‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next? | Elections News

‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next? | Elections News

Very few expected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s party to win Sunday’s parliamentary elections, that too by a landslide. For this was a man whose triumph in the presidential poll last year came by a fluke. Back then, the 45-year-old mayor of the capital Male entered the presidential race only at…

US Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan bill; Biden to sign on Wednesday | Russia-Ukraine war News

US Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan bill; Biden to sign on Wednesday | Russia-Ukraine war News

The United States Senate has passed a long-delayed multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, paving the way for new weapons deliveries to Kyiv as soon as this week. The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the measure, held up for months by right-wing Republicans and part of a four-bill package, by…

US Senate passes bill to force sale of TikTok, sending it to Biden | Technology

US Senate passes bill to force sale of TikTok, sending it to Biden | Technology

TikTok has said legislation ‘would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans’. The United States Senate has approved legislation that would ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The vote on Tuesday clears the way for the bill to be signed…

Five takeaways from day two of Trump’s New York hush money trial testimony | Donald Trump News

Five takeaways from day two of Trump’s New York hush money trial testimony | Donald Trump News

The second day of arguments in former United States President Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has concluded with the prosecution’s questioning of former tabloid publisher David Pecker dominating much of the proceedings. Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents in connection to payments…

Russian court rejects US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s detention appeal | News

Russian court rejects US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s detention appeal | News

No date has been set yet for trial of reporter whose detention was extended in March by three months to June 30. A Moscow court has rejected the latest appeal by American journalist Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention in an espionage case that he and United States authorities have…

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal? | Explainer News

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal? | Explainer News

Google employees based in the United States staged protests at the tech giant’s offices in New York City, California and Seattle last week to oppose a $1.2bn contract with the Israeli government. Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud…

‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case | Donald Trump News

‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case | Donald Trump News

In a historic day in the United States, a New York jury has heard opening arguments in the hush-money case against Donald Trump — the first criminal trial against a former president in the country’s history. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo on Monday laid out the allegations against Trump, who…

Trump’s defence to make opening statement in ‘hush money’ trial | Donald Trump News

Trump’s defence to make opening statement in ‘hush money’ trial | Donald Trump News

Prosecutors and defence to lay out broad strokes arguments in what is an unprecedented trial against a former president. Former United States President Donald Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors have begun their opening statements in the businessman-turned-politician’s trial into alleged hush money payments made to an adult film star. The case…

US Senate passes bill to force sale of TikTok, sending it to Biden | Technology

TikTok says bill to force its sale would ‘trample’ free speech | Technology

Bill targeting Chinese-owned app goes to the US Senate after passing the House in bipartisan vote. TikTok has slammed a bill that would ban the video-sharing app in the United States if it does not divest from its Chinese owner, accusing lawmakers of trampling on citizens’ right to free speech….