Month: December 2024

WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he was picking Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, as presidential envoy for special missions, a post where he will likely drive…

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also…

ABC News will pay a $15 million settlement payment to resolve a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, according to court documents filed Saturday. The lawsuit stemmed from on-air…

US President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the U.S. Postal Service in recent weeks, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people with knowledge of…

AQABA, Jordan: A UN envoy on Saturday urged foreign powers to work to avoid a collapse of vital Syrian institutions following the downfall of leader Bashar al-Assad, as diplomats gathered…

SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers on Saturday voted to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office for his failed attempt to impose martial law last week. Out of 300 lawmakers, 204…

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ukraine’s use of US-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in an interview, comments that he could alter U.S. policy toward Ukraine. “It’s…

Britons paying privately for obesity drugs are increasingly choosing Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro over Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, online pharmacies say, in a sign the U.S. drugmaker is gaining ground on its…

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ukraine’s use of US-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, comments that suggest he could…

UK’s economy shrank for a second month in October in the run-up to the new government’s first budget, the first back-to-back falls in output since the onset of the COVID-19…