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Nairobi to host first World Athletics Championships on African soil in 2029
The World Athletics Championships will be held in Africa for the first time in 2029, with Kenya's capital Nairobi confirmed as the host city for track and field's premier event.
Trump's new Green Card policy challenged by Mamdani, 22 American states
For thousands of Indians dreaming of settling permanently in the United States, the Green Card is the final step towards turning years of temporary work, study and waiting into permanent residency. But a new immigration policy of the US President Donald Trump-led administration t...
Supreme Court refuses to allow Trump's mail voting restrictions for the midterms
Elections The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's push for new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election.
EU seeks Arctic strategy amid growing power rivalry
Russia's aggression, Trump's threats against Greenland and the race for critical raw materials are pushing the Arctic to the top of Europe's agenda.
Italian Senate Backs Electoral Reform in Boost for Meloni
Italy’s Senate backed Premier Giorgia Meloni’s electoral-reform bill proposal, handing her coalition a political victory and setting the stage for a final vote in the lower house.
Merck Sells Federally Financed Covid Pill to U.S. for 40 Times What It Costs to Make
A five-day course of molnupiravir, the new medicine being hailed as a “huge advance” in the treatment of Covid-19, costs $17.74 to produce, according to a report issued last week by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health and King’s College Hospital in London....
U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal for Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal
Secret Pakistani arms sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, with confirmation from internal Pakistani and American government documents. Th...
Defense Tech Startup Founded by Trump's Most Prominent Silicon Valley Supporters Wins Secretive Military AI Contract
Defense Tech Startup Founded by Trump's Most Prominent Silicon Valley Supporters Wins Secretive Military AI Contract theintercept.com
The CIA Thought Putin Would Quickly Conquer Ukraine. Why Did They Get It So Wrong?
Ever since Ukraine launched a successful counteroffensive against Russian forces in late August, American officials have tried to claim credit, insisting that U.S. intelligence has been key to Ukraine’s battlefield victories.
How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation
The irony of the ethical scandal enveloping Joichi Ito, the former director of the MIT Media Lab, is that he used to lead academic initiatives on ethics. After the revelation of his financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the financier charged with sex trafficking underage girls as yo...
Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
NIne months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.
Exclusive: Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact - Middle East Eye
The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) in Mali has disclosed direct contacts with Russia’s Africa Corps and called for dialogue with Turkey to help find a political solution to the country’s crisis.
Exclusive / White House makes closing argument on crypto bill - Semafor
The Trump administration is going all out to convince Senate Republicans to advance landmark cryptocurrency legislation over banks’ concerns.
Kennedy Center board to vote on venue's future, says Trump name critical to survival
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 - The board of Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is due to vote on Tuesday on whether it will continue to operate, with directors largely installed by President Donald Trump arguing that its future hinges on having his name on the com...
FBI Director Kash Patel to face grilling over travel, 2020 election probe
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 - FBI Director Kash Patel is set to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when Democrats are expected to grill him over his leadership, use of taxpayer funds for personal travel and claims that arrests were imminent related to the 2020 election.
Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, to change plea in US corruption case
Sept 15 - A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected on Tuesday to enter a new plea in a U.S. corruption case, as federal prosecutors prepare separately to take Maduro to trial next year.
Noncitizens accused of illegal US voting challenge Trump's authority to prosecute them
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept 15 - As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on what he says is widespread illegal voting by noncitizens, several people charged with that crime are trying a novel strategy to get their cases dropped.