POZA RICA, Mexico — POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — The stench of decay spread for several miles around Poza Rica on Wednesday, one of the areas hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico. In the center of this oil-producing city near the Gulf of Mexico, a lingering cloud of...

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, buildings on bank of Yarra river Peter Adams | Stone | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi index hit a record high Thursday, after the International Monetary Fund raised the country’s 2025 growth forecast to 0.9% from 0.8% in its October outlook report. The IMF also raised its growth projection for the global...

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Watch: US “looking at land now” – Trump confirms CIA authorisation in Venezuela after boat strikes US President Donald Trump has confirmed a report he authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela – and said he was considering strikes targeting drug cartels there. US forces have already conducted at least five strikes on...

PARIS — PARIS (AP) — France could sink deeper into political crisis Thursday when the prime minister faces two attempts in Parliament to topple his fragile new government, which could leave President Emmanuel Macron with no palatable option other than calling snap legislative elections. Legislators in the National Assembly, the powerful but deeply divided lower...

Nuclear stocks traded mixed Wednesday after the U.S. Army launched a program to deploy small reactors. Shares of NuScale, a small reactor developer, surged more than 16%. Oklo and Nano Nuclear fell more than 1% and about 3%, respectively. The uranium company Centrus jumped 10%. Those stocks all rallied sharply earlier in the session. The...