Mario Vargas Llosa dies at 89: Nobel laureate from Peru was the last of ‘El Boom’ novelists
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for decades, has died, his…
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House Democrats demand briefing after immigration agents try to enter L.A. elementary schools
Immigration agents sought access to students at two Los Angeles elementary schools last week and were denied access. House Democrats…
Confusion grips Big Tech over exemptions from Trump tariffs
American tech firms grappled with more uncertainty Monday, left to decipher whether they could rely on a tariff exemption for…
Trump’s new director of federal prison system led a troubled state agency
West Virginia's top corrections official led a troubled state agency and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems…
Supreme Court slows Trump’s mass deportations, but doesn’t stop them
Court's conservatives agree to limit Trump's speedy mass deportations. ...
Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
The Trump administration says it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from 'reciprocal' tariffs, a move that could help…
The first trade war with China was a boon for Vietnam — what about now?
During Trump's first term, tariffs on China were a big win for Vietnam, especially in cities like Haiphong. Now the…
L.A. was forged by global commerce. Can the metropolis we know survive the Trump trade wars?
Like few other places in the U.S., the economy and culture of Los Angeles have been forged by globalization. Merchants…
‘From dictatorship to occupation’: Syrian civilians caught in Israeli advance
Residents of southwestern Syria say they fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria's new authorities. ...