EU must boost defence spending to counter Russia’s threat, says Kallas

By Sarah Shamim Published On 19 Dec 202419 Dec 2024

NewsFeed Hundreds of prisoners fighting LA fires for barely a dollar a day Almost 1,000 US prisoners have been fighting the fires raging across Los Angeles for pay as little as roughly a dollar a day. The practice has been likened to modern day slavery, but is it that simple? Soraya Lennie takes a look….

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a man, identified by the FBI as a United States military veteran, ploughed a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, US. The suspect, who was killed in a police shootout, has been identified as Shamsud-Din…

Another top federal prosecutor has resigned from the United States Department of Justice amid pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump. The Reuters news agency reported that Denise Cheung left her post on Tuesday, after leading the criminal division of the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Recommended Stories list of 3…

United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports in schools and other educational settings. The directive, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, is the latest addition to a series of new executive actions that have shone a focus on gender debates…

The United States plans to divert to Lebanon $95m in military aid that was originally allocated to Egypt, according to an unconfirmed news agency report. The State Department notification to Congress of the planned shift, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday, names the Lebanese armed forces as “a key partner” in upholding the November…