CNN —Already facing one of the world’s worst economic crises, the Lebanese people could soon face a new challenge – two different timezones. Lebanon’s government has decided to postpone winter clock changes. Daylight Saving will be introduced from midnight...
CNN —Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate. Modi’s...
Rome CNN —A record of more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in the past day, an Italian official said on Saturday. Some 1,778 people arrived on Friday, with another 267 people landing on seven small boats overnight Saturday, t...
CNN —A suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom in July of 2021, accepted a plea agreement from US federal prosecutors on Friday. Rodolphe Jaar pleaded guilty in US federal court to three counts involvin...
One of the fragments depicts the head of a boy, another the head of a horse, and the third the head of a bearded man. The head of a bearded man pictured on display at the Acropolis Museum. Credit: Acropolis MuseumThey were unveiled at a ceremony at the Acro...
At its core, the judicial overhaul would give the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and therefore the parties in power, more control over Israel’s judiciary. Israel has no written constitution, only a set of quasi-constitutional basic laws, making the Suprem...
Berlin CNN —An extremist and until recently almost unheard-of network in Germany is back in the spotlight after police carried out nationwide raids against it. The Reichsbürger movement – made up of small groups and individuals spread across the country – p...
CNN —Bayern Munich announced Friday it has fired club manager Julian Nagelsmann and will appoint Thomas Tuchel to the post, effective immediately. The leadership change comes as the team dropped in the Bundesliga league, while reports of Nagelsmann losing s...
China claims Taiwan as its territory, and has repeatedly refused to rule out taking the island by force, but the pressure it heaps on Taiwan is not limited to threats about invasion. Honduras President Xiomara Castro addresses the United Nations General Ass...
CNN —The US has conducted an airstrike in Syria against what it said were Iranian-affiliated facilities after a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility housing US personnel in the country, killing an American contractor and wounding five US service member...
CNN —Trans rights advocates have warned sports governing bodies that “blanket bans” on transgender women from competing in women’s categories risk “violating fundamental human rights principles.”This follows World Athletics (WA) President Sebastian Coe’s an...
London CNN —A nationwide strike in France to protest a rise in the retirement age drew more than a million people onto the streets on Thursday before ending in violent clashes with police in Paris and other cities. The protest followed a strike of a similar...
Kherson, Ukraine CNN —A boom of artillery fire shook the ground as Olena opened the gate to the Kherson Children’s Home. Like many Ukrainians during this war, Olena prefers not to share her last name. But the 48 children who lived here are gone – seized by...
Washington CNN —Mortgage rates have taken would-be buyers on a ride this year — and it’s only March. Generally, home buyers can anticipate mortgage rates to move down through the rest of this year as the banking crisis drags on, which could cool down inflat...
London CNN —Europe’s banking stocks tumbled Friday in a sign that investors are still nervous that the recent crises at some banks could spill over into the wider sector. Europe’s Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and UK banks, fell 5% by...
Jerusalem CNN —Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted illegally by announcing Thursday that he would involve himself directly in his government’s moves to change the country’s judicial system, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told him in an ope...
New York CNN —In the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and subsequent banking meltdown, cash is king. The turmoil inflicted on financial markets has sent cautious investors running away from volatile markets and toward more liquid alternatives. Money m...
CNN —King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed in light of protests planned next week over the French government’s controversial pension reforms. The British monarch and Queen Consort were due to travel to France on Sunday for a trip that woul...
Paris CNN —More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent in some areas as demonstrators voiced their fury at proposed pension reforms. Clashes between groups of protesters and police broke out after w...
Seoul/Atlanta CNN —Interpol says a man arrested in Montenegro is Kwon Do-hyeong, also known as Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of a collapsed crypto company who is wanted in South Korea and the United States on fraud and other charges. Kwon, a South Korean n...