Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town

VANG VIENG, Laos — Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol…

G20 summit calls for more aid to Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine

RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies gathered once again on Tuesday…

Walmart ratchets up sales and profits again with Americans eager to trim spending where they can

Walmart ratchets up sales and profits again with Americans eager to trim spending where they can

German soccer club Werder Bremen stops posting on X citing rise of hate speech

BREMEN, Germany — German soccer club Werder Bremen is the second Bundesliga team to stop posting…

UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

LONDON — With banners, bullhorns, toy tractors and an angry message, British farmers descended on Parliament…

Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

NEW YORK — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel…

What to know about Sean Duffy, Trump’s choice to become transportation secretary

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Sean Duffy to become transportation secretary in his new…

Will the antitrust showdown launched under Biden turn into ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ under Trump?

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal…

Judge blocks Biden administration’s rule to expand overtime pay for millions

NEW YORK — A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden…

Moody’s downgrades Mexican government’s outlook to ‘negative’ over weakening of judiciary and debt

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out Friday at Moody’s ratings service, after it downgraded the…