US recognises Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez as president-elect | Nicolas Maduro News

US recognises Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez as president-elect | Nicolas Maduro News

US announcement follows months of frustration over Maduro government’s claims of victory in contested July election. The United States has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as the country’s rightful president-elect, following a July election in which President Nicolas Maduro was accused by his domestic opponents of falsely claiming victory….

Musk launches SpaceX Starship rocket with Trump at his side | Al Jazeera News

Musk launches SpaceX Starship rocket with Trump at his side | Al Jazeera News

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, launched the sixth test of his SpaceX rocket with United States President-elect Donald Trump joining him to watch. Trump and Musk travelled to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to attend the launch of the giant Starship rocket at SpaceX’s test site in nearby Boca Chica….

Trump picks pro-tariff billionaire Howard Lutnick for US commerce secretary | Donald Trump News

Trump picks pro-tariff billionaire Howard Lutnick for US commerce secretary | Donald Trump News

US president-elect nominates Lutnick, a Wall Street investment firm CEO, to lead his ‘tariff and trade agenda’. United States President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Howard Lutnick, a billionaire and head of the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as the next US secretary of commerce. In a statement on Tuesday, Trump hailed…

British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance | Government News

British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance | Government News

Farmers say the tax will destroy family farms and threaten food production, while the gov’t says it’s needed to raise funds. British farmers have descended on London to call on the government to scrap inheritance tax rules on land ownership, which they say will destroy family-run farms. On Tuesday, protesters…

Phaedra Parks Is Wary Of ‘Real Housewives Of MAGA’ Pitch: “Might Make For Some Dangerous Television”
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Phaedra Parks Is Wary Of ‘Real Housewives Of MAGA’ Pitch: “Might Make For Some Dangerous Television”

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks may be returning to the Bravo-verse, but she seems a bit wary about the network expanding in a certain direction. Speaking to TMZ, the Bravo star could not hold back her reaction when she was asked about Donald Trump‘s win and whether it…

Palestinian Canadians condemn ‘betrayal’ of faltering Gaza visa scheme | Gaza News

Palestinian Canadians condemn ‘betrayal’ of faltering Gaza visa scheme | Gaza News

Palestinian Canadians have renewed their calls for Canada to take concrete action to get their loved ones out of the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s unrelenting bombardment, slamming a temporary Gaza visa scheme launched earlier this year as a failure. Omar Omar, a representative of the advocacy group Gazan Families, said…

Hong Kong democracy activists jailed: Who are they, what’s the case about? | Hong Kong Protests News

Hong Kong democracy activists jailed: Who are they, what’s the case about? | Hong Kong Protests News

A Hong Kong Court sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years on Tuesday, in the first-ever mass sentencing since Beijing imposed a controversial national security law on the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The activists were among 47 people arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial primary elections…

Recess appointments: Can Trump bypass Senate to appoint Gaetz, other aides? | Politics News

Recess appointments: Can Trump bypass Senate to appoint Gaetz, other aides? | Politics News

Throughout his business, media and political career, Donald Trump has demonstrated a willingness to break the norm. But the United States president-elect’s latest proposal to do away with the established processes used to appoint cabinet officials to his incoming administration poses grave risks to the rule of law in the…

More than 200 children killed in Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment: UN | Israel attacks Lebanon News

More than 200 children killed in Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment: UN | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Three children have been killed daily in Lebanon over the past two months, UNICEF reports, as it urges action to stop the violence. More than 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Israel launched a military campaign focused on its northern neighbour two months ago, the United Nations agency…

President challenges election results as Georgia cracks down on protesters | Protests News

President challenges election results as Georgia cracks down on protesters | Protests News

Police clash with pro-West protesters as Zurabishvili demands annulment of October re-election of Georgian Dream government, accused of increasing authoritarianism and Russian links. Police in Georgia have arrested more than a dozen people in a crackdown on protests against the re-election of the Georgian Dream party in last month’s parliamentary…