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Trump’s New Press Secretary Faces Scrutiny Over Legal Credentials
Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia speaks during her first press briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) The White House was facing mounting questions Wednesday over new press secretary Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials, after a…
Musk Urges Zelensky to ‘Go’ Amid Ukraine’s Allegations Over US Military Support
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and US billionaire Elon Musk Tech billionaire Elon Musk called on Wednesday for Volodymyr Zelensky to “go” as Ukraine’s president, as Kyiv raised doubts over US support for the war-torn country. Ukraine accused the United States this week of helping Russia by failing to warn it of incoming missile strikes and…
Trump Says He Wants to See Pope Leo Recover After Lung Cancer Surgery
Photo combo of Donald Trump and Pope Leo…AFP US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he wants to see Pope Leo XIV “get well” after the pontiff underwent surgery in Rome this week to remove a cancerous tumor. “I want to see Pope Leo get well,” Trump told reporters after addressing a campaign rally in…
Costa Rica Opens Mega-Prison as Bukele’s Tough-on-Crime Model Spreads Across Latin America
Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez speaks during the inauguration of the High-Containment Centre Against Organised Crime (CACCO) in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on October 14, 2026 [Mayela Lopez/Reuters] Costa Rica has announced the opening of a new mega-prison amid near-record homicide levels and growing organised crime, as countries across the region embrace police crackdowns that have…
Pope Recovers After Lung Cancer Surgery as Biopsy Results Awaited
This handout photograph taken and released by the Vatican Media on August 23 2026, shows Pope Leo XIV waving to the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square at the Vatican city during the Angelus prayer. (Photo by Elisabetta Trevisan / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)Pope Leo XIV is out of…
Getty Images to Go Private Under $533 Million Bankruptcy Restructuring Deal
US photography company Getty Images announced Monday it reached an agreement with major lenders to restructure its debt, take the company private and undertake a “pre-packaged” bankruptcy. Getty, which partners with AFP among numerous other media companies, said members of the Getty Family and affiliates of Koch Equity Development will invest up to $533 million…
Two More Ships Attacked in Strait of Hormuz, Maritime Agency Reports
The Panama-flagged container shipping vessel Ten Neptune transits the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Khor Fakkan in the emirate of Sharjah in the east of the UAE on October 13, 2026(Photo by – / AFP) Two ships sustained minor damage after coming under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, a British maritime agency…
US Slaps Bank of America With $1.2bn Fine Over Alleged Money Laundering, Sanctions Breaches
A Bank of America logo is seen on the entrance to one of the bank’s financial centres in New York City [File: Brendan McDermid/Reuters] The US Treasury Department has imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the US, for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The fines…
Singapore Economy Expands 5.4% Amid Artificial Intelligence Boom
People are dwarfed against the financial skyline as they take photos of the Merlion statue along the Marina Bay area in Singapore on June 30, 2020 [Yong Teck Lim/AP] Singapore’s economy grew more than 5 percent in the most recent quarter, continuing an AI-fuelled boom that has made the city-state one of the fastest-growing advanced…
Ukrainian Ex-Officer Faces Trial in Germany Over Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
Police escort Serhii K. to a helicopter following a hearing with the German Federal Public Prosecutor, after Italy’s top court approved the handover to Germany of the Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, in Karlsruhe, Germany, on November 28, 2025 [Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters] A Ukrainian former military officer…
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