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After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich Gulf.

Chris Murphy has been trying to understand why our version of liberalism — emphasizing free markets and consumer choice — feels to many like a dead end.

Ernesto was creating dangerous surf conditions that were expected to continue for several days, forecasters warned.

Mr. Santos intends to enter a guilty plea and sidestep a federal trial, according to people familiar with the case.

Buses are often unreliable and slow (thanks to clogged streets), but even projects to ease these problems are getting delayed. Is Mayor Eric Adams to blame?

An unusual and chaotic set of political circumstances forced Illinois’s billionaire governor to take the lead in securing the Democratic convention for Chicago.

The party is over for China’s economy, and poor nations around the world are feeling the effects.

Alarmed by the prospect of increased tariffs on Chinese goods if Donald Trump is elected, some American companies are stockpiling parts and delaying expansions.

The city’s last horse-drawn carriage operator says business is good since making the switch, placing the Belgian capital in the vanguard of a global change.

The billionaire said he would shutter his social network’s Brazil operations instead of complying with a Brazilian judge’s orders to suspend accounts.

There were no immediate reports of injuries from the flooding. The New York City area was also getting heavy rain.

Officials are exhuming bodies to learn more about the victims of one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.

The party is calling for tax increases on corporations and the rich while also focusing on working families, infrastructure, climate change and abortion rights.

Entrepreneurs say use of artificial intelligence for a variety of tasks is accelerating the path to hiring and, ideally, profitability.

The 12-foot-tall bronze statue of the civil rights leader was commissioned after Mr. Lewis died in 2020. It stands where a Confederate memorial was erected in 1908.

The former president’s victory made it ruthlessly pragmatic.

While they have millions of followers on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, this week they will share the podium with the top tier of Democratic politics.

Vice President Kamala Harris has lit a fire among loyal Democrats. But many voters still want to know more about what she stands for.

The César-winning actor was an international favorite in the 1960s and ’70s, often sought after by the era’s great auteurs.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned that the negotiations were “very complex,” as the secretary of state flew to Israel to try to clinch a deal.