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Washington — Congress is aiming to withhold part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon hands over footage of the strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela. The provision was tucked into a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense policy bill that has passed every year for more six…
NewsFeed The Palestinian Civil Defence exhumed the bodies of more than 150 people who were quickly buried in the courtyards of al-Shifa Hospital during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Some of the victims remain unidentified. Civil defense teams are moving them to cemeteries to give them a proper final resting place. Published On 8 Dec…
Corn and soybean farmer Don Swanson prepares to harvest his corn crop as he and other Iowa farmers struggle with the effects of weather and ongoing tariffs resulting from the trade war between the U.S. and China that continue to affect agricultural business, in Eldon, Iowa, on Oct. 4, 2019. Kia Johnson | Reuters President…
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Paul Njie, Thomas Naadi, Chiagozie Nwonwu,BBC Africa reporters,, Lucy Flemingand Mansur Abubakar BTV Most of the soldiers who appeared on state TV early on Sunday morning are on the run Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday’s attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear…
Peruvian journalist Fernando Nunez, whose reporting dug into municipal corruption cases, was shot and killed by hitmen while returning from an assignment, Peru’s National Association of Journalists (ANP) said Sunday. Nunez, a reporter for the digital outlet Kamila TV, “was attacked by hitmen while riding a motorcycle with his brother” on Saturday, the ANP said…
Published On 8 Dec 20258 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Syrians are celebrating the anniversary of the overthrow of the al-Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule. The country heralded the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign on Monday. However, Syria is left facing a significant challenge to heal following 14 years…
Ben Powell, chief strategist for Middle East and Asia Pacific at BlackRock Investment Institute, at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) conference. Bloomberg | Getty Images The wave of capital pouring into artificial intelligence infrastructure is far from peaking, said Ben Powell, chief investment strategist for APAC at BlackRock, arguing the sector’s “picks and shovels”…
In a high-profile interview, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., bashed President Donald Trump, accusing her onetime political ally-turned-foe of inciting death threats against her and her son and failing to live up to his campaign pledge to focus on improving the lives of Americans. “For an ‘America First’ president, the No. 1 focus should have…
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Tokyo BBC Scientists at Waseda University in Tokyo are developing caregiving robots Last year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead. Police say such cases have doubled since 2012. Elderly people aged 65 and over now…
