Donald Trump was not on the ballot for the 2022 US midterms. But the former president’s shadow still falls heavily across American politics and he has done all he can to keep it that way.
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According to the British Polling Council, there has been a clear shift since the 2016 referendum on Brexit, which has accelerated over the past year. Now 57% of British people believe that…
InternationalA threat of bankruptcy, an exodus of key executives, and a warning from the US regulator for consumer protection marked a chaotic day at Twitter under Elon Musk's new leadership.
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InternationalDelegates at the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed Sunday to discuss whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change for their suffering.
InternationalEarth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday in a somber note as world leaders started gathering…
InternationalBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said people cannot expect the state to “fix everyone’s problems” as he looks to regain public trust by being honest about the extent of the economic…
InternationalOpening arguments began in the high-profile criminal tax fraud case against the Trump Organization, the former president's family-run company that helped make him a household name.
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InternationalMichel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, vacated the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a…
InternationalRussia will lose the energy battle it is waging against the West, according to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency.
"Just before the invasion [of…
InternationalThe Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli government’s de-facto annexation policies, according to a new report…
InternationalJust over a month since pledging to "deliver, deliver, deliver!" on the steps of Downing Street, today Liz Truss's political career came to a screeching end.
She did deliver: a…
InternationalPresident Vladimir Putin's refusal to rule out using "tactical" nuclear weapons in Russia's war against Ukraine put much of the world on edge last month. But economist Nouriel Roubini says a…
InternationalPakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, won the majority of seats in by-elections, building momentum in his campaign to pressure the six-month-old government into calling an early national…
InternationalJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says investors should expect more blowups after a crash in UK government bonds last month nearly caused the collapse of hundreds of that country’s pension funds.…
InternationalThe death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey rose to at least 40 people Saturday, officials said.
Desperate relatives had waited all night in the cold outside the state…
InternationalTurkey has called for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, days ahead of a likely meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Haber Turk…
InternationalThe US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is likely to resist behind-the-scenes pressure at international meetings this week to let up on steep US interest-rate hikes that are putting…
InternationalGlobal finance chiefs gather in Washington in the coming days with the warning of a possible $4 trillion loss in the world’s economic output ringing in their ears.
That’s the Germany-…
InternationalDrought that stretched across three continents this summer — drying out large parts of Europe, the United States and China — was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new…
InternationalMicrosoft founder Bill Gates has said Europe may face a “very scary situation” this winter, warning that surging energy prices across the region could mean that people will be unable to heat…
InternationalEurope is facing lower-than-expected economic growth as inflation continues to climb, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde revealed, explaining that the ECB had raised interest rates by…
InternationalPakistan will "absolutely not" default on debt obligations despite catastrophic floods, the finance minister said, signaling there would be no major deviation from reforms designed to stabilize…
InternationalBill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem. What’s also needed, Gates argues, are the kinds of innovations in farming technology that…
InternationalWith the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, Prince Charles has finally become king of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms, ending a wait of more than 70 years - the longest by…
InternationalBrazilian presidential candidate and ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led the latest pre-election poll with 45% of the vote, trailed by incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro with 32%, a…
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