ABC News reports that “multiple new witnesses” have been contacted in an investigation into allegations of sex trafficking and lobbying violations SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty US Representative Matt Gaetz A reopened House Ethics Committee probe of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has widened in recent weeks, with ABC News reporting that “multiple new witnesses” have been … Read more
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the kingdom was “very worried” that tensions in the Red Sea amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis and U.S. strikes on Houthi targets could spiral out of control and escalate the conflict in the region. “I mean, of course, we are very worried. I mean, … Read more
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when masked gunmen burst in, unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear — all broadcast live. First, a man with a pistol appeared in the middle of the public TV station’s … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The simmering crisis in the Middle East, sparked by the start of the war in Gaza nearly three months ago, threatens to boil over amid strikes and violence across the region. Notably, tensions are growing despite few indications that actors in the region are eager to fight. … Read more
Smartphones. Cars. Toasters. Fighter jets. While vastly different on the outside, all four items share something similar on the inside: semiconductors. “There’s no tech industry without semiconductors,” said Stacy Rasgon, senior semiconductor analyst at Bernstein Research. Semiconductors represent a $574 trillion industry globally and are on pace to cross the trillion-dollar mark by the end … Read more
MEXICO CITY — What started as an ambush quickly transformed into a manhunt on Wednesday afternoon, when police in Mexico’s northern border state of Sonora repelled a highway attack, then chased injured shooters into the mountains nearby. It was the second shootout in two days in a region where escalating clashes between authorities and powerful … Read more
NATO-led international peacekeeping force the Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers walk in the northern part of the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, on September 28, 2023. Stringer | Afp | Getty Images Leon Hartwell, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), said escalating tensions between Serbia and Kosovo necessitated heightened vigilance, … Read more
NEW DELHI — India expelled one among Canada’s prime diplomats Tuesday, ramping up a confrontation between the 2 nations over Canadian accusations that India might have been concerned within the killing of a Sikh separatist chief in suburban Vancouver. India, which has dismissed the accusations as absurd, mentioned the expulsion got here amid “rising concern … Read more