The Justice Department was preparing to wage a legal battle more than a decade in the making against the world’s largest concert promoter. Then President Trump called. Lawyer James McDonald, left, with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino in New York in March. Settle it, the president told a senior DOJ official, the official later told…
BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The European Commission on Monday approved a further €6.1 billion ($7.12 billion) in financial aid for Ukraine to procure new defence systems, such as air defence, missiles, ammunition and radars. The EU said this latest aid package came on top of €16 billion of previously approved procurement plans, of which…
REUTERS/CLAUDIA GRECO / AUG. 22 Pope Leo speaks during a meeting with people with disabilities and those assisted by Caritas, at Rimini Cathedral, during a pastoral trip in Rimini, Italy. VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Scott Bessent often says he wants to be America’s “top bond salesman”. For the treasury secretary, falling bond yields would be a sign of success. An accountant might raise an eyebrow, though, on encountering a salesman who juiced his figures by purchasing his own wares. On August 19th Mr Bessent set out plans for the…
Seven protesters who blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in a 2024 pro-Palestinian protest against Israel’s assault on Gaza have been sentenced to 30 days, with credit for time already served. 7 protesters sentenced for blocking Golden Gate Bridge during Gaza protest. (AP ) They were convicted in July of misdemeanor charges by a…
“The Republican party and you are enabling him (Trump). You’re all cowards and spineless,” roared one voter in New York to loud cheers at a town hall in April. The subject of his frustration: America’s ongoing war with Iran. The target: Republican Congressman Mike Lawler. The 39-year-old lawmaker represents New York’s 17th congressional district, a…
The Trump administration is preparing what US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described as an “economic D-Day” against Iran, as Washington moves towards what it says will be its strongest financial campaign yet against Tehran. Bessent accused Iran of using security guarantees as a form of “extortion” and said Tehran had relied on the expectation that…
Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new US sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. Araghchi said Washington must speak to Iran respectfully to find “a solution based on justice and honour.” (REUTERS) US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to…
Iran has reportedly received an official invitation to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a pact previously established by Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Tehran reportedly received an invitation to join the Mecca defence pact. (File Photo/Reuters) Mehdi Rahimi, head of the Iranian Parliament news agency, informed about the invitation, Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday….
Israel’s military killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian health authorities said, while an Israeli and a Palestinian were wounded in separate incidents. Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Islam Ajouri, 14, at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on August 23, 2026 (AFP) Israeli gunfire killed…