Argentina's factories, like many economic sectors, are floundering as consumers hit by sky-high inflation and shrinking income buy fewer goods.
Little-known Venezuelan diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, the consensus opposition candidate picked to confront President Nicolas Maduro in July elections, told AFP Wednesday it was time for a "peaceful, democratic transition."
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday on whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion conflicts with a federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care, in a case that carries potentially sweeping national consequences.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine, with the Pentagon quickly announcing a new $1 billion package headed for Kyiv, featuring desperately needed air defense and artillery munitions.
Hundreds of Ukrainians crammed up against a closed passport office in Warsaw on Wednesday, furious over Kyiv's suspension of consular services for fighting-aged men in a bid to force them to return home and bolster troop numbers.
"The Black Dog" was a quiet London pub until it became a pilgrimage site for Taylor Swift fans who identified it from a song on the US megastar's latest album.
The US Supreme Court was set to hear a crucial case Wednesday weighing whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion violates federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care.
It's Day 201 of the Israel-Hamas war – fire exchanges in Israel's northern border with Lebanon have only escalated in recent days even as the Israeli army prepares for a planned ground invasion of Rafah, where most Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
A Russian deputy defence minister exposed in an investigation by late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team was remanded in custody Wednesday on suspicion of taking large bribes.
Malaysia's Tony Fernandes, one of Asia's most prominent entrepreneurs, has decided to extend his contract as chief executive of Capital A, the firm said Wednesday, after the board persuaded him to delay his planned retirement.
Iran has reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and a war monitor said Wednesday.
Hackers have leaked part of the source code of El Salvador's Bitcoin wallet that was launched in 2021 after sensitive personal information of over five million people were listed "for sale" in April last year.
In a statement, the AGCM said the option to set up regular purchases was "pre-selected by default" on a wide selection of products listed on Amazon's Italian website.
Brussels fears China is favoring local suppliers and, in the journal, the EU provided the different ways this could be happening including the "Buy China" policy.
Fears are rising that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon follow through on repeated threats to send troops into the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people are sheltering, many in makeshift encampments.
Venezuela's PDVSA is reportedly planning to speed up crypto adoption in oil transactions after the U.S. Treasury announced it will reimpose sanctions on the country's vast oil sector.
The German government will present its latest growth forecasts on Wednesday as Europe's crisis-hit top economy shows tentative signs it is finally turning a corner.
Argentina's spending-slashing new President Javier Milei has hailed his country's first quarterly budget surplus since 2008 as an "historic achievement."
Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's interior minister over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of Northern Ireland's main pro-UK unionist party appears in court on Wednesday over alleged sex offences that have rocked the region's politics.
A painting by symbolist icon Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century will be sold at auction in Vienna on Wednesday despite questions surrounding its provenance.
The US Senate approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine late Tuesday that had been stalled for months in Congress, with President Joe Biden vowing fresh supplies to be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains.
Amnesty International said Wednesday that the post-World War II order was on the "brink of collapse", threatened by bitter conflict on multiple fronts to the rapid and unregulated rise of artificial intelligence.
Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets on Tuesday, protest organizers said, to voice outrage at cuts to higher public education under budget-slashing new President Javier Milei.
At least 21 people perished in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of Djibouti, the UN's migration agency said Tuesday.
Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday to agree a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and within human blood and breast milk.
Despite facing perilous conditions, 57 individuals pressed on with their journey to Britain after the boat's motor was restarted, stated Calais prefect Jacques Billant.
Following its passage in the House with bipartisan backing, the legislation now faces scrutiny and discussion in the upper chamber.
With Emmanuel Macron's party badly lagging behind the French far right in opinion polls ahead of June's European Parliament election, the president hopes a set-piece speech on Europe on Thursday can help to close the gap.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced additional funding for Ukraine and pledged to increase Britain's own defence budget, during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw.
