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Sep 10, 2026 - World

When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a "president of peace" who would stop foreign wars, not start them.

Sep 10, 2026 - World

Vice-president suggests payment would not go to all and would be paid for by tariff revenues despite supreme court rulings against much of Trump’s programUS citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims Sign up for the US Breaking News emailVice-president JD Vance will give the keynote address tonight, though Donald Trump is scheduled to make closing remarks to bring the made-for-television RNC event in Dallas to ⁠an end.“If the American people give Republicans another chance to govern, we’re going to create more prosperity,” Vance told Fox News after Trump’s speech last night. Continue reading...

Sep 10, 2026 - World

Such cases have prompted the Federal Security Service (FSB) to increase surveillance of cemeteries in the region.

Sep 10, 2026 - World

Billionaire Alex Beard and his former deputy appear in London court over alleged payments to African officialsGlencore’s billionaire former head of oil trading has pleaded ⁠not guilty ⁠to ​two bribery charges after allegedly facilitating payments to west African officials in order to advance the Swiss commodity group’s operations ⁠in the continent.Alex Beard, 59, denied two counts of conspiracy to make ⁠corrupt payments at Southwark crown court in London on Thursday, in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Continue reading...

Sep 10, 2026 - World

Iran and its proxies move closer to full control of two shipping chokepoints as regional conflict widensYemen’s Houthi rebels are making a concerted drive to take full control of the country’s Red Sea coast, claiming control of the key port of Mocha, in the most serious wave of fighting with the Saudi-backed government in years.Seizure of the coast would be a strategic disaster for Saudi Arabia and the US, taking Iran and its proxies closer to full control of two chokepoints for western shipping on opposite sides of the Arabian peninsula: the Bab al-Mandeb at the southern end of the Red Sea and the strait of Hormuz in the Gulf. Continue reading...