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BBC Rod Stewart could play hits including Maggie May, Hot Legs, I Don’t Wanna Talk About It and Sailing Rock star Rod Stewart has been confirmed to play Glastonbury’s legends slot in 2025, 23 years after his last appearance at the festival. One of the best-selling artists of all time, he will follow in the … Read more
Soldiers were ordered to defend government buildings with gunfire, if needed, as supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan demanded his release from prison.
A US Navy patrol aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait separating Taiwan from China on Tuesday “in international airspace”, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement, adding that it demonstrated the United States’ “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”.
Just two days after taking out a loan to set up a makeshift home in a tent encampment for his family, Mohammed Kark felt water at his feet as the family was sleeping Sunday night. “All of a sudden I saw the ocean attacking me and my kids and people screaming,” he told CBC News … Read more
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse. Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024. Macquarie Dictionary, which is widely considered the standard reference on Australian English, said on … Read more
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said a state law requiring a photo ID to vote being upheld in court is a “huge win for election security.” “Missouri proved today how to handle radical activists that come into a state with secure elections and try to undermine them through the legal process,” Bailey said in an … Read more
Scott Bessent (center), founder and CEO of Key Square Group LP, during an interview in Washington, D.C. in June 2024. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter … Read more
Donald Trump says he will hit China, Mexico and Canada with new tariffs on day one of his presidency, in an effort to force them to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the US. The president-elect said that immediately after his inauguration on 20 January he will sign an executive order imposing … Read more
Talks on a truce between Israel and Lebanon.
Israeli officials said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was set to convene Tuesday to discuss a proposed ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. They added that it remained unclear whether the cabinet would vote to approve the deal. Read our liveblog to follow developments in the Middle East.