Government and politics

HONG KONG — Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China,…

ROME — Mount Etna, the volcano towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s…

SITES, Calif. — In 2014, during a severe drought that would test California’s complex water…

Residents across Louisiana’s coast are taking one last day to prepare for what is being…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Extreme heat may be behind death in Portland, Oregon, this week, and…

On Friday, LONDON — U.K. regulators said they’re investigating Google and Amazon over concerns that…

OROVILLE, Calif. — Each year, Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops,…

WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Eric…

On Monday, MOSCOW– Russian authorities backed away from threats to block Twitter, saying that the…

PARIS — While the U.S. president calls for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at…