East and Gulf coast maritime employers laid out their terms for signing a new contract with longshore workers, but they warned the ‘signal’ to strike is clear.

Veteran Russian-American political analyst Dimitri Simes is facing up to 60 years in jail on charges brought against him by US authorities
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Winds of more than 120 miles per hour closed ports, damaged factories and brought down power lines in northern Vietnam this weekend, delaying some vessels for days.

The end of the Olympics also closed out the feel-good limbo that had frozen French politics. Now President Emmanuel Macron and his newly chosen prime minister will have to figure out how to govern a France that looks on the verge of ungovernability.

History will judge whether Ukraine’s bold incursion into Russian territory will pay off in military terms, but it has cheered the public mood.

If Congress does not include extra funding for Department of Veterans Affairs medical services in an upcoming stopgap spending bill, the department will struggle to keep up with demand for care, administration officials are warning.

A new Air Force policy may require recent T-38 Talon pilot training graduates to fly aircraft other than fighters or bombers, even if those are their preferred options, in an attempt to fill the ongoing aviator shortage.