How much could Trump's 'economic D-Day' hurt Iran?
Iran has so far proved adept at finding ways around years of already punishing sanctions on its economy.
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Why the US economy is ringing alarm bells
The US hit a debt milestone this week, but just how worried should we be about the world's largest economy?
Hong Kong court to deliver verdict for 2 prominent former Tiananmen vigil organizers
A Hong Kong court is set to deliver its verdict for two former organizers of the city’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Friday
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Candace Owens says she is ‘obviously not guilty’; closing arguments near
Candace Owens has called Lindsay Clancy “obviously not guilty,” blaming doctors and multiple psychiatric medicines for what she described as an induced psychosis. Clancy admits killing her three children but argues severe postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible. Her Massachusetts trial is now nearing closing arguments, with prosecutors and the defense offering very different accou...
Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health
Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.Khan, 73, was transferred to the hospital in the early hours of Friday, but th...
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Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan in hospital after uproar over health
Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating and following public protestsPakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health.A spokesperson for Khan’s party, Zulfikar Bukhari, said: “Imran Khan has been shifted from Adiala jail ...
Panama Canal will cap daily transits as El Nino set to reduce water levels
Under the new measures, the canal will limit daily transits as of Sept. 4 to 34 vessels, and reduce the number to 32 as of Sept. 15.
US charges woman for allegedly plotting attack on New York State Capitol
The suspect, Jessica Bowie, 35, was arrested on charges of providing material support for 'terrorism'.
Panama Canal to cut daily ship traffic as drought worsens from El Nino
The Panama Canal will limit daily vessel traffic from September 3, the Pnama Canal Authority said Thursday, as a severe drought fuelled by El Nino depletes water supplies needed to operate the vital trade route. The restrictions will reduce crossings from 36 ships a day to 34, and then to 32 from September 15.
The cost of rebuilding family homes in war-ravaged Syria
What does rebuilding look like for families after war? Al Jazeera’s Hannah Raslan reports from Syria.
Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell’s US House seat
Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claimsProgressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Wahab, a state senator, was...
New York mayor Mamdani sues to block $10,000 teaching aide bonuses
New York mayor challenges $10,000 bonus law, citing conflict with collective bargaining rules.
Australia news live: Israel ambassador insists IDF strike that killed Zomi Frankcom a ‘reasonable mistake’; body of hiker Lily Hooper recovered from bush
Hillel Newman says killing ‘unintentional’ and Israel is a ‘robust’ democracy. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMissing bushwalker Lily Hooper’s body recovered overnightThe body of missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been recovered from NSW Southern Highlands overnight, NSW police confirmed. Continue reading...
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Woman arrested in alleged plot to blow up New York State Capitol; fierce rain swamps Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska as storms hit Mid-Atlantic.
Fashion tech founder sentenced to prison for $300m fraud scheme
Christine Hunsicker, former CEO of CaaStle, gave investors falsified documents that overstated profit and cash reservesA fashion tech founder was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her involvement in a $300m “fraud scheme” spanning from 2019 to 2025, the Manhattan US attorney’s office announced on Thursday. Christine Hunsicker, 49, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release...
More than 16 killed as Kyiv comes under intense Russian bombardment
Missile and drone attack one of heaviest since war began, with children’s hospital and residential areas hitA heavy Russian missile and drone bombardment has killed at least 16 people in and around Kyiv in one of the most intense aerial attacks on Ukraine’s capital since the start of the war.Vitali Klitschko, the city’s mayor, said homes, a school and a children’s medical centre were among the bui...
US designates academic Min Zin as ‘wrongfully detained’ in China
The US State Department said on Thursday that it had determined after a detailed investigation that Min Zin, an American political analyst of Chinese descent detained by Beijing last month, was being improperly held. That formal designation shifts the case from a State Department consular issue to one handled by its presidential office dealing with hostage affairs. Thursday’s terse statement, whic...
US designates academic Min Zin as wrongfully detained in China
The US State Department said on Thursday that it had determined after a detailed investigation that Min Zin, an American political analyst of Chinese descent detained by Beijing last month, was being improperly held. That formal designation shifts the case from a State Department consular issue to one handled by its presidential office dealing with hostage affairs. Thursday’s terse statement, whic...
Trump wants to be friends with Kim - but South Korea could pay the price
US military exercises with South Korea end early on Friday, at a time when the North is in a position of strength.
Despite US sanctions on Xinjiang cotton, China’s textile industry weathers the storm
When the US government announced the addition of 43 Chinese companies to an import blacklist in late July over allegations of forced labour in the country’s western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region – including several household food and apparel brands – the local reaction to the news was surprisingly calm. “It felt like a sudden batch of companies was added out of nowhere … but it shouldn’t have m...
Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan taken to hospital
Move may signal attempt to improve relations between military-backed government and ex-leader’s partyThe jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been transferred to a hospital in Islamabad for medical examination, fulfilling a longstanding demand by supporters who say his health has deteriorated during more than three years in prison.The move followed a supreme court order this w...
Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old
Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put out widely shared fake election polling in Wisconsin, Nevada and California, the Guardian can reveal.The website, Median Strategies, abruptly shut down and withdrew its polling earlier this week followin...
As China shows, liberal capitalism is not the only path
Much of the Western debate about China begins with a category error. “Communism” is often treated as synonymous with a monolithic command economy, limited private enterprise and bureaucratic control over every commercial decision. Modern China does not fit that model. It is better understood as a mixed, state-led system in which private enterprise, foreign investment and fiercely competitive marke...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after brief hospital visit
Khan, who was voted out of the office in April 2022, has been in prison for more than three years.
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan moved to hospital from jail after court order
Khan, who was voted out of the office in April 2022, has been in prison for more than three years.
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan reportedly moved to hospital from jail
Former leader was escorted from Adiala jail to Shifa International Hospital, following court order, local media reports.
Major Nigerian coke bust leads to arrests
Nigeria's drug enforcement agency has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used the continent's most populous country as a transit point for internationally bound shipments of life-devastating narcotics. Also, opponents of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed rally in Tunisia in the latest in a series of pro-democracy demonstrations sparked by growing political and economic discontent...