West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party and registers as an independent
WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party and registers as an independent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin leaves the Democratic Party and registers as an independent.
A relative of Vladimir Putin has accidentally let slip secret Kremlin data that reveals Russia’s losses in its war in Ukraine.
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, declared martial law on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state forces” that he said threatened to “ruin” the nation.
The UK's chief of defense staff said Israeli F-35s took out "nearly the entirety" of Iran's air defenses in a single mission.
The President and his wife have been at the centre of a series of scandals prior to last night’s attempted coup
Ahn Gwi-ryeong faced off with armed soldiers who were sent to stop lawmakers from entering parliament in Seoul.
Washington on Tuesday condemned Beijing's new export restrictions on key dual-use materials - gallium, germanium and graphite - which are vital for military and civilian technologies, and pledged to take "necessary steps" to prevent further "coercive" measures. "We are still assessing the new controls, but we will take necessary steps to mitigate the impact and deter further PRC coercive actions", a US State Department representative said in an emailed response to questions, using the acronym fo
Bill Clinton expressed public misgivings about Joe Biden’s handling of his son’s pardon Wednesday–as he delivered a blunt assessment of why Democrats lost the election. “I wish he hadn’t said he wasn’t going to do it. It does weaken his case,” Clinton said of Biden’s repeated pledges not to pardon his son, which he reversed on Sunday night with a sweeping use of the presidential pardon power. Clinton, the 42nd president, was speaking in Manhattan at The New York Times' Dealbook event, the first
Kenneth Choi, an editor of The Chosun Daily Newspaper, explains what led South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to deport millions in an unprecedented crackdown on undocumented migrants. His MAGA billionaire lieutenant Elon Musk has said he will find unprecedented trillions to cut from federal spending. Wall Street thinks they’re delusional, projecting that the two will accomplish a fraction of what they’re threatening at best.
President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from consideration just three days after Trump made his nomination known. Florida’s Hillsborough County Sherriff Chad Chronister said in a post on X Tuesday evening that he would instead tend to his current duties overseeing an area of the…
STORY: Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are "no longer safe".That was the warning from four of the country's top industry associations on Tuesday (Dec 3), who also said firms should buy locally instead.It was a rare coordinated response to Washington's curbs on Chinese chipmakers.The statements did not detail why U.S. chips were unsafe or unreliable.The warning arrives while after the two nations targeted each other's economies over the last few days.It has escalated tensions even before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.Trump has promised to impose heavy tariffs on imported Chinese goods.The move would revive a trade war from his first four-year term as president.On Monday, the U.S. launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry.It curbed exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group.Tuesday's call from Chinese industry bodies to buy local could affect U.S. chipmaking giants such as Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.Those firms have managed to keep selling products in the Chinese market despite export controls. The three companies did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.The Semiconductor Industry Association is a U.S. trade association representing major chipmakers. It responded to the coordinated call to limit procurement of U.S. chips as 'unhelpful'.It further argued any claims American chips are 'no longer safe or reliable' are simply inaccurate.The group also encouraged both the U.S. and Chinese governments to avoid further escalation.
As tit-for-tat strikes strain a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah less than a week since it went into effect, Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday threatened to directly target the Lebanese state should the agreement fall apart.
Civil society members, former lawmakers, and religious leaders ask Congress to impeach Sara Duterte
President Joe Biden appeared to briefly fall asleep during an international conference on railways on the last day of a trip to Africa—his first while in office. The president arrived in Angola on Monday, and spent the past few days meeting with regional leaders to discuss development projects. But video showed the president seemingly dozing off at Wednesday’s event—a summit discussing the Lobito Trans-Africa Corridor railway. In a clip published by British newspaper The Telegraph, Biden can be
Indonesia is expecting to get a $1 billion investment commitment from tech firm Apple Inc in a week, its investment minister said on Tuesday, after the government banned iPhone 16 sales for failing to meet local content rules. Indonesia stopped sales of the smartphone because it requires those sold domestically to comprise at least 40% locally-made parts, which it said Apple had not adhered to. Indonesia plans to increase this requirement, a deputy minister said on Tuesday.
Taiwan is reportedly considering a $15 billion military package to strengthen its military against China, while the U.S. and Taiwan have agreed to spend over $2 billion in American weapons purchases next year, as a proactive approach to deter Chinese hostilities towards Taiwan.
Democrat Adam Gray has narrowly defeated Republican Rep. John Duarte in the race for California's 13th Congressional District.
"There are no grounds for negotiations yet," the Kremlin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told the Izvestia newspaper, reiterating Moscow's long-standing position on the talks. Qatar has mediated several returns of Ukrainian children taken to Russia from the conflict zone since the start of the war. Thousands of civilians, the vast majority of them Ukrainians, have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.
Podcaster Joe Rogan explained recently what led him to make an 11th hour endorsement of Donald Trump: concerns about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s honesty. On “The Joe Rogan Experience” last week, Rogan said he took issue with how the former vice presidential candidate talked about his military experience and his travels abroad. Walz, who never saw combat while in the National Guard, once said on the campaign trail, “I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, b
Why men who reported for duty after October 7 are now refusing to fight