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Pia Kjaersgaard, who created Denmark’s most successful populist party ever by targeting immigrants, just lost her job as speaker of parliament.

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Failure to reach a trade deal could turn simmering tensions into a new cold war.

President Donald Trump said he called off retaliatory strikes on three Iranian sites following the downing of a U.S. Navy drone because the action wouldn’t have been “proportionate.”

President Donald Trump said he’s considering backing an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour, as some Democratic presidential candidates have proposed, but says salary growth

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The U.S.-China trade war is a serious concern for Thailand that has the potential to undermine global business, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha said.

A number of activist groups in Hong Kong are calling for new protests at government offices today, saying their demands have not been met. Among those requests, for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to quit

European Union leaders cast aside the formal candidates who’ve dominated the race to head the next EU Commission and will start again from scratch less than two weeks before a self-imposed deadline.

Millions take to the streets in Hong Kong after the extradition bill is suspended; Boeing Co. and Airbus SE go head-to-head at the Paris Air Show; and Hope Hicks, former White House communications

Mexico is taking major steps to stop illegal border crossings even as U.S. President Donald Trump hasn’t set a specific goal that would lift his tariff threat, the nation’s undersecretary for North

Poland blocked a push endorsed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the European Union to end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, setting a sour tone for a summit that ended with a failure to decide

Joe Biden is trying to make amends after a misstep over his history of working alongside segregationist senators as he heads for a weekend of campaign events in South Carolina, where African-American

The leaders of Southeast Asia’s economies are set to gather in Thailand this weekend as the shadow of President Donald Trump’s trade war keeps the region on edge.

The head of U.S. Border Patrol defended using military personnel at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying extra resources are needed “as long as we face this crisis” of an influx of migrants.

Embattled political consultant Roger Stone risks being jailed during his criminal case after prosecutors accused President Donald Trump’s longtime ally of violating his bail terms by attacking Special

U.K. Foreign Office Minister Mark Field was suspended from government after forcibly removing a female protester from a City of London dinner on Thursday evening.

New Jersey’s Democratic-led legislature approved a $38.7 billion budget that scraps Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed millionaire’s tax, raising the risk of a government shutdown should warring sides

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