US President Donald Trump has announced that he is “immediately” banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest twist in his fraught relationship with American media outlets. In a lengthy post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that the outlets “constantly write or report fiction or lies” about his administration, […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has claimed the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has been losing “tens of millions of dollars, even hundreds of millions of dollars” for years. Trump, who wants his name on the famous performing arts venue, was photographed onboard Air Force One looking at a poster with a headline that appeared to […]
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, handing over leadership to his son Howard in the final chapter of a long-planned transition at the US business giant. At 96, the world-famous investor will move into an advisory role as chairman emeritus and remain on the company board to offer his “judgement and […]
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the threat of hybrid attacks by Russia against Europe and France has intensified. In a news conference at the Elysee Palace, Macron said he had called on the French government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure and defence industry sites in the face of this threat. […]
Continue ReadingEleven civilians and five police officers have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar. An exchange of gunfire is ongoing between attackers and security forces at the site in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One of the assailants […]
Continue ReadingRepresentative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, a Democrat, opposed the sale on Thursday. He warned “it could put the crown jewels of American military technology within reach of the Chinese Communist Party”. Other Democratic lawmakers and some American defence officials have raised similar concerns about giving F-35s to Saudi Arabia. They said Riyadh might share the […]
Continue ReadingOnly one confirmed living member of the species is known – a cat in a rescue sanctuary in Bolivia – but scientists believe others exist. It was this 10-year-old cat, nicknamed ‘Tigrino’, that set scientists on the path to discovery. Bolivian scientist Dr Nogales-Ascarrunz was volunteering at the sanctuary when she noticed the cat looked […]
Continue ReadingCanada and the US are locked in an escalating trade dispute, with each side imposing tit-for-tat tariffs after bilateral talks collapsed last month. “Today our societies are being battered by new storms,” Carney said during his address, naming them as climate change, “the erosion of democratic norms” and the “weaponisation of trade”. “Economic integration is […]
Continue ReadingSweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his ruling right-wing bloc was narrowly defeated by the centre-left opposition in the country’s general election. He made the announcement in a post on X on Thursday afternoon, after preliminary votes from Sunday’s election showed about 50,000 votes separated the two blocs in the country of about […]
Continue ReadingIn return, Mexico has agreed to lend another priceless document, the Codex Boturini, to France for display there. The pictograms in the Codex Boturini narrate the story of the migration of the Aztecs, also known as Mexica, from their ancestral homeland to the shores of Lake Texcoco, where they built Tenochtitlán. The temporary exchange of […]
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