Paramount Global told its employees this week that it’s ending numerous diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. In the memo sent to employees Wednesday, Paramount said it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the practice in the federal government and demanding that agencies investigate private…
MANILA (AP) — Philippine police safely recovered a Chinese student who was kidnapped by a Chinese-led gang, which killed his driver and cut off the student’s finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, officials said Wednesday. Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said the parents rejected…
With Trump bent on bringing Russia’s war to a swift end and recouping some of Washington’s financial aid to Kyiv, Zelensky is hoping that the natural resources deal can secure the US president’s future support, as well as security guarantees for Ukraine. At a press conference in Kyiv, Zelensky conceded…
Calin Georgescu, who won the first round of Romania’s canceled presidential race, has been questioned by prosecutors, his team says. This is a developing story and will be updated. This post appeared first on cnn.com
It’s time for Keir Starmer to make his move. Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump. He has showered the US president with flattery since even before his November election win; he has been, in Trump’s words, “very nice.” On Thursday, Starmer could…
President Donald Trump’s upending of US foreign policy has alarmed allies and nations in need. His administration has frozen foreign aid, threatened to take control of other countries’ sovereign territory, exited key international bodies and alienated Europe with an embrace of Russia. But the head-spinning set of moves, that together…
The legal team representing Mexico in a lawsuit against eight firearms manufacturers in the United States is preparing to argue part of their case before the US Supreme Court on March 4, according to Pablo Arrocha, legal consultant for the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “This case is going through…
An Israeli security official says four bodies have been transferred to the Red Cross by Hamas. Israel is now expected to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in the coming hours in exchange. Footage taken in the early hours of Thursday local time showed a group of Palestinian prisoners disembarking from…
Editor’s Note: This interview was originally published November 2024 and has been updated ahead of the 2025 Academy Awards. Midway through the documentary “No Other Land,” journalist and activist Basel Adra recounts a 2009 visit to his village by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. In a navy suit and…
Held hostage in a tunnel under Gaza for nearly 500 days, Or Levy – starved of sunlight, unable to stand up straight, not knowing whether his wife was dead or alive – would often watch, hungry, as his Hamas captors ate the food he was denied. The captors ate “chicken,…