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The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists
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Multicultural Business Coalition sues New York City mayor, alleging plan for city-run stores will harm smaller grocers
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Wonder why they’re posting flirty photos and wearing tight T-shirts? It’s a thirst trap strategy in motion
The CEO of Trump-linked World Liberty Financial said the company offers real utility and operates independently of political influence, refuting allegations of potential conflicts of interest.
The Likud on Tuesday petitioned the election committee to punish Democrats Party leader Yair Golan, calling for the removal of a video he posted, claiming the video constituted prohibited electioneering.
New York: Claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that her sex trafficking conviction was a “complete miscarriage of justice” were rejected on Tuesday by a US federal judge who said her assertions were based on “speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods”.
President Donald Trump drew fresh attention to a long-running controversy on Sunday when he reposted a Just the News article on Truth Social headlined "ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing 'enforcement proceedings.'" His decision to amplify the report, without comment, renewed scr…
Zambia's top courts were closed on Monday for what authorities called security reasons, preventing access on the final day for the opposition to challenge President Hakainde Hichilema's election victory.
Speaking at a prominent Jewish conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in West Jerusalem in June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined what he described as a shift in the country’s security doctrine.
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday called for stronger safeguards for victims and taxpayers as the Senate moves to establish clearer rules on liability and compensation for nuclear energy damage.
A coalition of progressive rabbis is recruiting fellow Jewish clergy to endorse H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs Act, which calls for a partial arms embargo on Israel.
Oklahoma grassroots activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas is facing off on Tuesday against centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate race that has become the latest litmus test for progressive politics in a conservative stronghold.
[DAMASCUS] Four years after signing a judicial agreement with Russia, the stated purpose of which was to strengthen cooperation in pursuing criminal offenders and extraditing wanted individuals, former Syrian President Bashar Assad now finds himself at the center of an unprecedented legal and political test: Can Dam…
Muslim Brotherhood-aligned networks in Canada are not operating as isolated groups, but as part of a coordinated strategy to gain influence across government, civil society and higher education, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) claimed in its new report.
Israel has "abandoned" its haredi students by allowing decisions about education to be made outside the public sector, former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch told The Jerusalem Post, arguing that reforming the education system must begin in kindergarten.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his government powers to temporarily manage critical infrastructure facilities if their owners fail to protect them against security threats.
Voters in three US states – South Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma – are headed back to the polls for elections, including run-offs in South Carolina and Oklahoma after a host of candidates didn’t meet the threshold to win their primaries outright.
Canada is poised to announce new tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday in retaliation for the 50% duties that President Donald Trump imposed after a breakdown in trade talks, Canadian trade minister Dominic LeBlanc told CNBC.
View image in fullscreenPatna, India Police use water cannon to disperse students during a protest demanding the cancellation of a civil service recruitment exam over allegations of question paper leaks and other irregularitiesPhotograph: Sonu Kishan/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenReno, US A melted playground s…
If further evidence is needed to support Nomura analysts' view that Europe's 18-month election cycle, which is kicking off now, will accelerate the continent's shift toward potential right-wing political victories, look beyond years of nation-killing mass migration under progressive governments. The real-time deindu…
Within hours of United States envoy Jared Kushner leaving talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at salvaging the Gaza “ceasefire”, Israeli strikes were again hitting residential areas in the enclave, and by week’s end, senior officers were describing a return to pre-ceasefire rules of engagement.
Norway will continue developing oil and gas fields in the Arctic, Energy Minister Terje Aasland has said, despite EU calls for a moratorium on drilling in the region. The bloc should no longer see his country as Europe’s “green battery,” he added.
Norway will continue developing oil and gas fields in the Arctic, Energy Minister Terje Aasland has said, despite EU calls for a moratorium on drilling in the region. The bloc should no longer see his country as Europe’s “green battery,” he added.
Jonathan Pollard, flanked by Sharren Haskel and Lt. Col. (Res.) Roi Danino, was the only person to speak in a video filmed near the Western Wall. Looking into the camera, he compared his three decades in an American prison with Israel’s failures on October 7.
The White House posted a photoshopped image to its official X/Twitter account on Monday depicting the school bus from the PBS animated show "The Magic School Bus" while linking to a news story about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) arresting dozens of people in the Washington area.
The government of the Dominican Republic will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, President Luis Abinader declared on Monday at the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s sixth-annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism in Santo Domingo.
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah called on Islamic countries to take “coordinated and decisive measures” against Israel during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry and Lebanese media reports.
Yisrael Beytenu, founded in 1999, is one of many parties vying for citizens’ votes in the election for the 26th Knesset, to be held on October 27.
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, held talks Tuesday during which they discussed cooperation in the fields of energy, infrastructure and others, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
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The government has invested £71m into Tungsten West
French far right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is polling at a record high and projected to win the April 2027 presidential election, according to a recent survey.
A major gathering of Sudanese political forces and civil society groups opposed to the war has ended in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
US Republican leader Mike Rogers and his allies have reportedly asked the pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) not to run a campaign on his behalf ahead of the November general election.
Ship has not made a port call for more than 200 days and there have been reports of low morale and poor mental health amid food and water shortages
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir turned Monday's Altalena commemoration into a political humiliation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appropriating one of the most powerful symbols of Menachem Begin, the Likud, Herut, the Revisionist movement, and Jabotinsky's ideal of hadar.
Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party (RZP) leader Bezalel Smotrich scolded MK Zvi Sukkot following his destruction of a monument in Kafr Madama near Nablus, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
The prime minister’s remarks come after Malaysia’s top court upheld a ban on the independent film ‘Mentega Terbang’ last month
The prime minister’s remarks come after Malaysia’s top court upheld a ban on the independent film ‘Mentega Terbang’ last month
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Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir spent Monday moving through the power corridors of Tehran: the presidency, parliament, the Supreme National Security Council, and the foreign and interior ministries.
Marcos urged other hospitals to establish no copayment policy
Adam Hamilton, a liberal megachurch pastor, is challenging incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall in this year’s midterm election
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has challenged Queensland to sign up to a national plan on data centres before Wednesday’s national cabinet meeting as he reminds premiers about their promise to fund a trimmed-down NDIS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Sergei Karpukhin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will announce a strategy to circumvent the blocked Strait of Hormuz at the Green Transformation Implementation Council meeting this Wednesday. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
David Squires on … boos, barcodes and buzzcuts as the Premier League returns