With an early morning social-media post on Wednesday, Elon Musk declared that a must-do spending bill ‘should not pass’. By early evening, the bill was dead. Those who doubt his ability to shake up Washington are having second thoughts.
A French court convicted the former husband of Gisele Pelicot and dozens of other men of raping her after he drugged her unconscious, ending a trial that shocked the conscience of a nation.
The shift from Ukraine to target high-profile Russian targets within its borders shows an escalation to disrupt and demoralise the country’s war machine.
The US central bank has cut its target rate by another 25 basis points. But its explanation isn’t convincing.
The Supreme Court is to decide the constitutionality of a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US in January if the social-media app doesn’t shed its Chinese ownership.
Russian planes have flown air-defence equipment, to bases in eastern Libya controlled by war lord Khalifa Haftar as Moscow scrambles to preserve a military presence in the Middle East.
When investors are wildly optimistic, it is much harder for the market to rise and much easier for it to fall on any hint that they might be wrong.
Turkey is building up forces along the Syrian border, raising alarm in Washington that Ankara is preparing a large-scale incursion into territory held by American-backed Syrian Kurds.
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Igor Kirillov, who was killed outside a residential building after a device was planted in a scooter, was suspected by Ukraine of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons.
Speaking out for the first time since he was ousted 10 days ago, Bashar al-Assad said he stayed in Syria until the regime’s last defences crumbled and Russia ordered his evacuation.
The board changes suggest Treasurer Jim Chalmers has opted for tinkering rather than a complete overhaul.
Sabotage, warning shots, disruption of air traffic and dangerous military maneuvering are all part of intensifying clandestine campaign in Europe, officials say.
The Biden Administration has squandered its credibility to the point that it’s rational not to believe what it says. Unproven claims are filling the vacuum.
The Assad family built a broad network of investments and business interests, including prime real estate in Russia, Viennese boutique hotels and a private jet located in Dubai.
The US is in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist rebel group that led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria
The secret agency that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.’
Released in the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, Travis Timmerman was handed over to US military officials.
Advisers to the US President-elect consider military action amid concern that economic pressure isn’t enough to contain Tehran.
The former US House speaker tripped and fell while on trip to mark the 80th anniversary of Battle of the Bulge.
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