BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been ...

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said today that it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah. Senior Hamas official Khalil ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country's energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Residents began sifting through the rubble today after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions. People gathered in the streets in the Elkhorn area of Omaha amid the ...

Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food poisoning under a final rule issued today by U.S. agriculture officials. When the regulation takes effect in 2025, salmonella will be considered an adulterant — ...

The students at Columbia University who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in at their encampment for the 10th day today as administrators and police at campuses from California to Massachusetts wrestled with how to address protests that have seen scuffles with ...