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President Trump is breaking a more than two-decade-long tradition of welcoming a key group of international election observers to monitor the midterm contest, drawing criticism for discouraging democratic transparency. The U.S. has routinely invited election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to observe and report on midterm and presidential contests…
A growing number of Senate Republicans are criticizing President Trump’s surprise deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import 2.2 million tons of Russian diesel into the U.S. market. At least eight Republican senators have expressed public concerns over the deal, which would pave the way for the United States to import hundreds of thousands…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will examine the reach of a decades-old privacy law designed to protect video rental records in a case that could shape current and future lawsuits over digital tracking tools. The justices are weighing whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) protects consumers who subscribe to any of a company’s products or only those…
More Emissions: Three new data centers near the Texas-New Mexico border, including two in El Paso, could significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Across State Lines: Regulators have largely considered the environmental impacts of these data centers separately, partly because they are in two different states. Conflicting Goals: Plans for these projects are moving forward even though both places had previously adopted strategies for reducing emissions. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Last December, New Mexico officials celebrated publication of a plan to address climate change, designed to dramatically reduce…
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Anyone trying to obtain a Swiss driver’s license in 2027 will have to comply with revised requirements, which will go into effect on January 1st. The process for obtaining a driver’s license “will be reorganised and digitised,” the Association of Road Traffic Authorities (ASA) said. New requirements concern applicants for a learner’s permit in categories B, A1 or A, which include passenger cars, as well as all types of motorcycles. The revision will concern reorganisation of the order of testing stages, and the digitalisation of the procedures. Specifically, the traffic theory course must now be taken before the basic theory…
Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. After Iran, Washington Needs a New Basing Strategy The decades-old model has been upended by a war that favors movement and dispersal. By Kelly A. Grieco, a senior fellow with the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center, and Maximilian K. Bremer, a nonresident fellow with the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a podium bearing the presidential seal, addressing a large crowd of seated military personnel in uniform inside the Al-Udeid air base.U.S. President Donald Trump addresses troops…
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Gift icon0 / 3 No gift articles left You’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. Lindy Jacomb was a naive 20-year-old member of the Exclusive Brethren, living at home with her family, when spiritual curiosity got the better of her. So she wrote to her church’s global leader, the “Man of God”, Bruce Hales, and other elders, asking why she should stay in a sect whose teachings she’d begun to doubt.…
Former India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has denied being part of a franchise league, saying the organisers used his name without his knowledge or permission. He also confirmed that his team would take legal action and urged the media and fans not to believe announcements that he has not authorised. In a post on X on October 13, Dhawan clarified his position after finding his name listed as a participant in the tournament. “I have come across my name as a participant in the World T20 Continent Cup. My name has been used by the organisers without my knowledge or permission,…