US-Russia Talks: Five takeaways from Rubio-Lavrov meeting on Ukraine war

By Sarah Shamim Published On 24 Feb 202524 Feb 2025

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and family members who own the company have agreed to pay up to $7.4bn in a new settlement to end lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York Attorney General Letitia James says. The deal announced on Thursday represents an increase of more than $1bn over a previous…

NewsFeed Why does Trump want Greenland? Incoming President Donald Trump has repeated his desire to take control of Greenland, despite being condemned by the US’s closest allies. Why does he want it? Published On 10 Jan 202510 Jan 2025

United States President Donald Trump has set in motion a process to redesignate Yemen’s Houthis as a “foreign terrorist organisation”, the White House has said. Trump’s executive order signed on Wednesday directs Secretary of State Marco Rubio to submit a report concerning the designation within 30 days after consultation with the director of national intelligence…

Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley is leaving the paper as its opinion section shifts its focus to supporting and defending the topics of personal liberties and free markets, owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has told staff in a memo. The section will cover other topics too, but will not publish viewpoints that…

Montreal, Canada – In his first speech as Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mark Carney delivered what observers have described as a stunning statement. “I know that these are dark days,” Carney told a room full of supporters on Sunday after he won the race to lead the governing Liberal Party. “Dark days brought on by a country…