Here is the situation on Thursday, December 26: Fighting: Russian and Ukrainian forces have once again engaged in fierce battles around the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff said that 35 Russian attacks were reported around the city on Wednesday. “Three Russian armies are concentrated here against us,” Ukraine’s regional…
Quotable Israel is no longer “capable of fighting this war” on Gaza Ori Goldberg unpacks Israel’s failure in Gaza and its lack of a clear plan for what comes next. Read more Ori Goldberg, political commentator, breaks down Israel’s failure in Gaza, and its lack of a plan for what comes next. Published On 7…
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to prepare for mass firings of federal workers. In a memo released on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said the layoffs will be…
The United States has postponed planned 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports by a month, following 11th-hour calls between President Donald Trump and leaders from Canada and Mexico on Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to boost border security to prevent the trafficking of drugs and migrants…
New Delhi, India – Kulvinder Kaur had tried and tried again to call her husband in the United States. After two weeks of the connection not going through, she was consumed by anxiety, she said from her home in Hoshiarpur, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. “I was really afraid about what might have…
General Motors’ earnings have exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts, but investors are still dumping the stock broadly on fears of tariffs that will make it hard for the carmaker to hit its 2025 targets. Shares dropped more than 10 percent on Tuesday, putting it on track for its worst day since the early days of the…
