A lack of workers is the biggest threat to the U.S. economy in the long term–and immigration and apprenticeships are key to addressing the shortfall, according to Labor Secretary Martin Walsh. Source

Ali Aboutaam was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay legal costs after he entered a plea bargain Source

A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack at a Peshawar police compound Source

Many call for military intervention to remove leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Source

The deal depends on Ankara’s signoff to NATO expansion, administration officials say, and comes alongside an F-35 sale to Greece Source

Beijing plans to drop quarantine rule for incoming travelers, its latest policy softening Source