The US president tried to sell the idea of a booming economy, while taking a darker tone on the Democrats as the mid-term elections loom.
Senegal prime minister decries Morocco’s jailing of fans after AFCON final
Morocco sentenced 18 Senegalese football fans last Thursday following disturbances at the Africa Cup of Nations final.
REVEALED: What Spain’s latest crime stats say about safety
Has life in Spain become safer or more dangerous over the last year? Here’s what you need to know about the Spanish Interior Ministry’s most recent crime report.
Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft’s Japan offices as part of a probe into whether Azure customers were improperly hindered from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)
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Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft’s Japan offices as part of a probe into whether Azure customers were improperly hindered from using other cloud services — TOKYO — Japan’s antitrust authority raided the office…
Syria faces twin battles as Assad loyalists and ISIL attack in west, east
A shadowy armed group linked to regime remnants launched an attack on security positions in Latakia.
Iran building missile that can hit US mainland, Trump warns as he tells regime to say the ‘secret words’ to prevent war
IRAN is building a nuclear bomb that could strike the US, Donald Trump has warned as he urges the regime to say the “secret words” to prevent a war. The US president slammed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for refusing to curb his “sinister” nucl…
Rescuers search for missing after storm deluge kills 30 in Brazil
Record rains trigger floods and landslides in Brazil, killing 30 as rescuers search for dozens missing.
Rescuers search for missing after deadly flooding hits southeastern Brazil
At least 30 people died after heavy rains hit Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais, local authorities said on Tuesday, while 39 people were missing. A river burst its banks and streets became raging currents of brown water after the overnight …
Student loan crisis in England and Wales is a scam on graduates, say angry MPs
Debate to take place in Westminster as some backbench Labour members join calls for a shake-up of the systemAngry backbench Labour MPs have attacked ministers over the student loans crisis, claiming graduates are being “outrageously scammed”.Ahead of a…
Evelyn Araluen wins $125,000 for ‘politically uncompromising’ poetry at Victorian premier’s literary awards
Poet’s second collection The Rot won the Victorian prize for literature and the Indigenous writing categoryGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEvelyn Araluen has won both the $100,000 Victorian prize for literature and the $25,000 Indigenous wri…