Taiwanese presidents usually use visits to allied countries to make what are officially stop-overs in the United States, Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier, which frequently angers Beijing. Read more
Bondi, 59, was the top law enforcement officer of the country’s third most populous state from 2011 to 2019. Read more
Iceland, with nearly 400,000 inhabitants, is located on the fault line between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, making it a seismic hotspot with geysers, warm-water springs and dozens of volcanoes. Read more
About 260,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Washington, Oregon and Northern California this afternoon, down from 600,000 earlier. Read more
In their decision, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant were criminally responsible for acts including murder, persecution and starvation as a weapon of war. Read more
U.S. Treasury yields have risen on strong economic data and investor fears that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies, including higher tariffs on imported goods and mass deportations, could reignite inflation. Read more
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The program allows police to search and seize property from people who may be suspected of a crime, even if they are never charged. Read more
Gaetz, who resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives last week, was the subject of an Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. He has denied wrongdoing. Read more
Kyiv said Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war. Read more
The measures presented by the Department of Justice are part of a landmark case in Washington that has the potential to reshape how users find information. Read more
Task Force-Ayungin, named after the Philippine designation for the contested Second Thomas Shoal, was first mentioned this week by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Philippines. Read more
Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined Payne’s family and friends for the private church service in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, northwest of London. Read more
Authorities charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2 billion in profits. Read more
“There was no consensus on this issue,” Democratic U.S. Representative Susan Wild told reporters. Read more
Hwang was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan, where a jury convicted Hwang in July on 10 criminal charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and market manipulation. Read more
U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, heard arguments from lawyers for Apple who said the government’s case should be dismissed on multiple grounds and asked the judge to limit the discovery process. Read more
Winds should die down across the region by midday, but the storm has moved to California and is set to bring extreme rainfall by the end of the week, according to forecasters. Read more
Bitcoin has soared more than 40% since the Nov. 5 presidential election, as traders bet that Trump’s stated commitment to support cryptocurrencies would lead to a less restrictive regulatory environment, lifting the sector overall. Read more
Trump said she will fight “tirelessly” to expand universal school choice across the U.S. Read more
The move comes as OpenAI is stepping up efforts to highlight the positive role in education of its ChatGPT chatbot whose launch in November 2022 kicked off a generative AI craze and made it one of the world’s fastest-growing applications. Read more
During a hearing in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said prosecutors should not consult the notes while he considers the defense argument that they were subject to attorney-client privilege. Read more
