Four African countries taken off global money-laundering ‘grey list’
South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Burkina Faso removed from Financial Action Task Force's financial crimes list.
What’s in Reagan advert that caused US-Canada trade talks collapse?
Comparing the controversial advert quoting Ronald Reagan on tariffs with his original address.
Pentagon deploys top aircraft carrier as Trump militarisation of Caribbean ratchets up
Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on land
The Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a major escalation in the Trump administration’s war against drug cartels that provides the resources to start conducting strikes against targets on the ground.
The move will bring the USS Gerald Ford, with dozens of stealth fighter jets and surveillance aircraft, in addition to other warships that accompany the carrier, to the coast of Venezuela as it nears the end of its current deployment in the Mediterranean.
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President Trump says he wants to tackle the drugs trade but many believe he is trying to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro.
Ukraine’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Has the Wind at Its Back – The New York Times
- Ukraine’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Has the Wind at Its Back The New York Times
- Keir Starmer says Putin 'not serious about peace' after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky - live updates BBC
- Zelenskyy meets European partners to discuss arming Ukraine with more missiles, depriving Putin of more money CBS News
- Kyiv's allies say frozen Russian assets should be quickly used to aid Ukraine Reuters
- ‘Ukraine’s future is our future’, says Starmer, as he vows coalition will take Russian oil and gas off market to choke funding – as it happened The Guardian
Ontario to stop running anti-tariff advert that angered Trump
The advertisement will be paused from Monday so "trade talks can resume" with the US, Doug Ford says.
Venezuela’s Maduro says US ‘fabricating war’ as it deploys world’s largest warship
The deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.
Ukraine allies pledge to take Russian oil and gas off global market
A "coalition of the willing" meeting in London seeks to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine.
US says it now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31 – AP News
Trump is coming for Venezuela He’s embraced a Neo-Monroe Doctrine – UnHerd
- Trump is coming for Venezuela He’s embraced a Neo-Monroe Doctrine UnHerd
- The Theory Behind Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Politico
- Trump feuds across Latin America spark questions over region’s future The Hill
- Trump’s New Latin America Strategy Newsweek
- Week in Politics: Trump’s relations with Latin America and Canada; East Wing demolition NPR
Russian investors trapped as EU mulls using frozen funds – DW
- Russian investors trapped as EU mulls using frozen funds DW
- EU fails to back frozen Russian cash loan - but vows to support Ukraine BBC
- How Belgium’s De Wever derailed the EU’s ‘insane’ €140B Ukraine loan plan politico.eu
- Kyiv's allies say frozen Russian assets should be quickly used to aid Ukraine Reuters
- What is the reparations loan for Ukraine and why is the EU stuck with the plan? Euronews.com
Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl
Dahbia Benkired is the first woman in France to receive a full life term following the shocking crime.
Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl Lola Daviet – BBC
- Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl Lola Daviet BBC
- In a First for a Woman in France, Life Sentence Imposed for Murder of Schoolgirl The New York Times
- Woman in France sentenced to life in prison for rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old girl in Paris Yahoo
- French prosecutors demand maximum sentence for woman who murdered 12-year-old girl Le Monde.fr
- First woman in France sentenced to life without parole for rape and murder of schoolgirl Euronews.com
Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl
Dahbia Benkired is the first woman in France to receive a full life term following the shocking crime.
Satellite images show extent of demolition at the White House
New satellite images show the White House East Wing has been completely demolished in order to make way for President Trump's ballroom.
Satellite images show extent of demolition at the White House
New satellite images show the White House East Wing has been completely demolished in order to make way for President Trump's ballroom.
The Louvre thieves used a furniture lift in their heist. Now the company that makes it is hoping to cash in. – CBS News
- The Louvre thieves used a furniture lift in their heist. Now the company that makes it is hoping to cash in. CBS News
- Who Is the Dapper Louvre Heist ‘Detective’? And Is He Even Real? The New York Times
- What we know about the evidence left at the scene of the Louvre jewel heist ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Gold and silver coins stolen from French museum hours after Louvre heist The Washington Post
- What Security Lapses Enabled the Brazen Louvre Jewel Heist? Experts Weigh In Artnet News
Are US-Israeli relations experiencing upheaval under Trump?
Angry US reaction to Knesset vote to annex occupied West Bank.
Trump foe Letitia James slams federal charges against her
New York Attorney General Letitia James slammed the federal charges against her as "revenge" from Donald Trump.
Prince Andrew in advanced talks about moving out of Royal Lodge, reports say
Buckingham Palace trying to increase pressure on prince to give up home for which he pays ‘peppercorn’ rent
Prince Andrew is reportedly in advanced talks with King Charles’s senior aides about moving out of his Royal Lodge home after a week in which his “peppercorn” rent tenancy has come under scrutiny.
Pressure has mounted on the royal family for Andrew to vacate the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park amid the continuing controversy over his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the posthumous publication of the memoirs of the prince’s sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre.
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