U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unions

Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su says workers at southern auto plants should be free to unionize without employer or political interference, even as some southern states pass new laws meant to inhibit organized labor

First round of North Macedonia's presidential polls shows big shift towards center-right opposition

Near-complete results from North Macedonia’s first round of presidential polls confirm a strong shift towards a candidate backed by the country’s center-right opposition

German lawmakers assail far-right party over alleged China, Russia links following spying arrest

The German government and opposition lawmakers have assailed the far-right Alternative for Germany for its alleged closeness to Russia and China after an assistant to a legislator for the party was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing

Here's why Spain's leader is mulling his future while denouncing a 'smear campaign' against his wife

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has left Spain in suspense after announcing he may step down because of what he called an “unprecedented” smear campaign against his wife

Scottish National Party ends 3-year power-sharing deal with Greens after climate change dispute

The Scottish National Party has ended its three-year power-sharing agreement with the much smaller Greens after tensions grew between the two pro-independence parties over climate change policies

Hungary's Orbán urges European conservatives, and Trump, toward election victories at CPAC event

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister has called for right-wing forces to take power in upcoming European and U.S. elections, and expressed support for former President Donald Trump in his ongoing criminal trial

French president will outline his vision for Europe as an assertive global power amid war in Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to outline his vision for Europe to become a more assertive global power at the backdrop of war in Ukraine and other security and economic challenges in a speech on Thursday, ahead of pivotal European...

Mauritania president announces second term bid for June election

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani said Wednesday he would run for a second term in presidential elections due in June.

Authorities in Togo are cracking down on media and the opposition, report says ahead of election

Amnesty International says authorities in Togo have repressed the media and prevented civilians from gathering to protest peacefully

Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway

President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers

Billionaire Texas oilman inks deal with Venezuela's state-run oil giant as U.S. sanctions loom

A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman has announced a deal with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to rehabilitate five aging oil fields

Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway

President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers

More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds

More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income

A Greek lawmaker faces criminal charges following a brawl in parliament

Greece’s parliamentary speaker says he will seek criminal charges against a lawmaker who allegedly punched a colleague during a debate

German far-right lawmaker whose assistant was arrested for spying for China keeps up election bid

A prominent German far-right lawmaker says he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, but will remain the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections

Indonesia declares Prabowo Subianto president-elect after court rejects rivals' appeal

Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony on after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates

Longtime EU hopeful North Macedonia holds presidential polls centered on bloc accession, rule of law

Presidential elections are being held in North Macedonia

A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent

One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has said at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.”

German EU lawmaker's aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China

German prosecutors say a man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Australia and Papua New Guinea leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground

Australia and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers have begun trekking into the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior to commemorate a pivotal World War II campaign and to underscore their current security alliance, which...