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JERUSALEM, Israeli | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, marking a pivotal moment in the case as he manages a war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, …

  COMMENT | ANDREW GALLUCI |  Amid the recent maelstrom of political news was an important development for the future of technology-enabled public money. During the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, the Bank for International Settlements revealed that it was withdrawing from the digital-asset and payments initiative Project mBridge. Conceived in 2022 as a …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | The killing of an executive with the top-ranking U.S. health insurance company UnitedHealth Group in Manhattan has drawn both condolences from industry insiders and an outpouring of public anger against private health insurers on social media. Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday arrested Luigi Mangione, …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, marking a pivotal moment in the case as he manages a war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, …

S. Korean parliament OKs resolution calling for President Yoon’s immediate arrest SEOUL | Xinhua |  South Korea’s National Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to appoint a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as a resolution calling for Yoon’s immediate arrest over his botched …

  SEOUL | TASS | South Korean police and prosecutors may possibly view President Yoon Suk Yeol as the “head of the conspirators” in the mutiny case to seize power and overthrow the constitutional order, the Yonhap news agency reported. “As investigative agencies competing with each other narrow down the investigation, there …

DAMASCUS, Syria | Xinhua | Syrian opposition fighters announced a curfew in Damascus on Sunday, effective from 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) to 5 a.m. local time, following their capture of the Syrian capital that led to the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s government. ■ Share on: WhatsApp

MOSCOW | TASS | Syrian President Bashar Assad has left Damascus amid ongoing developments in the country, where militants from terrorist groups have launched a major offensive against government forces, Reuters reported, citing two Syrian army officers. According to the official, his plane departed for an unknown destination. Earlier, Al Jazeera TV …

Manchester United 2-3 Forest Manchester, UK | nottinghamforest.co.uk | Forest recorded their first win at Old Trafford since 1994 in a thrilling encounter played under the lights at Old Trafford on Saturday evening. For the second time this week, Manchester rain beat down as Forest emerged from the tunnel and got …

TUNIS | TASS | Iraq has received more than 1,000 soldiers of the Syrian army who crossed the Al-Qa’im border checkpoint into the Anbar province in the western part of the republic, the Iraqi News Agency reported citing a source in the security services. According to him, “the soldiers were welcomed and …