Trump chooses billionaire businessman and key transition adviser Howard Lutnick as nominee for commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump chooses billionaire businessman and key transition adviser Howard Lutnick as nominee for commerce secretary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump chooses billionaire businessman and key transition adviser Howard Lutnick as nominee for commerce secretary.
President-elect Trump heavily criticized Syrian rebels for their move to overtake the city of Damascus on Saturday, but emphasized that this was not America’s fight. “Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they…
A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon worried — and new revelations about what it contains onboard have made those concerns all the greater. Launched in early 2022, Russia's Cosmos 2553 spacecraft is nominally built to test out "newly developed onboard instruments and systems." According to new reporting from the New York Times, however, the mysterious satellite system contains a "dummy warhead"
President-elect Donald Trump repeated numerous false claims during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” – including his old lie that the US is the world’s only country with birthright citizenship.
Once news outlets called the election for Trump in the early hours of November 6, panic ripped through the LGBTQIA+ community and hotlines saw a dramatic surge in calls. Michelle Del Rey reports
US president-elect Trump meets with Zelensky at reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
Western and Arab states, as well as Israel, would like to see Iran’s influence in Syria curtailed, but none wish for a radical Islamist regime to replace Assad.
Pete Hegseth, now Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of defense, had been a vocal and persistent advocate for veterans having unfettered access to private health care, rather than having to go through the VA to keep their benefits.
The Syrian government has collapsed, falling to a rebel offensive that seized control of the capital Damascus and sent crowds into the streets to celebrate. What unfolded was "not that surprising", according to Sky's defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke. From a military point of view it is what tends to happen, he said, citing similar scenarios in the Libyan civil war in 2011, and in Iraq in 2014 - when Islamic State fighters "were at the gates of Baghdad within weeks".
A military police officer has been arrested in Brazil after a video emerged of him throwing a civilian over a bridge in Sao Paulo on Monday, sparking protests in the city.
Many places becoming so popular that the environment cannot sustain the level of use, authorities say. So changes are coming.
He also continues fundraising from his millions of followers, although more of each dollar raised is going to the RNC than it was immediately after the election.
William joins other world leaders in Paris for the ceremonial reopening of the world-famous cathedral.
The Prince of Wales travelled to the French capital on Saturday for the ceremonial reopening of Notre Dame cathedral.
There was a time not all that long ago when the United States would be seeking clearly to drive and define a particular narrative and outcome for the events unfolding in the Middle East. Seeking to mould events to its own benefit has been a central tenet of American foreign policy. President Biden is still running things at the White House but his ability to influence events in the Middle East, if he is even inclined to, has been shown to be limited.
The Syrian government collapsed early on Sunday, marking an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, after a surprise rebel offensive quickly swept through government-held areas and reached the capital in just 10 days.View on euronews
ANZ, Westpac and NAB are all in agreement in when the first rate cut could come, while Commonwealth Bank remains the defiant outlier.
"I could care less about politics; that crap is for the 1% type of people who are rich."
Rebel forces have taken control of Damascus, marking the end of Bashar al-Assad's 14-year rule. It follows years of conflict and shifts the power dynamics in the region.View on euronews
President-elect says current and former House members who investigated the Capitol riot ‘should go to jail’
President-elect Trump early Sunday called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the fighting between Ukraine and Russia following the fall of the Assad government in Syria and after a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not…