USA Update

The Federal Government has found another $14.6 billion to cut or shift around within the Budget - but that is not enough to cover ‘unavoidable’ and ‘automatic’ spending.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell says he is "deeply sorry" that action was not taken earlier regarding sex abuse by a priest in the Church of England.

Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment Season 2 on Colors will soon kickstart and we hear that Rubina Dilaik, Abhishek Kumar, Elvish Yadav and Abdu Rozik will participate in the show. Read here.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has not responded to a summons for questioning over his failed attempt to declare martial law. Yoon had been asked to appear for questioning on Sunday as part of an investigation by the prosecutors’ office, but said he was still forming his legal defense team, […]

A suburban New York police department regularly violated civil rights by making illegal arrests and conducting illegal strip and cavity searches, the Department of Justice said in a new report. The report, released Thursday, identified that the Mount Vernon Police Department used excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encounters and overusing […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan — When most people imagine what war in the Taiwan Strait might look like, scenes out of eastern Ukraine in 2022 or even Normandy in 1944 tend to come to mind.  Picture transport ships from China facing incoming anti-ship missiles; missile strikes blowing holes in airfields and key military installations; hilltop-to-hilltop fighting over rugged […]

Eight Russian soldiers were killed by North Korean forces in a recent “friendly fire” incident in Kursk, according to Ukrainian intelligence. North Korean soldiers opened fire on Russian military vehicles, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said on Saturday, attributing it to a language barrier between the two forces. It didn’t say when the incident took place, […]

BRUSSELS — It’s too early to talk about a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine as Russia is not interested in peace, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday. “First, there has to be peace in order to send peacekeepers. And Russia does not want peace … that is very clear,” Kallas told reporters ahead […]

Though they could never remove her  heptathlon gold medal, Ghada Shouaa says the Assad family stole her joy. She adds that her win in 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta has always been for the Syrian people and never for those who claimed to represent them. “The dictator, Hafez Assad (father of recently ousted ruler Bashar Assad), […]

The use of freelancing, contract employment, gig work or contingent labor has been on the rise over the last several years. Companies are finding alternatives to the full-time employee for solving their skill- or outcome-based needs, while people are finding this form of work to be an answer to their desire for flexibility, or even […]