, as the government also moves to pub...
Xi's Graft Purges Create an Underground Paid Market for Chinese Official Leaks
Banyuetan says paid chat rooms sell purported tips on who may be next to fall, with fees up to 399 yuan, as opaque anti-...
China Aligns 12 Regulations as Landmark Environmental Code Takes Effect Saturday
The State Council revises pollution-source and monitoring rules and revokes three others as the 1,242-article Ecological...
Zhu Rongji, China's Economic Reform Premier, Dies at 98
The former premier who rebuilt China's tax system, restructured state-owned enterprises and negotiated WTO entry has die...
Xi's Dunhuang Warning Puts Science and Technology at Heart of Heritage Protection
A 2019 presidential visit to the Mogao Caves is now driving automated monitoring, smart doors and digital records to man...
IRS Opens 2026 PTIN Processing: Tax Preparers Must Renew Before Preparing Returns
IRS is processing 2026 PTIN applications and renewals. Paid tax return preparers and enrolled agents need a valid PTIN b...
EPA and Ohio Partners Put $37.6 Million Toward Maumee River Cleanup and Habitat
The package funds dredging 121,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the Lower Maumee and habitat work in the Ot...
EPA Proposes Natural Attenuation Plan for Chemsol Superfund Groundwater in Piscataway
The new proposal would address contaminated groundwater that moved beyond the former Chemsol facility through monitoring...
Germany Approves Intelligence Reform to Expand Cyber Powers and Oversight
Berlin's cabinet has agreed to modernise BND and BfV powers, allowing AI-driven data analysis and limited active cyber d...
Zhu Rongji, Architect of China's Economic Boom, Dies at 97
The former premier drove painful state-enterprise reforms, WTO entry and housing privatization that turned China into th...
Polish Flood-Aid Probe: Ex-Agency VP Dismissed as CBA Reviews 50 Million Zloty in Grants
CBA has examined 900 applications and nearly 11,000 pages after reports that 4.5 million zloty in flood aid went to firm...
NSA 'LOVEINT' Cases Show Agents Spied on Partners, Report Says
The NSA confirmed a handful of deliberate overreaches over ten years; sources say most came from officers using surveill...
Nigeria Extends Policing Bill Submission Deadline to August 21
The presidential panel overseeing national police reform has given stakeholders eight more days to file memoranda, citin...
Hungarian Traffic Code Needs a Scooter Fix, Not a Full Rewrite, Expert Says
A transport lawyer says Hungary's 1975 KRESZ can be saved, but e-scooter legal limbo and extreme speeding tests show why...
Japan Protests Putin Visit to Etorofu Island, Summons Russian Ambassador
Tokyo lodged a strong protest after President Putin visited Etorofu, one of the disputed Northern Territories, and summo...
Zhu Rongji, China's Reform-Era 'Iron Chancellor,' Dies at 97
The former Chinese premier who drove WTO entry and market reforms during the late 1990s has died at 97, leaving a legacy...
Yasukuni Shrine, Explained: History, Rituals and the Diplomacy of Aug. 15
What the Tokyo shrine enshrines, why prime ministers' visits remain contested, and what Takaichi Sanae's cautious April ...
Why the US Midterms Are Not Decided Despite Trump's Deep Unpopularity
The White House is on track for a historic midterm loss, but Democratic infighting and unreliable primary polls leave co...
Earthquake Response Is First Test for Colombia's New President
Days after Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Chocó forces the new Colombian preside...
Kobakhidze: Fuel Entered Abkhazia Via Private Business, Not the State
Georgia’s PM confirms fuel reached occupied Abkhazia from Georgian-controlled territory, but says private business suppl...
Kumamoto Earthquake Response: Japan Details New Loan Relief and Local Recovery Directives
Prime Minister Takaichi's disaster headquarters set out new support for at-home evacuees, small businesses, water restor...
Zaječar's 18-Year Bus PPP Stalled by 12th Legal Challenge in Year-Long Tender
Zaječar's year-old tender for an 18-year bus transport PPP has been halted again by a 12th rights-protection complaint, ...
US Critical-Minerals Push: 28-Day Permits, $40bn in Deals and a Stalled Senate Bill
A White House roundtable, emergency permitting and a stalled Senate bill frame America's race to shorten mine approvals,...
Trump Sued Over $100,000-a-Month Early Access to Truth Social Posts
Two press-freedom groups are asking a Manhattan federal court to stop Truth API, alleging the president is selling prefe...
Russia and Syria Agree to Convert Hmeimim and Tartus Bases Into Joint Centres
Russia and Syria will turn the Hmeimim and Tartus military sites into joint training centres under Syrian civilian contr...
Putin Orders Russian Navy to Mirror Western Seizures of Merchant Ships
Russia says it will detain and confiscate cargo from vessels of unfriendly states in response to Western seizures of its...