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'Chinese Help To Iran Totally Unacceptable': Trump To Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a highly-anticipated state visit to the United States, where the leaders reportedly discussed a number of thorny issues including Iran, trade, and artificial intelligence.
New Jersey lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment accusation
Investigation determined Dale Caldwell violated state ethics rules and engaged in harassing behaviorDale Caldwell, the lieutenant governor of New Jersey, resigned from his position on Friday, after the release of a report accusing him of sexually harassing a female staffer, among other ethics violations.New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, announced on Friday afternoon that Caldwell had submitted his resignation to her earlier in the day. Continue reading...
Idaho cold case may be tied to unsolved 1982 Tylenol murders, authorities say
Idaho officials say man found dead in a church decades ago may be tied to unsolved poisonings in Chicago area in 1982A man found dead in an Idaho church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 in the Chicago area that were dubbed the “Tylenol murders” and ushered in child safety caps for medicines, authorities announced recently.Detective Tim Cooper of the Ada county sheriff’s Office reopened a cold case investigation in 2019 that led authorities to identify Dr Mathew Francis Betkouski posthumously. Betkouski fatally poisoned himself with cyanide more than 40 years ago and was buried anonymously. Continue reading...
In latest blow to Obamacare, Trump is threatening the entire US health system
The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplaceReader Q&A: who’s spending big on the US midterms? Our reporters answered your questionsThe Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of fraud, officials said on Tuesday – adding to previous efforts to chip away at federally subsidized insurance programs and likely causing some of the lowest-income Americans to forego healthcare, experts said.The US government is also investigating about 420,000 people whom they suspect of fraud, and they are putting a six-month enrollment moratorium on new agents and brokers selling Obamacare policies, officials said at a press conference. Continue reading...
NASA Chief Warns China Could Lock US Out Of Lunar South Pole
NASA chief Jared Isaacman warns China's Chang'e 7 could block US access to the lunar south pole.
Alarm at UN over sanctions threatened by US on international criminal court
Group calls for proper enforcement of ICC rulings as Trump administration widens attacks on courtThe US threat to impose sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC) as an institution, not just its leading judges, could fundamentally disrupt its operation and needed to be resisted, a coalition of countries to defend international law heard at the United Nations on Friday.Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister, issued the warning at an event during the UN general assembly called to protect the system of international law from a growing array of threats, including open flouting of its tenets and rulings by Israel. Continue reading...
No general election before 2029, Andy Burnham says
Prime minister quashes speculation that Labour’s revival in the polls could prompt early contestAndy Burnham has said he will not call a general election before 2029, after days of speculation that Labour’s revival in the polls could tempt him to call an early contest.The prime minister was repeatedly questioned on the prospect during a round of broadcast interviews to regional media on Friday. Continue reading...
Trump admin risks freeing alleged mass murderers with global revenge campaign: report
As the Trump administration ramps up efforts to “dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC), it also risks letting loose a number of the world’s most notorious alleged mass killers, legal scholar Ryan Goodman argued in a report published Friday.The United States has long been opposed to the ICC, with former President George W. Bush having signed a bill in 2002 that permits the U.S. military to invade the ICC headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, to rescue American military personnel and elected officials should they be imprisoned for war crimes.The Trump administration has escalated efforts to oppose the ICC in recent months after the international body issued arrest warrants for multiple Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed in July that the United States would “dismantle” the ICC “brick by brick” if necessary, per the Wall Street Journal.Should the Trump administration be successful in its efforts, Goodman warned that those convicted and detained by the court who had “not yet exhausted their right to appeal” may “have to be released.”“The result could have dire consequences for the continued detention of people convicted of, or charged with, war crimes and crimes against humanity,” Goodman wrote in a report published in Just Security.Among those who could be freed is former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, who was charged earlier this year with crimes against humanity, including murder and attempted murder. Duterte was accused by the court for at least 76 murders, “including the killings of children,” Goodman wrote.Still in ICC custody, Duterte is scheduled to face trial on Nov. 30, but could walk free should the Trump administration succeed in dismantling the international body.Several other infamous figures could also be released, including Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri of Libya, an alleged former soldier charged with crimes such as rape, torture and murder, and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a Sudanese former commander who was convicted of 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including rape, torture, forcible transfer and murder.
Opinion: Opinion | Is The World Staring At A Big Stock Market Crash - And Recession? 5 Uneasy Signs
On Wednesday, the US bond market recorded its worst day since Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs rattled markets in April 2025. The 30-year US Treasury yield topped 5.43%, putting it on track for its highest close since 2004.
Healey appoints Labour manifesto writer, adding to election speculation
Exclusive: Economist Ravinder Athwal, who worked in Keir Starmer’s team, is poached from Flint GlobalRavinder Athwal, the economist who wrote Labour’s 2024 manifesto, is taking on a senior role as an adviser to John Healey, in a move likely to fuel speculation about an early general election.The chancellor is keen to strengthen his team before the critical budget on 28 October, as the economy is buffeted by high oil prices and rising government borrowing costs. Continue reading...
Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead verminFor more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats.But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province’s “rat patrol” to investigate. Continue reading...
Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list
Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social mediaThe organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had removed a critically acclaimed novel by a Canadian-Haitian writer from the longlist after an anonymous online account claimed the book was “almost entirely” written by AI.The Académie Goncourt, a Paris-based literary organisation, said on Friday its decision to withdraw Thélyson Orélien’s novel C’était ça ou mourir (It Was That or Die) was “driven by the desire to preserve the integrity of the Goncourt prize and the academy itself, whose central role is to promote and honour literature written by women and men”. Continue reading...
