A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election.   “Why today on…

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election.   “Why today on…

Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah was detained after a court ordered the closure of independent news site Mada Masr. Amnesty International called the ruling "a crushing blow to press freedom" in the country.

New Greens leader David Shoebridge told the National Press Club he would pursue a weekly tax cut worth 21 dollars plus a welfare boost, funded partly by higher returns from the resources sector.

British police charged two men over a security incident at the US-linked RAF Fairford air base, one accused of assisting Iran's intelligence service.

Brazil cancelled defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro's passports after he missed a deadline to hand them to police in a money-laundering probe. His whereabouts are unknown days after his runoff loss to Lula, with investigators checking whether he crossed into Argentina.

President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Canadian vehicles and parts from 25% to 50% if no trade deal is reached. Honda warned such an increase would be catastrophic for the broader auto industry.

How powerful would a government have to become to make sure that nobody was secretly developing prohibited AI?

Anthropic, developer of AI chatbot Claude, has filed its prospectus and is expected to go public on Wall Street in November at a valuation of up to US$2 trillion. That would make it the highest-valued initial public offering (IPO) ever, ahead of SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion listing in June. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is expected […]

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Brazil's Supreme Court barred presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country, days after he narrowly lost Sunday's runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede, called the order an act of intimidation and vowed to challenge the result in court.

A federal judge has fast-tracked the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's Senate race ahead of Election Day. Mary Peltola is seeking dismissal of the case, whose outcome could decide control of the Senate.

A national gas reservation bill before Australia's federal parliament could let the biggest driver of high domestic prices escape its restrictions, experts warn.

Singapore's government will raise the statutory retirement age to 65 and the re-employment age to 70 by 2029, alongside a new office to help employers redesign jobs for older workers.

Illegal small-scale gold mining, known as galamsey, is increasingly threatening Ghana's hydroelectric power supply after years of damaging the country's forests and rivers. Authorities say protecting energy infrastructure could add new urgency to crackdowns on the trade.

Sébastien Lecornu met student representatives in Paris as France seeks to ease weeks of protests over education funding.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, the third attempt to prosecute him since President Donald Trump fired him in 2017. Comey has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, and earlier charges against him were dismissed by federal judges.