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A Chinese diplomat accused the U.S. consul general in Hong Kong of interfering in its affairs after he said the city's freedoms were eroding and warned the American not to cross political "red lines." Consul General Gregory May gave a…

U.S. prosecutors went to federal court in New York on Friday to seek forfeiture of about $75 million in luxury real estate owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, saying the assets are proceeds from sanctions violations.…

United States first lady Jill Biden on Friday ended her first visit to Namibia on a hopeful, encouraging note, stressing the power of youth in a nation where youth unemployment hovers at an alarming 40%. “Each generation inherits the…

Trisha Thadani, City Hall reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, has covered a host of difficult topics: homelessness, the fentanyl crisis, flooding, and shootings. But for a time during the pandemic, her work ground to a halt. “It was…

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. One year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Friday marked one year since Moscow launched its…

Economic experts say the confrontation between the U.S. and China over a suspected spy balloon is spilling into the economic sphere as investors express concerns about the future of U.S.-China trade and a growing number of U.S. lawmakers…

Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the western United States on Friday in the nation's latest winter storm, while thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures through extended power outages…

The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario if a conservative federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to one of the two drugs typically used to induce a medicated abortion. Two drugs,…

US first lady Jill Biden called for democracy and women's empowerment at the midpoint of her trip to Africa, arriving Friday in Kenya's capital to a lavish welcome after a stay in Namibia. But analysts note that the first lady wields only…

Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures of words that started with that letter: Yo-yo. Yak. Yacht. "What sound does Y make?" Scott asked a boy. Head down, he mumbled:…