The euro and the pound have risen against the dollar to their highest level since the week of the US election, as the greenback sank against other leading currencies amid mounting “Trumpcession” fears. The European single currency rose by a cent to $1.093, breaching the $1.09 barrier for the first time since Donald Trump won … Read more
Fears are mounting that Kash Patel, an outspoken Maga disciple and newly appointed director of the FBI, will make good on past comments about crackdowns on anti-fascists and Black Lives Matter protesters. For years, president Donald Trump has also called on designating “Antifa” or more broadly, all anti-fascist activists – as an official domestic terrorist … Read more
Labor’s proposal to bolster airline customers’ rights to empower them against poor service and disruptions offers weaker protections than those Australians are already entitled to under consumer law, Choice has warned. The consumer advocacy group also criticised the use of timeframe “targets” instead of “deadlines” as being more likely to let airlines off the hook … Read more
The online fashion retailer Boohoo is to rename itself Debenhams, the department store brand it bought out of administration four years ago, after sales from its young fashion labels sank more than a fifth amid heavy competition from the likes of Shein. Dan Finley, the chief executive of the online fashion specialist, said sales for … Read more
David Leonard Wood. Jessie Hoffman. Aaron Gunches. Wendell Grissom. Edward Thomas James. Moises Sandoval Mendoza. So many names. So many dead men walking. Ten days, five states, six death row prisoners scheduled for execution. For a decade now, capital punishment in the US has been on the wane. Last year, for the 10th year running, … Read more
Armed militants are holding hundreds of train passengers hostage in a siege claimed by a separatist group behind rising violence in south-western Pakistan. The militants wounded the driver as they took control of the train on Tuesday in a remote, mountainous area of Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran. “Over 450 passengers onboard are … Read more
Senior US and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia for crunch talks focused on ending the war with Russia, aiming to build confidence despite a personal crisis between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Although the two presidents will be absent, Zelenskyy has sent his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, while Trump dispatched his secretary … Read more
Sierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin. The footage of Alusine Kanneh being handed a present by Johannes Leijdekkers – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – was published by the … Read more
NFL star Odell Beckham Jr has denied any wrongdoing after saying he was named in a lawsuit that alleges Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs initiated a gang-rape against a woman in California. In an initial lawsuit filed in October, Ashley Parham claims she was lured to an apartment in Orinda, California, and assaulted by multiple men. She … Read more
Syria’s government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that controls the north-east of the country to integrate the group into the national army and achieve a nationwide ceasefire. The agreement will place the north-east under Syrian government control for the first time since the Kurdish-led authority gained autonomy of the … Read more