YouTube said on Tuesday it had blocked Russell Brand from making money from his online channel after the British actor and comedian was accused of a string of sexual assaults. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile comedians and broadcasters, said on Saturday he had never had non-consensual sex. That came as the Sunday Times newspaper and…
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he has delayed a key procedural vote for a 30-day stopgap funding measure intended to avert a government shutdown after current funding for federal agencies expires on Sept. 30. Speaking to reporters in the U.S. Capitol, McCarthy said the House of Representatives would consider a vote…
Ukraine told the U.N.’s highest court in The Hague on Tuesday that Russia justified waging war against Ukraine by invoking “a terrible lie” that Moscow’s invasion was to stop an alleged genocide. “The international community adopted the Genocide Convention to protect. Russia invokes the Genocide convention to destroy,” Ukraine’s representative Anton Korynevych told judges. He…
Mexico’s government expects the economy to grow by between 2.5% and 3.5% next year, in line with this year’s growth, according to a budget blueprint released on Friday that includes fresh taxpayer assistance for the country’s ailing state oil company. Latin America’s biggest economy after Brazil will likely grow 3% this year. The finance ministry’s…
A few Chinese Catholics came to sneak a peek at Pope Francis during an official welcome ceremony in the main square of Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar on Saturday, enthusiastically waving their country’s flag. The Vatican does not have diplomatic relations with China, instead recognising Chinese-claimed Taiwan, while China’s Catholics have long been split between a state-backed…
The average wait time for non-booked vessels at the Panama Canal jumped by between 44% and 59% last month as a prolonged drought led to restrictions on daily transits and ship drafts. The Panama Canal Authority began imposing the restrictions earlier this year in a move to conserve water. Only 32 vessels with a draft…
An Ohio police department on Friday released body camera footage showing an officer fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman in the parking lot of a grocery store two weeks ago after she refused to exit her car and instead bumped him with her vehicle. Video of the incident in Blendon Township on Aug. 24 followed…
