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The leading politician in the United States House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson, has resisted calls to release a report examining allegations against Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general. The report, led by the House Ethics Committee, examined accusations that Gaetz, 42, had inappropriate sexual relations with a minor and engaged … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Karoline Leavitt to serve as his press secretary for his upcoming administration.  Leavitt has already acted as Trump’s spokesperson throughout his campaign. “Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my Historic Campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press … Read more

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, speaks during the Digital X event in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 7, 2021. Andreas Rentz | Getty Images Palantir shares continued their torrid run on Friday, soaring 11% to a record, after the developer of software for the military announced plans to transfer its listing to the Nasdaq from … Read more

Elon Musk met Iran’s ambassador to the UN a day before he was made joint head of Donald Trump’s new cost cutting department, the BBC’s US partner CBS has confirmed. The meeting took place at ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani ‘s residence in New York, with the aim of discussing how to ease tensions between the … Read more

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 15, 2024 3:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Management at the Port of Montreal says operations are set to resume Saturday after being disrupted by a labour dispute. The port authority confirms that the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered operations to resume … Read more

This week, our set of experts discuss the complete victory of Donald Trump in US elections, and the formation of his future administration, in which the President-elect picked his most faithful supporters, including Elon Musk. 

The first surface samples retrieved from the dark side of the moon show that there used to be erupting volcanoes there, just as there were on the near side billions of years ago, according to new research. China’s Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft made history in June by retrieving the samples on the far side of the … Read more

Johannesburg — It’s often called the forgotten conflict, but the civil war that has torn Sudan apart for 19 months is fueling the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. In just over a year and a half, 13 million people have been displaced from their homes. At least one overcrowded camp for displaced civilians is already dealing with … Read more

The Israeli military has carried out air raids in the suburbs of Beirut for the fourth consecutive day as Lebanese officials studied a US plan for a ceasefire. Israeli air strikes flattened five buildings in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs on Friday. One of them was located near one of Beirut’s busiest traffic junctions, Tayouneh. … Read more