Australia Reinstates COVID Quarantine Pay Amid Fresh Omicron Wave
Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of Omicron-driven infections sweeps the country.
Biden Fails To Secure Major Security, Oil Commitments At Arab Summit
President Joe Biden told Arab leaders on Saturday that the United States would remain an active partner in the Middle East, but he failed to secure commitments to a regional security axis that would include Israel or an immediate oil output rise.
Biden Tells Arab Leaders That U.S. Is Committed To Region
President Joe Biden told an Arab Summit on Saturday that the United States would remain firmly committed to its allies in the Middle East and was "not going anywhere" as he lobbied for a regional security alliance that would integrate Israel.
Biden Reassures Arab Leaders U.S. Committed To Region
President Joe Biden told an Arab Summit on Saturday that the United States would remain firmly committed to its allies in the Middle East and was "not going anywhere" as he lobbied for a regional security alliance that would integrate Israel.
Biden Meets Arab Leaders As He Pushes For Israeli Integration
U.S. President Joe Biden held a swift series of meetings with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday as he sought to forge regional missile and defence capabilities at a wider Arab summit in Saudi Arabia.
Biden Hopes For Israeli Integration At Arab Summit In Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss regional missile and defence capabilities on Saturday when he meets Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, where he will be seeking to integrate Israel as part of a new axis largely driven by shared concerns over Iran, said a senior administration official.
Biden Hopes For Israeli Integration At Arab Summit In Saudi
U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss regional missile and defence capabilities on Saturday when he meets Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, where he will be seeking to integrate Israel as part of a new axis largely driven by shared concerns over Iran, said a senior administration official.
Biden Hopes For More Oil And Israeli Integration At Arab Summit In Saudi
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Saturday seeking to persuade Washington's Gulf allies to pump more oil and to integrate Israel in the region as part of a new axis largely driven by shared concerns over Iran.
Russia Vows To Ramp Up Operations As Rockets Pound Ukraine
Russia said on Saturday its forces would step up military operations in Ukraine in "all operational areas" as Moscow's rockets and missiles pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.
Russia Says It Will Ramp Up Operations As Rockets Pound Ukraine
Russia said on Saturday its forces would step up military operations in Ukraine in "all operational areas" as Moscow's rockets and missiles pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.
Russia Says It's Stepping Up Operations As More Rockets Hit Ukraine
Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry said on Saturday, as rockets and missiles pounded the country in the latest of a series of bombardments that Kyiv says have killed dozens of people in recent days.
Russia Pounds Ukrainian Cities, Says It Is Stepping Up Operations
Russian rockets hit a southern Ukrainian city on Saturday in the latest in a series of bombardments that Ukraine says have killed dozens of people in recent days, while the defence ministry in Moscow said its forces had been ordered to step up operations.
Russia Resumes Long-range Bombardment Of Ukrainian Cities
Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, the latest in a series of bombardments of urban areas that has killed at least 37 people in the last three days and wounded scores.
Donald Trump's Fundraising Juggernaut Slows As Other Republicans Gain
Former President Donald Trump's online fundraising has slowed in recent months, a financial disclosure on Friday showed, adding to doubts over the firmness of his grip on the Republican Party.
GSK Spin-off To Create Consumer Healthcare Giant
GSK spin-off to create consumer healthcare giant
US Won't 'Walk Away' From Middle East, Biden Tells Arab Leaders
US won't 'walk away' from Middle East, Biden tells Arab leaders
From Catwalk To Perp Walk: Colombian Designer Awaits Fate On Smuggling Charges
From catwalk to perp walk: Colombian designer awaits fate on smuggling charges
Rattled And Uncertain Of Its Future, Twitter Stumbles On
Anxious employees, wary advertisers and hamstrung management: Twitter is limping along as it waits to learn how the fight over Elon Musk's buyout bid will end.
Judge Nixes Arrest Warrant For Republican County Clerk After Bond Breach
A Colorado judge on Friday nixed an arrest warrant for a county clerk who was indicted on felony charges of tampering with voting equipment and then lost a bid for the Republican nomination to Colorado's top election-management post.
G20 Finance Chiefs Resolved On Food Security; Ukraine War Prevents Formal Communique
The Group of 20 major economies' finance chiefs on Saturday pledged to address global food insecurity and rising debt, but made few policy breakthroughs amid divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine at a two-day meeting in Indonesia.
G20 Finance Chiefs Urged To Focus On Global Recovery Goals; Formal Communique Unlikely
Indonesia on Saturday urged G20 finance leaders to stay focused on their goals for global economic recovery, but sources said the meeting in Bali would likely end without a formal communique as Russia's war in Ukraine continues to divide the group.
Medical Examiner Says Ivana Trump's Death Was Accidental
Ivana Trump, former U.S. President Donald Trump's first wife who passed away on Thursday, died as a result of an accident after suffering blunt force trauma injuries to her torso, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) said Friday.
Sadr Supporters Mass In Iraq Prayer Rally Amid Political Deadlock
Sadr supporters mass in Iraq prayer rally amid political deadlock
Haaland Races To Recover 'Brutal' History Of U.S. Native American Boarding Schools
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Friday she is racing to reveal as much history as possible about abuses within the old Native American boarding school system, which separated generations of children from their families in an attempt to destroy indigenous culture.
Mexico Arrests Drug Lord Caro Quintero, Wanted For Killing U.S. Agent
Mexico's navy on Friday captured drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of murdering a U.S.
Turkish Businessman Extradited To U.S. To Face Laundering, Fraud Charges
Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz was extradited from Austria and arrived on Friday in Utah to face money laundering and wire fraud charges, the U.S.
Georgia's Second-largest School District Allows Non-officers To Carry Guns
Georgia's second-largest school district has approved a policy to allow personnel who are not certified police officers to carry guns, part of its response to the shooting at a Texas school that killed 19 children and two adults two months ago.
Panel Probing U.S. Capitol Attack To Hold July 21 Prime-time Hearing
The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol announced on Friday that it will hold a hearing at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 21.
Aussie Smith Leads British Open At Halfway Stage As Emotional Woods Bows Out
Aussie Smith leads British Open at halfway stage as emotional Woods bows out
Thousands Of Litres Of Water To Stop '60-degree' Tour De France Roads Melting
Thousands of litres of water to stop '60-degree' Tour de France roads melting