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A Singapore court on Monday found the nation’s opposition leader guilty of lying under oath to Parliament, in a case that has riveted the country because it raised the prospect of disqualifying him from office. Pritam Singh, a member of Parliament and the head of the main opposition party, the Worker’s Party, was convicted on…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived on Monday in Saudi Arabia for the second leg of a whistle-stop Middle East tour to discuss the future of both Gaza and Ukraine amid criticism that the Trump administration was acting without consulting relevant foreign partners about the wars in both countries. Mr. Rubio, who flew to Riyadh…
When the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced last October that benefits would only be rising by 2.5% in 2025, a lot of people were disappointed. And that’s understandable since that 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is the smallest raise to arrive in years. Now the reality is that a smaller COLA is indicative of cooling…
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said European leaders will discuss in Paris on Monday how to prevent a peace negotiation on Ukraine ending up rewarding Russian aggression. “A war of aggression cannot be rewarded, we cannot encourage others to launch wars of aggression,” he said in an interview with radio station…
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we’ll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. On today’s show, Senior US and…
British-Indian author Salman Rushdie expressed his discontent and dislike for billionaire Elon Musk while attending Hay Festival in Cartagena, Colombia. He said that he is not a fan of Elon Musk and would love the billionaire to be the first man on Mars. Salman Rushdie said that Musk’s X curates “the discourse of the extreme-right”….
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks trimmed gains as an AI-fueled rally in Chinese technology shares faded and investors remained cautious due to tensions between the US and European Union over tariffs and the war in Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg A gauge of Asian shares rose 0.3%, after earlier reaching the highest level since November, while…
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – Lars Baumguertel wants Germany’s politicians to get out their cheque books. The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in Gelsenkirchen, a former coal town in the industrialized Ruhr Valley. But his company, like many in the Mittelstand – the tissue of small- and medium-sized manufacturers that powers Germany’s…
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron, a former child star whose promising career suffered a setback in recent years after a drunk-driving incident, was found dead in her home on Sunday afternoon, police said. Ms. Kim, who was 24, was discovered by a friend who had visited her house, according to the Seongdong Police Station in…
Hey, there! Welcome to the start of a new week. We hope you’re raring to go and ready to keep your Wordle streak rolling along. In case you need some help with that, here’s our daily Wordle guide with some hints and the answer for Monday’s puzzle (#1,339). It may be that you’re a Wordle newcomer…