The Wests Restrictions on Ukraines Weapons Are Making Its F16s Less Effective Military Experts Say

Venezuela’s military could desert Maduro after Syrian ally’s fall, opposition leader says

María Corina Machado argues military chiefs fear meeting same fate as Assad’s generals

Financial Times - Jan. 8

Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones planned trip to Kyiv, top Ukrainian diplomat says

A visit to Kyiv by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia has been canceled but will be rescheduled, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Tuesday

ABC News - Jan. 7

Trump says he won't rule out military force to take Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference Monday in which he reiterated his insistence that the U.S. should take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, adding that he ...

CBS News - Jan. 7

U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader

A force fighting Sudan’s army in a brutal civil war committed massacres and rape that amount to genocide, the Secretary of State said, two decades after a finding of genocide in the same region.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Cockney influences found in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, says expert

Linguistics professor says London dialect is most likely to be spoken in Essex, but aspects have traversed the globe. The cockney dialect, as associated with the late EastEnders icon Dame Barbara ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Middle East latest: Israel's military launches wave of raids across the occupied West Bank

The Israeli military has launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank, killing at least three Palestinians it said were militants

ABC News - Jan. 7

World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: ‘Some states are not acting in good faith’

Special rapporteur Elisa Morgera criticizes ‘ineffective’ status quo and says focus must be on ‘deep, systemic inequalities’. The international effort to avert climate catastrophe has become mired ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says nearly 15,000 Russian troops have died in Kursk

Russia’s defence ministry claims capture of Kurakhove, a Ukrainian logistics hub which Russian forces have been advancing toward for months. What we know on Day 1,048.. See all our Ukraine ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Better resilience is solution to child mental health crisis, experts say

The surge in mental health referrals among young people has prompted debate among experts about the cause - and the most effective solution

BBC News - Jan. 7

McDonald's says it is rolling back some of its diversity practices

McDonald's joins other major corporations in unwinding its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

CBS News - Jan. 6

World Food Programme says its convoy was hit in the Gaza Strip

Yahoo News - Jan. 6

Trump’s tariff plans could devolve into hostile trading blocs, this expert says

President-elect Donald Trump may try to use tariffs to increase U.S. power in the global economy, but they likely will backfire and damage the U.S. economy, said Maurice Obstfeld, the former chief ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 6

Fed has hit the pause button for rates, and may only cut once this year, experts say

The Federal Reserve is going to sit on the sidelines and may only cut rates once this year, according to prominent economists attending the American Economic Association meeting in San Francisco ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 6

Russia could share satellite tech with North Korea in exchange for troops sent to fight Ukraine, Antony Blinken says

Yahoo News - Jan. 6

Israeli officials say 3 killed in attack on vehicles in occupied West Bank

Far-right Israeli official calls for destruction of Palestinian town in occupied West Bank after 3 killed, 7 wounded in shooting attack.

CBS News - Jan. 6

Russian newspaper says its reporter killed by Ukraine drone strike

Yahoo News - Jan. 5

Trump policies will likely have ‘modest’ effect on inflation, Bernanke says

The economic policies outlined by the incoming Trump administration won’t cause a radical shift in inflation, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Saturday.

MarketWatch - Jan. 5

More than 30 dolphins have died since an oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

A dolphin rescue center in Russia says 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula

ABC News - Jan. 5

More than 30 dolphins have died since an oil spill in Russia, experts say

Yahoo News - Jan. 5

Northern Ireland should make the most of its proximity to the EU

Belfast stands to gain from enhancing its unique position between London, Dublin and Brussels

Financial Times - Jan. 5

Thune says Jan. 6 pardons are decision Trump will have to make

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said it’s President-elect Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. Thune joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press” for an interview that aired Sunday, ...

The Hill - Jan. 5

Russian newspaper says its reporter killed by Ukraine drone strike

Moscow accuses Ukraine's military of deliberately targeting journalist Alexander Martemyanov.

BBC News - Jan. 5

Israeli military says it struck over 100 'terror targets' in Gaza

Yahoo News - Jan. 5

‘The Trump Effect’ in the age of terrorism

Have those in charge of our defense against terrorism taken their eyes off the ball to engage in petty, self-destructive and potentially illegal partisan politics?

The Hill - Jan. 4

Experts say high food prices are here to stay. Here's why

Some experts say there's really nothing the government can do about high food prices.

CNBC - Jan. 4

‘A perfect storm’: Extremism online and political polarization are increasing risk of attacks, experts say

The New Orleans attack underscores how extremism online and political division have created a “perfect storm” for radicalization in America, experts say.

NBC News - Jan. 4

How New Orleans' security measures failed to prevent a vehicle attack, experts say

New Orleans has 700-pound steel barriers but did not put them on Bourbon Street until a day after the attack, which the lieutenant governor called “a complete failure of responsibility.”

NBC News - Jan. 4

Bomb-making materials found at home of New Orleans attacker, officials say

Federal investigators previously said they found two IEDs near the site of the New Orleans truck attack. They also detonated some materials found at a New Orleans Airbnb.

CBS News - Jan. 3

Trump's strength, unpredictability can help end war with Russia, Ukraine pres. says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion ...

ABC News - Jan. 3

Ukraine is investigating its special French-trained brigade after reports of mass desertion and command problems

Yahoo News - Jan. 3

Ukraine's Zelensky says Trump 'capable of stopping Putin'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview that President-elect Trump is "capable of stopping" Russian President Vladimir Putin and that he will be a key factor in the outcome of ...

The Hill - Jan. 3