The president’s brother-in-law, Anwar Usman, was found to have broken the ethics code by a panel looking into a verdict on election regulations. The top judge in Indonesia was demoted by a court panel for having a conflict of interest in a decision made last month that let the son of President Joko Widodo to…
According to analysts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should cut back on his spending as Canada struggles with a potential recession and the biggest debt payments it has seen in over 20 years. This will help him avoid being forced to make difficult policy decisions in the future. The Liberal government under Trudeau is known for…
As Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas militants, the first group of civilian evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt on Wednesday thanks to a deal that Qatar mediated. A day after Palestinian health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike there killed over 50 people and injured 150 more, with Israel claiming it also killed a…
Tesla (TSLA.O) won the first trial in the U.S. over claims that its Autopilot driver assistance feature caused a death on Tuesday. This is a big win for the car company, which is also facing other lawsuits and government investigations over the same technology. This is Tesla’s second big win this year, as jurors have…
As Israeli ground forces engaged Hamas terrorists who were stationed in a vast network of tunnels, Palestinian health sources said that at least fifty Palestinians had died after Israeli airstrikes struck a heavily populated refugee camp in north Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected international requests for the war to end in…
The Supreme Justice Tribunal of Venezuela said on Monday that the results of this month’s opposition presidential primary would not be enforced. This is despite an agreement between the government and the opposition that lets each side pick its own candidate. The decision could make the US angry, since they lifted some sanctions on the…
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will pay a high-profile visit to Israel to show support for its war against Hamas. This comes after Washington said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to let aid get to Gazans who are under lockdown. Trucks bringing essential supplies for Gaza were heading towards the Rafah crossing…
Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes and said it would keep two roads open to let people escape. Israel had given the entire population of the northern half of the Gaza…
Israel calls last week’s devastating attack by Hamas its 9/11 moment. The secretive mastermind behind the assault, Palestinian militant Mohammed Deif, calls it Al Aqsa Flood. The phrase Israel’s most wanted man used in an audio tape broadcast as Hamas fired thousands of rockets out of the Gaza strip on Saturday signalled the attack was…
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try to unite around a new speaker to lead their fractious and narrow majority on Wednesday, a week after a small group of dissidents ousted Kevin McCarthy. There are two declared candidates so far in the closed-door, secret-ballot vote: Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who is No. 2 on the…
