Drivers left stranded for hours in Sydney tunnel amid fears of roof collapse Penry Buckley Drivers have been left stranded for up to four hours in Sydney’s M4 motorway tunnel, after fears of a concrete roof collapse saw the closure of all westbound lanes, causing delays on surrounding roads. About 6am this morning, Transport for […]
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Court sides with Adidas in appeal over Kanye West collaboration
Adidas has fended off an appeal from shareholders who accused it of hiding misconduct by rapper-entrepreneur Kanye West – otherwise known as Ye – before their partnership broke down in 2022. A San Francisco court said the sportswear giant did not mislead investors, who claimed they had lost money after Adidas shares plunged when it […]
Trump says Witkoff, Kushner had ‘reasonably good meeting’ with Putin despite no breakthrough
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner had a “reasonably good meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin during high-stakes negotiations in Moscow, adding that the U.S. negotiators believed Putin “would like to end the war.” “I don’t know what the Kremlin is doing. I can tell […]
How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S. : NPR
Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis in 2022. The Twin Cities is a hub for Somalis in the U.S. Jessie Wardarski/AP hide caption toggle caption Jessie Wardarski/AP Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that’s recently faced attacks from President Trump. […]
Last Native American WWII D-Day vet Charles Shay dies at 101 | Indigenous Rights
NewsFeed Charles Shay, the last surviving Native American World War II D-Day veteran, died at his home in France on Wednesday. An army medic, he patched up US soldiers under heavy fire in the surf on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. He earned a Silver Star and three Bronze Stars. He was 101. Published […]
What Is Pope Leo XIV Like Up Close?
new video loaded: What Is Pope Leo XIV Like Up Close? Pope Leo XIV showed the world a glimpse of who he is and what he stands for during his papacy’s first international overseas trip. Motoko Rich, our Rome bureau chief, witnessed how a shy and cautious person took on the global stage. By Motoko […]
Lawmakers decry Trump’s immigration halt for 19 countries: ‘scapegoating entire nationalities’ | US immigration
Immigration groups and lawmakers are sharply criticizing Donald Trump’s latest move to halt immigration applications from 19 countries already under US travel restrictions, a decision that comes amid reports that naturalization ceremonies for people on the travel ban list are also being canceled. On Tuesday the US Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a policy memo […]
Royals lay out festive greeting at glittering state banquet
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent, Windsor PA Media The Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales attended the banquet alongside the King and Queen King Charles has hosted German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a glittering, Christmassy state banquet at Windsor Castle. Among the famous guests were actress Claudia Schiffer – who sat next to Prime Minister […]
Pentagon IG finds Hegseth could have endangered troops with Signal chat, sources say
A Pentagon watchdog concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked exposing sensitive information that could have endangered U.S. troops when he relayed information about a planned military strike in Yemen using the Signal commercial messaging app, according to a person who read the classified investigative report and another source with knowledge of the findings. The […]
Trump uses 'Third World' in a social media post. What's up with that term?
“I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover,” he wrote on Truth Social. That label raises the issue of how to classify certain nations. (Image credit: Jing Wei for NPR) Source link