December 2, 2018 Leftist leader takes reins in Mexico vowing to help poor Leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador assumed Mexico's presidency with a promise — to profoundly transform Latin America's second-biggest economy and to lead a government free of corruption.
December 2, 2018 Bush's Somalia mission to save 'innocents' echoes today In the final days of his presidency, George H.W. Bush committed the U.S. military to a mission many would later regret, ordering more than 20,000 troops into Somalia to "save thousands of innocents from death."
December 2, 2018 US, China put brakes on their trade dispute with ceasefire The United States and China reached a 90-day ceasefire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth.
December 1, 2018 Mexico gets first leftist leader after 32 years of technocrats A large crowd that included Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump watched Saturday as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the first leftist president in Mexico in 70 years.
December 1, 2018 Trumps to attend state funeral for George H.W. Bush Donald Trump, the disruptive, anti-establishment president who spent years deriding much of what George H.W. Bush stood for, set aside differences in politics and temperament Saturday to honor the iconic American and former president a day after his death.
December 1, 2018 Gorbachev lauds Bush for political abilities, character Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday expressed his "deep condolences" to the family of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and all Americans following his death.
December 1, 2018 The Latest: Trump: US flags to fly at half-staff for Bush The Latest on President Donald Trump at the Group of 20 summit (all times local): 1:15 p.m. President Donald Trump has ordered American flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days to honor former President George H.W. Bush.
December 1, 2018 The Latest: Venezuela leader protested at Mexico ceremony The Latest on the inauguration of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (all times local): 9:30 a.m.
December 1, 2018 Snubbed by Trump, Putin charms other players at G20 Russia is putting on a brave face after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly junked a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
December 1, 2018 UN: Aid mission driver wounded by gunfire in eastern Syria Gunmen opened fire at the convoy of a joint humanitarian assessment mission in eastern Syria, the United Nations said Saturday, wounding a local driver in one of the country's most remote areas where fighting against Islamic State militants has displaced thousands.
