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Jimmy Kimmel releases James Talarico interview online as FCC dispute keeps it off ABC
Jimmy Kimmel has moved his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico off ABC and onto YouTube, saying regulatory pressure from the Fede...
Houthi strikes hit Saudi energy routes, rattling global oil markets
Flames tore through Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan on the Red Sea after a Houthi missile and drone strike, putting fresh pressure on one of
Australia’s Queensland Faces Credit Downgrade as Debt Crisis Deepens
Australia's most populous state is bracing for a credit rating cut that threatens to worsen an already precarious financial position. Queensland's deteriorat...
South Africa fires pensions agency chief over procurement scandal tied to ‘ghost’ office deal
South Africa’s finance minister has fired Kedibone Madiehe as chief executive of the Government Pensions Administration Agency, ending her tenure after a dis...
Australia’s Labor takes aim at the internet’s gates, and the backlash test begins
Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells stood in the cool Canberra air this week and signalled a fresh confrontation with Silicon Valley. Their message was blunt:
Putin, Pezeshkian arrive in India as BRICS summit turns to war and trade
Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Friday for talks ahead of a BRICS summit that will be dominated by war, trade turbulence and oil. Iranian
Four Slovak Suspects Charged in Death of Newborn Found with 33 Stab Wounds in Sheffield
A newborn girl discovered on a washing machine in an outbuilding died from catastrophic injuries inflicted by multiple attackers, a UK court heard this week.
Trump’s Missouri redistricting push leaves voters, courts and lawmakers in turmoil
President Donald Trump’s push for a new House map in Missouri has done something far messier than redraw a district line. It has set off
Red-Laser Biden at Republican Convention Shows the Fight Is Still Against Democrats
The first face that greeted reporters at this week’s Republican convention in Texas was not Donald Trump’s. It was Joe Biden’s, blown up on stadium
CIA Declassifies 71 Pre-9/11 Intelligence Reports on Bin Laden, al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — The CIA on Friday released 71 intelligence reports tied to the years and months before the Sept. 11 attacks, opening a new window
Xi to visit India for 24 hours as Modi, Beijing weigh trade reset and border tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping will land in India on Saturday for a tightly packed 24-hour visit that puts trade and the long-running Himalayan border dispute
Greens choose Zack Polanski to fight Holborn and St Pancras byelection on climate and gas drilling
Zack Polanski will contest the Holborn and St Pancras byelection for the Green Party, putting climate politics and a North Sea gasfield at the centre
Mamdani Stays on 9/11 Victims as Islamophobia Fight Breaks Out Over New York Times Coverage
Zohran Mamdani is trying to keep the focus on the dead, even as the politics around him pull hard in another direction. On the 25th
Memorial at Utah Valley University marks one year since Charlie Kirk’s killing, drawing a campus divide
One year after Charlie Kirk was shot dead while speaking in Orem, Utah, his name returned to the same campus in a memorial that drew
Vance Emerges as MAGA’s Millennial Face as Trump World Seeks a Softer Edge
JD Vance is being cast as MAGA’s millennial messenger at a moment when Donald Trump’s political brand is looking for a gentler edge. The vice
ANC presses IFP to remove KZN MEC as coalition strains deepen
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is demanding that the IFP recall Cogta MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi after a series of clashes over municipal governance pushed the provi...
Houthis seize island near Red Sea chokepoint as Saudi pipeline shuts after attack
Yemeni government sources said Houthi fighters have reached Perim island, a strategic outpost at the mouth of the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandab shipping lane, in
New York’s economy after 9/11: older residents, new rules and a city still being reshaped
New York today is not the New York of 25 years ago. The state’s population is shifting in ways that carry direct economic consequences, from
25 Years After 9/11, Americans Mark the Dead and Debate What Came After
Americans on Friday marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks with ceremonies at ground zero, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, remembering nearly 3,000 people
BRICS Gathers in New Delhi as War in Iran Exposes the Bloc’s Fault Lines
India is hosting the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi from Saturday, and the meeting arrives with a sharp question hanging over the room: can
Former U.S. presidents join 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero in New York
New York marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday with a ceremony at Ground Zero that drew three former U.S. presidents
South African Court Convicts Man of Murdering Pregnant Teacher in High-Profile Johannesburg Case
A Johannesburg court found Bafana Mahungela guilty Friday of murdering Kirsten Kluyts, a pregnant high school instructor killed during an athletic event in S...
Omar Abdullah turns question back on Congress in Vande Mataram row
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday pushed back at the Congress over its objection to the full rendition of Vande Mataram, asking
South African politicians split over Jordaan-Zungu Safa vote
MIDRAND — South African politicians have split sharply ahead of Saturday’s South African Football Association elective congress, where incumbent Danny Jordaa...