Government shutdown, Putin, $10 holiday shopping and Hollywood’s pivot
A Trump-endorsed spending bill has failed in the U.S. House leaving Congress with no clear path to dodge a government shutdown. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready to compromise on Ukrai...
20 Dec 202412min
Pelicot verdict, government shutdown, the Fed and Iran’s oil
Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 20 years. The mass rape trial in France has transformed the victim, Gisele Pelicot, into a stirring symbol of courage and resili...
19 Dec 202412min
Syrian mass graves, Mayotte, Trump’s defamation claims and Tulsi Gabbard
Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under toppled Bashar al-Assad, according to a top international war crimes prosecutor. Mayotte authorities fear hunger and disease after a devastating cy...
18 Dec 202412min
Moscow assassination, Canada crisis, RFK and drone mystery
Ukraine says it was behind the assassination of a top Russian general in a bomb blast in Moscow. The sudden resignation of Canada's finance minister has left Justin Trudeau’s government on the brink. ...
17 Dec 202412min
Mayotte, Golan Heights, Canada’s border and Trump vs EVs
Hundreds or even thousands are feared dead after a powerful cyclone slams into the French overseas territory of Mayotte. Israel wants to double its population on the ccupied Golan Heights, just over a...
16 Dec 202412min
Inside Syria’s security apparatus by a journalist once held
Reuters journalist Suleiman al-Khalidi was arrested by Syrian security police in 2011 during an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Hear what al-Khalidi witnessed back then and what it was lik...
14 Dec 202417min
Trump’s day 1 plans, UAE and Sudan and Ukraine’s teen dilemma
Time magazine names President-elect Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ - and his accompanying interview gives clues about his day one plans. Cargo planes from the UAE have been landing at a small airst...
13 Dec 202412min
FBI director’s resignation, Trump’s crypto venture and Syrians in Europe
FBI Director Christopher Wray will step down from his post after President-elect Donald Trump signaled his plan to fire him and replace him with Kash Patel. A crypto venture unveiled by Trump and his ...
12 Dec 202412min
