For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than two dozen world leaders appeared in person at the U.N. General Assembly on the opening day of their annual high-level meeting.
Investigators in the western city of Osnabrueck are looking into suspected obstruction of justice by unidentified employees of the Financial Intelligence Unit, or FIU. They say they have been investigating since last year.
Netflix won a leading total of 44 awards, equaling the broadcast network record set back in 1974, by CBS. Network Apple TV Plus’ ‘Ted Lasso’ and HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’ picked up the first awards of the night.
The Israeli military said the two men surrendered in Jenin, their hometown in the occupied West Bank, after they were surrounded at a hideout that had been located with the help of “accurate intelligence.”
The AUKUS, which notably excludes France and the European Union, is a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China.
The new security alliance will allow for greater sharing of defense capabilities — including helping equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. It’s a move that could deepen a growing chasm in U.S.-China relations.
The four-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion and three other U.S. gymnasts spoke in stark emotional terms about the lasting toll of USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
French President Emmanual Macron called Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s killing “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the Sahel.
“We’ve seen over the years that despite disputes, the Taliban largely remains a cohesive institution and that major decisions don’t get serious pushback after the fact,” said Michael Kugelman, Asia program deputy director at the Washington-based Wilson Center
In the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism, the rocket streaked toward orbit with an all-amateur crew — no professional astronauts for the first time.
