U.S. bishops plea for government to re-open, fund SNAP

A statement from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, called the threat to SNAP funding "catastrophic." The U.S. government needs to find a way to re-open and lawmakers need to work together to...

U.S. Envoys Hail Stronger Kazakhstan Partnership Ahead of C5+1 Summit

On October 29, Unites States Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau concluded their visit to Kazakhstan ahead of the upcoming C5+1 summit in Washington. During their trip, the U.S....

U.S. Military Required To Sign NDAs Tied To Latin America Mission: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump’s expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new...

U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Calls on President Trump to immediately release available SNAP funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement calling on President Trump and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately release critical Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

U.S. asks judge to toss Arizona's suit seeking food-stamps funding

The U.S. Justice Department is asking a judge to toss the lawsuit filed by Arizona and other states that aims to force the federal government to continue funding food stamps. In legal papers filed in federal court, Associate Attorney General...

U.S. Coast Guard joins offshore drug patrols; AG’s office begins strike prosecutions; Noboa ends state of emergency; Cuenca students protest health ‘collapse’

Cocaine seizures and arrests off Ecuador’s coast have more than doubled since May when the U.S. Coast Guard committed ships and personnel to the mission. Joint Ecuadorian-U.S. patrols have resulted in the seizure of more than 200 tons of cocaine...

U.S. eases China tariffs

President Donald Trump met with China’s leader Xi Jinping on Thursday to discuss ongoing trade issues. According to an Associated Press report, the U.S. will cut tariffs on chemicals from 20% to 10%. Trump also told reporters he will lift...

The U.S. keeps warning about China’s surveillence tech threat—while cashing in on it: ‘I think we’ve been naive or complicit in the extreme’

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the...

Family of journalist Sami Hamdi demand immediate release from U.S. detention

The family of British Muslim journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi have issued an urgent plea for his release after he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Sunday at San Francisco Airport, while en route to...

Vance says 1.3 million U.S. troops will be paid at the end of the week as pressure mounts for Democrats to end the shutdown

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads...

They’re already here: How U.S. corporations have been eroding Canada’s economic sovereignty

From coast to coast to coast, Canadians of all political stripes are rightfully concerned about our nation’s sovereignty. U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats and on-again, off-again trade war doesn’t just worry Canadians, they’ve also...

Iranian Activist, Taught to Hate the U.S. as a Child, Now Grateful For the Freedom to Express Herself

"It’s ironic that a child who once chanted 'death to America' has, as an adult, been given a second life in the same country she was taught to hate," writes Iranian activist Masih Alinejad. She has written a very personal op-ed in The Free Press...

Mexico Agriculture Secretary Says Still No Date for Restarting Cattle Exports to U.S.

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY, Oct. 29 (Reuters) - Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said on Wednesday that Mexico and the United States have not yet set a date to resume Mexican cattle exports amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating...

Top news of the day: India gets six-month U.S. sanctions waiver for Chabahar port; Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi, and more

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea's Busan on October 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters India gets six-month...

China just purchased its first U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest before Trump and Xi meet at economic summit

COFCO, China’s largest state-owned agriculture and food business, just bought its first purchase of U.S. soybeans from this year’s harvest right before President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at an economic summit in South Korea this week. The...

Experts warn that acquiring nuclear submarines from the U.S. is a 'distant goal'

Published: 30 Oct. 2025, 17:48 Updated: 30 Oct. 2025, 17:53 The USS Alexandria (SSN-757), a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered U.S. submarine weighing 6,900 tons, arrives in Busan on Feb. 10. [SONG BONG-GEUN] GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang — Momentum...

Kanu’s U.S. counsel, Fein faults dismissal of no-case submission

By Ochiaka Ugwu United States-based lawyer, Bruce Fein, to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has criticised the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja which dismissed the no-case submission filed by...

FX volatility still a concern over $350B U.S. investment despite safeguard measures

Published: 30 Oct. 2025, 18:34 Updated: 30 Oct. 2025, 19:10 Korean presidential policy chief Kim Yong-beom speaks at a press briefing at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, on October 29. [YONHAP] The market...

Ontario’s $75 Million Reagan-Themed Ad Sparks Diplomatic Crisis With U.S.

By Ginika Igboke A $75 million advertising campaign from Ontario’s government, built around a selectively edited clip of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 trade speech, has ignited a major diplomatic dispute after airing during the World...

Germany Reviews Possible Rosneft Nationalisation After U.S. Sanctions: Sources

Home Europe Germany Germany Reviews Possible Rosneft Nationalisation After U.S. Sanctions: Sources The situation highlights the complex web linking Germany with Russia, which supplied Europe's industrial powerhouse with energy in the decades...