It comes after the terror group turned down a proposal put forward by Egypt that would have seen a two-day ceasefire declared in Gaza if they had agreed to return four Israeli hostages. Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said Hamas “once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages to secure…
Both the SNL and Fallon skits featured the real and mock politicians staring at each other through a mirror. Ms Harris used the primetime appearance to poke fun at Trump, days after a viral video showed him struggling to climb into a garbage truck in Wisconsin while wearing an orange fluorescent safety vest. In a pep…
Linwei Ding had been working at Google’s California headquarters for four years when he booked a one-way ticket to Beijing and, on Boxing Day, handed in his notice. The resignation prompted questions at the tech giant’s security team, which had already been investigating Ding. A few weeks earlier, Ding had insisted he had no plans…
A hunky Vladimir Putin poses alongside China’s Xi Jinping in the latest edition of Russia’s FSB security service annual calendar. The FSB calendars have become something of a staple over the years, often producing artwork that triggers wry laughs and mockery in equal measure. The 2025 edition is, just as it was in 2023 and…
France has reached a “tipping point” on drug-related violence, the country’s hardline interior minister warned on Friday, after hundreds of people took part in a massive shootout. The gunfight, which left a teenager fighting for his life and four others seriously wounded, erupted overnight in the western city of Poitiers. Police intervened at around 10.45pm…
A British businessman has been charged with murder in Hong Kong after an Indonesian housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall. The 34-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested with his wife at a train station on Tuesday as they returned from mainland China. According to police, he went to Waterfall…
The White House later pushed back, issuing a transcript of Mr Biden’s remarks that included a longer quote and an apostrophe that suggested he had misspoken. The White House later said that Mr Biden was specifically referring to Tony Hinchcliffe, the individual who made the “garbage” comment, releasing a transcript which put an apostrophe between…
H5N1 bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US for the first time, sparking concern that the virus could become better at infecting and spreading between humans. The animal was found in a backyard farm in the US state of Oregon that was also home to H5N1-infected poultry, the US Department for…
In September, Putin lowered the threshold to launch a nuclear strike in Russia’s military doctrine. Analysts said that Russia’s nationwide nuclear test on Tuesday had been expected and planned for several months although, with more nuclear test-firing, there was a sense of increasing nuclear danger. “Ten days after the US commenced Global Thunder nuclear exercise,…
With both Trump and Ms Harris neck-and-neck in the polls, the decision to not endorse a candidate by the Post has been seen by some as a move to protect Mr Bezos’s business interests. Sir William Lewis, the Post’s chief executive, wrote online that the newspaper would not endorse any candidates in future elections. “We…