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The US is in a nuclear race to keep up with China and Russia… it’s losing
Experts widely believe Xi Jinping has ambitions to make the land grab beyond 2028, after the Chinese president won another term as the country’s leader. A military attempt to capture Taiwan by China’s People’s Liberation Army could well put them in direct contact with the US armed forces. This is why there is a growing…
Holly Bowles is sixth person to die from methanol poisoning in Laos
“We don’t do anything wrong, for sure,” Mr Toan told ABC, the Australian network. “I really take care of all of the customers [who] stay with our hotel and our hostel.” Ms White, from Orpington in the London borough of Bromley, was taken to hospital following a night out with friend Bethany Clarke, a healthcare…
Elon Musk reignites feud with Jeff Bezos over Amazon boss’s election prediction
Elon Musk has reignited his long-running feud with Jeff Bezos by claiming the Amazon founder had urged people to sell stock in the Tesla boss’s firms because Donald Trump was going to lose. Writing on X, the world’s richest man said: “Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that @realDonaldTrump would…
Jimmy Lai denies asking Trump for help as he testifies for first time in Hong Kong trial
“How could I ask for any action?” Mr Lai said. “To ask a vice-president to do something? This is beyond me.” The Hong Kong government accuses Mr Lai of “polluting the minds” of the “impressionable” of citizens. “You mean that they don’t have their own ideas or their own values, that they are a blank…
Make no mistake, Ukraine won’t surrender to Putin
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to “do everything” to end Russia’s war against his country by “diplomatic means” in 2025. Zelensky conceded that President-elect Donald Trump’s return will hasten the end of the Ukraine war. Zelensky’s comments raised eyebrows as they departed from his typically defiant tone. At the February 2024 Munich Security Conference,…
Trump will bring Xi Jinping’s regime in China to the brink of collapse
Xi Jinping has put the fate of his country and regime in the hands of others, especially the next leader of the country he considers an enemy, the United States. Yes, China’s ruler, who many consider the world’s most powerful figure, is, in reality, helpless. How did that happen? In short, Xi did it to…
Billionaire real estate magnate loses control of UK cinema chain Curzon
The US billionaire real estate magnate Charles Cohen has lost control of his upmarket UK cinema chain after an escalating legal battle over unpaid debts. Curzon, the historic arthouse chain that has 16 venues across the UK, has been snapped up by the US private equity firm Fortress Investment Group. Terms of the deal were…
The crypto bros poised to make billions from Trump presidency as Bitcoin booms
The cryptocurrency industry has become an astonishingly effective Washington lobbying force in recent years. Three political action committees, Fairshake, Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, spent more than $133m supporting both Republican and Democrat candidates who voiced pro-crypto views during the campaign. As of Monday morning, 52 out of 56 House and Senate candidates backed…
Who is Nikki Haley? The ‘war hawk’ who could reshape the GOP after Trump
Since the primary race ended in March, Ms Haley has taken a job as the Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute, a Right-leaning Washington think tank. In May, she used her inaugural address to criticise isolationists in the Republican Party ─ although she did not name Mr Trump. “They believe if we leave…