The January 6 pardons: Who has Trump ordered to be released?
A Russian cybercrime boss has been freed from prison in the United States after Moscow released American teacher Marc Fogel, reciprocal releases that come as US President Donald Trump seeks to build bridges with Russia and end the war in Ukraine. Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cryptocurrency hacker and money launderer, was in northern California on…
By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 7 Mar 20257 Mar 2025
Some members of the workers’ union representing more than 10,000 baristas at Starbucks in the United States have begun a five-day strike at stores in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, citing unresolved issues over wages, staffing and schedules. The strike, which started on Friday, is the latest in a series of labour actions in the…
Counting the Cost What are the risks of Trump’s tariffs for the US and the world? Donald Trump’s tariff policies are starting to take shape and they’ve led to condemnation across the globe. Read more “An eye for an eye, a tariff for a tariff, same exact amount.” That is how Donald Trump billed reciprocal…
Here is the situation on Tuesday, January 14: Fighting Ukrainian drones targeted a gas compressor station for the TurkStream pipeline that pumps Russian gas to Europe via Turkiye, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of “energy terrorism” under the control of what he termed Ukraine’s “transoceanic friends”, following the attack…
US President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced by a New York court for covering up hush money payments to a porn actress after the Supreme Court rejected his last-ditch bid to delay the process that would make him the first convicted felon in the White House. The highest United States court cleared Trump’s…