“INEVER MEANT to start a war…I just closed my eyes and swung,” sings Miley Cyrus in “Wrecking Ball”, a break-up ballad that seemed to play on every American radio in 2013. Though melodically a bit relentless, the pop song deserves a revival as a guide to the second-term statecraft of President Donald Trump. President Donald
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In its competition with China, America sometimes commits self-sabotage. Under Donald Trump, cuts in federal support for universities have been particularly damaging. To convey their anguish, some American scientists have drawn attention to the advantage that their country’s strategic rival may gain from these retrenchments. China had been handed the future “on a silver platter”,
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Albania: At 117, Qamile Marra is not particularly concerned with proving she may be the world’s oldest woman — or even persuading Albanian pension officials that she is not dead. For a woman born under Ottoman rule, who turned 36 a fortnight before the end of World War II and outlived Albania’s communist dictatorship, her
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A slowdown in SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network that disrupted Ukraine’s drone operations was triggered by an order from company’s CEO Elon Musk, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed US officials and other sources. Elon Musk with US President Donald Trump. (AP/File) The move reportedly restricted Ukraine’s access to the satellite service, affecting
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That compares to a net loss of $13 billion during the same period a year earlier, according to report. AI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus. That compares to
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A ban was also issued for any public gatherings from 1800 GMT Tuesday in les Halles Paris police ordered a new curfew for parts of the city for Tuesday overnight, after one the previous night that authorities said resulted in calm being restored following weekend riots and looting. The fresh curfew runs from 2100 GMT
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At least 2,400 people were arrested after rioters in cities across France on Saturday clashed with police, set cars on fire, stormed public buildings and engulfed a historic city hall in flames, during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. On Sunday evening, small groups set fire to trash bins, bicycles
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Whenever thousands of people take to the streets in any corner of the world, the primary fear in the corridors of power is of a coup or regime change. The recent downfall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, the flight of the Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka, and the political reshuffle in Nepal have further strengthened
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Rubio is on a visit to India US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was “frustrated” by accusations that he had deliberately harmed Ukraine, including claims he ordered intelligence sharing to be halted. “The president is frustrated because, first of all, he doesn’t like to be blamed for things that
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Defence Secretary Wes Streeting delivers the closing ministerial keynote at the U.K. Space Power Conference 2026 in London on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP) (Jack Taylor, Jack Taylor) LONDON – Britain announced Tuesday that it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against the Houthis to include “defensive” air patrols by
County Hall Chichester. Image: LDRS A call from Reform UK councillors in West Sussex for the county council to withdraw from all voluntary refugee resettlement schemes has been voted down. The motion was tabled by group leader Tim Charters (Southgate & Gossops Green) during a meeting on Friday (October 16), and seconded by Callum Johnson (Ref,
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WOL.COM launches Online World News The platform delivers timely updates about World, Business, Technology, Politics, Lifestyle, and Culture, with a focus on accuracy and international reach ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, October 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — WOL.com today announced the worldwide launch of its digital news platform providing real time global coverage through a modern, mobile
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Ukrainian strikes on data centres operated by Russian tech company Yandex have disrupted key digital services, leaving users struggling to access bank accounts, book taxis and unlock smart doors in their homes. The attacks signal widening of the conflict, bringing Russia’s digital infrastructure into the picture. A woman walks past a Yandex-branded car in Moscow,
Trump also told reporters that Russia has been “fine” with regards to Ukraine. US President Donald Trump on Monday said he thought someone other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should negotiate on Kyiv’s behalf as it seeks to end the war with Russia. “Maybe it’s time for Zelenskiy to get somebody else to negotiate,” said
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last met Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington in July. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, Axios reported, citing two sources with knowledge. The Pentagon and Israel’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests
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Saudi Arabia says it has executed 2 Bangladeshi nationals over “indecent acts” inside a mosque in Mecca. Bangladesh said that it hadn’t been informed of the executions beforehand. Meanwhile, Israeli police have arrested 10 suspects in connection with a wave of settler violence, including against a U.S. journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West
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Credit markets are coming for CoreWeave. The price of a five-year bond issued by the “neocloud”, which rents out data-centre capacity for artificial-intelligence models, has fallen by 16% since July. The bond’s yield is now 15%—a level associated with companies in financial distress—up from 10% in July. The price of credit-default swaps offering insurance against
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Islamabad, A Pakistan Army officer has been killed in an improvised explosive device blast during a security operation in the country’s Balochistan province, authorities said on Monday. Pak army officer killed in IED blast Security forces conducted a series of operations in the Shadi Kaur area in Gwadar and Jattakabad in Kalat district on Sunday
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his decision to waive some sanctions against Russia and again accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of not wanting to end the war. Trump and Zelensky have clashed over the US President’s decision to block new sanctions against Russia and strike a diesel supply deal with Moscow. (AFP/Bloomberg/AP) His
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month to discuss the Ukraine war, seeking a settlement favorable to Moscow as ties between Washington and the Kremlin show signs of warming, The Wall Street Journal reported. Putin proposes meeting with Trump and Xi to