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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are meeting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at JPMorgan Chase's Manhattan headquarters on Sunday for a critical round of trade negotiations. The all-day session marks the final ministerial push before President Donald Trump hosts Chinese Pr…
Most Australians know the story of Pauline Hanson: the fish and chip shop, the maiden speech, the “please explain”. But Hanson’s top adviser, James Ashby, wields as much – if not more – power over One Nation as Hanson herself. When the party bars media from press conferences, it’s Ashby who makes the call. To unders…
Most Australians know the story of Pauline Hanson: the fish and chip shop, the maiden speech, the “please explain”. But Hanson’s top adviser, James Ashby, wields as much – if not more – power over One Nation as Hanson herself. When the party bars media from press conferences, it’s Ashby who makes the call. To unders…
Manchester City sent a message to Arsenal with this chaotic victory that takes Enzo Maresca’s team three points clear as leaders during the three-week international break.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government is preparing two legislative proposals that would ban face coverings in Italian schools and restrict the number of foreign students allowed in classrooms.
At least three people killed and oil refinery damaged as doubts cast over initial reports of ballistic missile use
President Trump said on Sunday his planned 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington would be built to host “large numbers of drones,” snipers and ammunition, as the administration appeared prepared to justify another construction project by citing national security.
Authored by Paul Mueller via The Daily Economy,
In sombre ceremony, political and business elite pay final tribute to city’s first postcolonial leader, as President Xi sends condolences
In sombre ceremony, political and business elite pay final tribute to city’s first postcolonial leader, as President Xi sends condolences
Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, accompanied by Israeli forces, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Updates from 4.30pm (BST) kickoff at Craven Cottage
A senior World Jewish Congress delegation met Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and senior government officials in Ljubljana on Thursday, becoming the first major international Jewish organization to visit Slovenia since Israel opened its first resident embassy in the country, the WJC said.
Uruguay’s governing Broad Front, known locally as the Frente Amplio, unanimously endorsed a pro-Palestinian march scheduled for Montevideo on October 8, calling on supporters to join the demonstration and urging President Yamandú Orsi’s government to pursue further international action on the Israeli-Palestinian con…
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
Pakistan’s police have arrested Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, from her house in the eastern city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.
The US House of Representatives passed the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act by voice vote on September 15, 2026, moving forward legislation that would require automakers to provide AM broadcast radio at no additional cost in every new passenger vehicle manufactured or imported into the United States.
European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica discussed the European Union's relationship with Israel, regional stability, and Gaza recovery efforts with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Sunday, the commissioner announced.
Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two Joint List candidates have asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six challenges seeking to bar them from taking part in the election for the 26th Knesset.
Military conflicts, economic wars, and resource wars are converging ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
The Yalu bridge remains unused years after completion – a reminder that despite economic reliance on Beijing, Pyongyang still decides where to invest its political attention
The Yalu bridge remains unused years after completion – a reminder that despite economic reliance on Beijing, Pyongyang still decides where to invest its political attention
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged a desire to deliver Australians a fresh round of tax cuts as he prepares to release a 40-year economic forecast that he warns will contain confronting findings about the nation’s future.
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
New York: Australia will state its case for a seat at the world’s most powerful diplomatic table, with Anthony Albanese pitching the country as a middle power capable of helping write the rules for artificial intelligence as the US and China race for technological dominance.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh announced a quarter-point benchmark interest rate hike to about 3.9% on Wednesday to combat persistent inflation. The increase marks the Fed’s first hike since 2023 and could lead to higher borrowing costs for mortgages and auto loans. The decision comes just seven weeks before the …
Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday said Ankara is studying ways to support Saudi Arabia under a trilateral defence pact with Pakistan, as the kingdom faces "serious attacks on its territorial integrity and sovereignty".
No terrorist is immune to the consequences of carrying out terror attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, following the deadly shooting attack near Neveh Tzuf and an attempted car ramming near Jenin.
The non-interventionist D.C.-based think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft has published an interview with the one Republican who has been most outspoken against Trump's Iran war.
Ukraine made a “huge mistake” by caving in to its Western backers and walking away from a potential peace deal with Russia in 2022, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. He also argued that years of Western military backing have failed to defeat Russia and are now raising the risk of a direct clash between Rus…
Ukraine made a “huge mistake” by caving in to its Western backers and walking away from a potential peace deal with Russia in 2022, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. He also argued that years of Western military backing have failed to defeat Russia and are now raising the risk of a direct clash between Rus…
Updates from 2pm (BST) kickoff at the Vitality Stadium
Li Mingbo, of Guangzhou Institute of the Greater Bay Area, says China should create English-friendly environment to attract foreign talent
Li Mingbo, of Guangzhou Institute of the Greater Bay Area, says China should create English-friendly environment to attract foreign talent
In the week leading up to Germany's historic elections, a supporter of pro-Israel politician Karoline Preisler wrote that they had “experienced antisemitism up close” after being confronted by a pro-Palestine activist on the U-Bahn in Berlin.
Taipei – Taiwan’s labor minister traveled to China for an APEC ministerial meeting on Sunday, the first such trip by a senior Taiwanese government official since President Lai Ching-te took office two years ago.
Uganda's army said Saturday it had suspended military cooperation with Turkey, after demands for Ankara to hand over a prominent political blogger and fierce critic of President Yoweri Museveni.
Coming midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’
Candidates have been selected for November’s midterms – have Republicans and Democrats made the right choices?
It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, has set out plans to transform the lives of needy communities in Zanzibar in the latest stage of a major humanitarian campaign.
London: Elections in Russia are a curious business.
Schools are being pushed to curb classroom screen time amid increasing student anxiety and declining test scores, but experts warn that hasty bans could undo the benefits of teaching with tech.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thousands of Israelis, including government officials and ministers, entered the Western Wall area in occupied East Jerusalem early Sunday, the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine said.
A large-scale overnight drone attack on Moscow by Ukraine killed at least two people and damaged a major oil refinery, Moscow’s regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said Sunday — the last day of voting in Russia’s parliamentary elections.
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The government will brief the National Assembly next week on the first investment project under South Korea's US$350 billion investment commitment to the United States, officials said Sunday.
A multi-storey apartment building that local authorities said was hit by Ukrainian drones. (Reuters: Stringer)
The Czech Republic has received all four SPYDER air defense systems it purchased from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the country’s Defense Minister Jaromír Zuna announced.
An official source in the United Arab Emirates rejected claims on Saturday evening that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned him of a possible Hamas attack in the weeks leading up to October 7, 2023.
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that Tehran must fight and negotiate as its near seven-month war with the United States drags on.