VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and ...

A summary of the level and type of taxes for former Soviet Union and other petroleum producing countries is given in the table. Calculations were made of the relative tax burden, defined as the energy ...

New Jersey has the fifth largest undocumented immigrant populations in the nation, according to a 2024 report. Pew Research ...

USAID aims to assist countries recovering from disaster and contributes a significant proportion of the world's aid budget.

The site defines foreign assistance as including “activities funded from appropriations accounts that are made available for assistance for foreign countries, international organizations ...

Former President George W. Bush was an oilman. Former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden were lawyers. President Donald J.

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for ...

Like traders in a souk, politicians keep tossing out new spending targets: 2%, 3% or even 5%. The decisive factor, however, ...

The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an ...

At least 14 people were killed in Poltava, Ukrainian officials said, blaming Russia. Four died in Sudzha, a Russian town held by Ukraine, in a strike each country blamed on the other. Before its ...

In 2024, increasingly more people worldwide turned to VPN apps to bypass internet censorship and social media blocks. Proton ...

Gaza has long been a powder keg. It exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing ...