The US Supreme Court upheld California’s new humane-pork law, rejecting an industry challenge in a ruling buttressing the power of states to impose rules that have a broad economic impact on other parts of the country.
Fights over scarce water resources in southern Spain are likely to play out elsewhere in the region as extremely hot and dry weather strikes more often.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the BBC that Ukraine needs more time to prepare for its anticipated counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces. Zelenskiy earlier said that Kyiv was conducting intensive work with partners on new defense packages and decisions are expected shortly.
An expected surge in migration at the border with Mexico is setting off alarm bells in states and cities across the US — and stoking tension between Joe Biden and fellow Democrats just as the president’s reelection bid gets under way.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the second wage hike in a week for state employees as he seeks to drum up support ahead of Sunday’s elections.
The European Union should avoid being drawn into a zero-sum contest between Washington and Beijing as it works to manage China’s rise, according to a draft paper by the bloc’s foreign policy arm.
President Joe Biden campaigned on a goal of decarbonizing the US power grid by 2035. But his EPA just proposed limits on power plant pollution that signal that target could be out of reach.
Chile’s government confirmed that private health insurance companies will have to pay about $1.4 billion to abide by a 2022 Supreme Court ruling, confirming the worst-case scenario for an industry on the brink of collapse.
Jimmy Patronis has a message for banks holding $36 billion in Florida’s cash: Drop the corporate activism or get out.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams temporarily suspended some of the rules that require the city to shelter asylum seekers as a surge in migrants strains resources.
