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Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border

By Martín Adames Alcántara, Associated Press

The measures announced Monday by President Luis Abinader follow the recent excavation of a supposed canal in Haiti that Dominican officials argue will divert water from the shared Massacre River and harm its farmers and the environment.

Auto workers are prepared to strike major U.S. car makers this week. Here's why

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to reach an agreement by the time their contracts with the United Auto Workers union expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern…

WATCH: Biden, Modi announce economic corridor linking India to Middle East, Europe at G20

By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation.

Biden and Modi look to tighten U.S.-India relations as concerns over China rise

By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press

Less than three months after honoring Modi with a state visit to the United States, Biden held a 52-minute talk with the leader of the world's most populous nation in New Delhi on Friday.

EU rebukes its representative's tone after he called out Austria's Russian gas imports

By Associated Press

EU representative Martin Selmayr said at a discussion event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55 percent of its gas from Russia but no one is out on Vienna's central Ringstrasse boulevard to protest that.

Federal officials leave future of Dakota Access pipeline's river crossing unclear in draft review

By Jack Dura, Associated Press

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has opposed the pipeline's Missouri River crossing over fears an oil spill would contaminate its water supply.

German lawmakers approve a long-debated plan to replace fossil fuel heating

By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

An ensuing fight over its details in Scholz's ideologically diverse three-party coalition fueled an impression of disarray from which the government is struggling to recover.

Texas heat brings the state's power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm

By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

The sweltering heat wave in Texas has the power grid manager again asking residents to cut electricity use. This comes a day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a deadly winter…

Federal judge deals another serious blow to proposed copper-nickel mine near Minnesota wilderness

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

The judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by the company that sought to regain mineral rights leases that the Biden administration had cancelled.

Biden cancels last oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge, overturns sales held by Trump

By Becky Bohrer, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Biden administration has canceled the remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, overturning sales held in the Trump administration's waning days and angering Republicans.