Israel to send negotiators to Doha as Gaza ceasefire hangs in the balance

Coco Gauff wrote “RIP TikTok USA” and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinal after the popular app, used by 170 million Americans, stopped working in the United States. TikTok disappeared from Apple and Google app stores in advance of a law that takes effect on Sunday,…

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The United States is set to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after the UN body received a formal letter from US President Donald Trump this week. UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Thursday that the withdrawal was now set in motion after Trump pledged on Monday – his…

When United States President Donald Trump announced his latest tariffs on steel and aluminium this week, he insisted there would be “no exemptions, no exceptions”. Washington’s closest allies in the Asia Pacific are hoping they will be able to change the mercurial US president’s mind. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4…

Apparently, the new and used – sorry, pre-owned – electric car salesman Elon Musk is aching to prove that he is even more of an insufferable braggart than his political dominatrix, Donald Trump. After leveraging his rancid social media platform to help elect the executive-order-giddy 47th president of the United States, Musk couldn’t resist upstaging…

The contest that saw Mark Carney emerge as Liberal Party leader and soon-to-be Canada’s prime minister has turned out to be a boring fait accompli. The drama that led inevitably, it seems, to Carney’s persuasive coronation on Sunday evening occurred late last December when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s once-reliable confidante and trusted deputy prime minister,…