Egyptian government seeks to do away with popular tuk-tuks
CAIRO — Motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks have ruled the streets of Cairo’s slums for the past two decades, squeezing through dusty alleys, dodgin...
Of founders and findings: What to watch on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Same pillared House hearing room. Different chairman with his own mission.
Report links Giuliani with top Republican on intel panel
WASHINGTON — A new report from Democrats compiling evidence on impeachment revealed contact between President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Gi...
Bolsonaro vs NGOs: Amazon town becomes ground zero for spat
ALTER DO CHAO, Brazil — A sleepy Amazon town has become the flashpoint for the growing hostility between Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro a...
Maduro’s foes balk at UN-backed deal to rebuild power grid
MIAMI — A proposal to rebuild Venezuela’s collapsed power grid with the help of the United Nations is proving a political hot potato for Nicolás Madur...
Mexican president prays with family of dead US dual citizens
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaught...
Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea
UIJEONGBU, South Korea — Song Hong Ryon looks like any other young woman in South Korea. But three years after her arrival from China, the half-North ...
Lebanon’s outgoing PM backs businessman to replace him
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday he supports the nomination of a prominent contractor to become the next premier, a...
Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly
WASHINGTON — The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it’s not rising as fast as in the p...
Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights
VILLA UNION, Mexico — Mexico’s president says he wants to fight drug cartels with “hugs, not bullets,” but after 23 people were killed in a weekend gu...
Israel to UN: Uprooted Jews should be seen as refugees
UNITED NATIONS — Israel wants the United Nations to recognize as refugees hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled Arab and Muslim countries in the last...
Biden steps up hits on Buttigieg, Warren over health care
MASON CITY, Iowa — Joe Biden is taking aim at Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren during an eight-day tour of Iowa that the former vice president hope...
Domingo’s accusers: Nothing ‘chivalrous’ about groping women
SAN FRANCISCO — Two opera singers who accused Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct said Tuesday that it was disappointing and disturbing that the oper...
Trump against the world: A snapshot of his trade disputes
WASHINGTON — There are lots of ways, it seems, to land on one of President Donald Trump’s tariff hit lists.
All-America Watch: Championship weekend’s best matchups
Only the best of the best get to play this weekend in college football. Championship weekend crowns the winner of 10 Bowl Subdivision conferences and ...
New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Ten weeks before the New Hampshire primary, challengers of a state law that requires additional documentation for voter registratio...
Fears deepen for families of people held in Iran amid unrest
WASHINGTON — Families of several U.S. and British people held in Iran expressed fear for their loved ones Tuesday amid the deadliest unrest in decades...
Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019
Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to b...
More pressure on Prince Andrew after alleged victim on TV
LONDON — Prince Andrew was missing when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, hosted NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, but he was the fo...
State of Sandy Hook shooting takes steps to divest from guns
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s treasurer, who oversees $37 billion in public pension funds, announced plans Tuesday to reallocate $30 million worth o...
Trump says China deal could wait until after 2020 election
LONDON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the likelihood of reaching a U.S.-China trade deal before next year’s elections — and then shrug...
Black victims underrepresented in named violent crime laws
CLEVELAND — The slayings of Reagan Tokes and Alianna DeFreeze had much in common.
Iran says it killed ‘rioters’ in deadliest unrest in decades
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that its security forces shot and killed protesters across the country to p...
UN agency: Europe leads in readiness for online shopping
GENEVA — The U.N.’s trade and development agency estimates that Europe, led by the Netherlands, leads the world in readiness for online shopping.
Millennial Money: Give back without busting your budget
It may not come as a surprise that millennials are passionate about giving back.
Greta Thunberg says voyage ‘energized’ her climate fight
LISBON, Portugal — Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal on Tuesday after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, telling cheerin...
Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
NEW YORK — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes o...
The Latest: Greta Thunberg ‘energized’ after Atlantic voyage
MADRID — The Latest on the U.N. Climate Talks in Madrid (all times local):
Finland’s prime minister resigns over postal service dispute
HELSINKI — Finland's prime minister resigned Tuesday after a key coalition partner withdrew its support from his five-party government following a str...