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A Mexican flag hangs at the National Palace, where a portrait of former Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hangs, as President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers her first state-of-the-nation address in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico proposes new import taxes on 1,400 products to boost national production

10:15 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Mexico's government has submitted a budget proposal to impose new import taxes on over 1,400 products, mainly from Asian countries

FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Boston Children's Hospital, Aug. 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Judge blocks Trump administration's subpoena of trans kids' medical records from Boston hospital

8:46 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena medical records from a prominent children’s hospital about transgender patients and gender-affirming medical treatment

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump dines at a restaurant near the White House to promote his federal law enforcement surge in DC

7:49 PM on Tuesday, September 9

President Donald Trump had dinner at a seafood restaurant near the White House as part of his effort to promote deploying the National Guard and federalizing the police force in the nation's capital

FILE - People who could not get into the Hamtramck city council chambers try to listen via YouTube or on the monitor in the hallway, during public comment on the flag neutrality law being considered by the city council in a meeting at City Hall in Hamtramck, Mich., June 13, 2023. (Robin Buckson/The Detroit News via AP, File)

Detroit-area city can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge says

7:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A judge says a Detroit-area city known for welcoming immigrants did not violate the Constitution by banning LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles

FILE - Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Vi Lyles speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Charlotte, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

Charlotte mayor Vi Lyles secures Democratic nomination despite political fallout of train killing

4:04 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic mayor secured a comfortable win in a primary election despite days of intense backlash following the deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina

Robin Rothove holds a sign outside the Missouri Capitol as lawmakers prepare to hold a committee hearing to consider redrawing the state's U.S. House districts Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts

2:01 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Missouri's Republican-led House has passed a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts at the urging of President Donald Trump

FILE - French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu leaves the first cabinet meeting of the new government, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister

2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 9

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister

FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, during a statement at Marienborg, Denmark, April 27, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)

Over 350 Greenlandic women and girls forcibly given contraception by Danish officials, report says

12:01 PM on Tuesday, September 9

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date to the 1960s

A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jackson Njehia)

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as neighbors eye power imports

8:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles

A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Anger over corruption and nepotism fuel Nepal’s deadly protests over social media ban

6:35 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw, who is running for the empty 11th congressional seat in Virginia, talks with reporters following a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Fairfax, Va. Walkinshaw will face Republican Stewart Whitson in a special election on Sept. 9 to fill Rep. Gerry Connolly's congressional seat in Fairfax County (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins US House special election in Virginia

11:48 PM on Monday, September 8

Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the special election to be Virginia’s next U.S. House representative

Protesters take selfies and celebrate at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices, after it was set on fire during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Protests against Nepal's social-media ban grow more violent as demonstrators set buildings on fire

10:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders

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