France and Germany, the two largest economies in the European Union, pushed new proposals for the enlargement of the 27-member bloc. File | Photo Credit: Reuters France and Germany, the two largest economies in the European Union, pushed new proposals for the enlargement of the 27-member bloc on Tuesday (September 19). The policy paper, put together by a … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. File | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Zelensky’s trip comes as Congress is debating providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid … Read more
In this image made from video provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a petrol station on a road near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, Russia, on August 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of … Read more
After undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video appearance from a hospital near Tel Aviv. Wearing a crisp dark suit, he grinned and declared energetically that he felt “great, as you can see.” But the July 23 photo-op failed to reassure Israelis, who were shocked to … Read more
Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis-flagged bulker TK Majestic, carrying grain under the U.N.’s Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey on July 15, 2023. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on July 17 it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in … Read more
“We thought we could die.” The Russian invasion had just begun when Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Ukraine, the House speaker then the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to lead a congressional delegation to Kyiv. Ms. Pelosi and the lawmakers were ushered under the cloak of secrecy into the capital city, an undisclosed passage … Read more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami. File | Photo Credit: AP The computerised drawing of lots devised to select successful H-1B applicants every year has resulted in abuse of the system and a sharp increase in fraudulent efforts, a federal agency said on Friday. In an unusual statement, U.S. Citizenship … Read more
Humza Yousaf speaks after being announced as the new Scottish National Party leader in Edinburgh, Britain, on March 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani-origin Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Humza Yousaf on March 28 won the Scottish National Party (SNP) leadership contest and is set to be named as Scotland’s new First Minister, … Read more
The iconic Matterhorn mountain peak on Toblerone’s packaging | Photo Credit: Getty Images The iconic Matterhorn mountain peak on Toblerone’s packaging lives in our mind’s eye like an emotion. But like the melt-in-the-mouth classic Toblerone bar, the Matterhorn too is melting away like a thing of the past. For over a century, the brand has … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The FBI was conducting a planned search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, the President’s personal lawyer said. The search follows a 13-hour, top-to-bottom review of his Wilmington, Delaware home on … Read more