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Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Portrait of a Lady had been missing for 80 years before it was spotted on an estate agent's website.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said in a Wednesday interview on NewsNationβs show βThe Hillβ that the panel will compile its own Jeffrey Epstein βlist,β a tally of powerful figures related to the deceased sex offender and financier. βWe're going to compile a list from...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:The warning came after a far-right Israeli minister unveiled a proposal for the annexation of four-fifths of the occupied territory.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:In Vladivostok, a city on China's and North Korea's border, Russia's war on Ukraine looms large.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:The survivors criticized the presidentβs comments that the case was a βhoaxβ and appealed to him to meet and describe the pain they had endured.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Roy Jones Jr reveals that the South Korean fighter who won the Olympic gold medal over him in a controversial final in Seoul has given him the medal.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:The decision is a victory for the Ivy League university, which has been locked in a months-long feud with Trump.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:The sexual assault victimisation rate is now the highest it has been since the ABS began releasing data in 1993.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Forecasters said Kiko could get even stronger in the next day or so, but that its intensity was likely to fluctuate after that. There were no watches or warnings associated with Kiko and no hazards affecting land.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Republicans are divided as they try to chart a plan to keep the government open past the end of the month, with just 12 legislative days until funding runs out. Top Republican appropriators are pushing for a short-term funding patch that lasts into November to buy time for Congress to strike a larger bipartisan deal...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:TUC head says ministers must show they are βon the side of working peopleβ with levies on banks and gambling sector
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Spending by state and federal governments warded off a recession last year but they are now cutting back, and more business investment is neededFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustraliaβs economy grew by 0.6% over the three months to June this year, and by 1.8% over the year to June. This outcome was better than expected by most economists...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Navy deployment to Caribbean may be used to put pressure on Venezuelaβs NicolΓ‘s Maduro
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Farmers and scientists have teamed up to take Western Australia's truffle industry into the future.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Soon after President Donald Trump's inauguration, federal health officialsdeleted or removed informationon a range of topics including pregnancy risks, opioid-use disorder and the AIDS epidemic. The move was made in reaction to a Trump executive order that told agencies to stop using the term βgenderβ infederal policies and documents.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:When Luke Bateman was at the peak of his NRL career in 2019, his life outwardly exemplified the dream of many young Australian men, but the reality was much grimmer.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:There was an extraordinary display of military might on the streets of Beijing. China's parade was the culmination of several days of high-level diplomacy, without the United States, as China seeks to cement its place as a preeminent global power. Nick Schifrin discussed the gathering of leaders with Kurt Campbell, deputy secretary of state during the Biden Administration.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump targets more offshore wind The Trump administration is targeting another offshore wind project, the latest in a string of wind farms whose approvals it plans to cancel. AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File In a Wednesday court filing the administration indicated it plans to vacate and...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, Sept. 4. at 10 a.m. EDT. Watch live here.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:A woman branded as the βKetamine Queenβ pleaded guilty Wednesday to sellingMatthew Perrythe drug that killed him, becoming thefifth and final defendant chargedinPerryβs overdose deathto admit guilt.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated Harvard's research grants, Florida is moving to become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children to attend school and President Trump is defending a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, saying it will prevent further attempts to bring drugs into the country.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:As part of his program in Beijing, the Cuban President visited a joint biotechnology company and held a virtual exchange with members of the Cuban Medical Mission in China.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Women who survived sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein spoke publicly, some for the first time, to demand the release of the federal files in the case. President Trump also responded to the demands for more documents, calling it "a Democrat hoax." Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews posed for a class photo alongside Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China. The question on everyone's mind is why?
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:As survivors of Jeffrey Epsteinβs abuse demand accountability, President Trump has said the attention on the case is political. Geoff Bennett spoke with Liz Stein, an Epstein survivor who is now an advocate working to combat human trafficking nationwide, and Jennifer Freeman, a special counsel for the Marsh Law Firm, which represents several Epstein survivors.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Chief executive credits adverts featuring the actress and Taylor Swiftβs American football star fiancΓ© for trading boost
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:A federal court rejected the Trump administration's use of an 18th-century wartime law, known as the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. It's another legal setback for the White House, which has also seen courts curtail its authority to impose tariffs and send troops into U.S. cities. William Brangham discussed more with Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:US threats of expanding military attacks across Latin America has alarmed some regional leaders, including in Mexico.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Prolonged 50% tariffs could shave off as much as 0.8% of India's GDP - so what are Delhi's options?
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ended deportation protections for some Venezuelans, the latest Trump administration effort to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) after a series of court losses. The termination affected about 250,000 people who were awarded TPS through a 2021 declaration otherwise set to expire on Sept. 10. βGiven Venezuelaβs substantial...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Few countries in the world are considered more vulnerable to the impact of rising sea levels and climate change than Bangladesh, a nation of 175 million people squeezed into a landmass the size of Iowa. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro traveled to Bangladesh to look at efforts to build resilience in the face of the escalating consequences.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:A church in Mount Gambier that was set to become an Airbnb will again open its doors to the faithful after the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Adelaide purchased it.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor who oversees Medicaid and Medicare for the Trump administration, on Wednesday threw his support behind Florida's effort to end mandatory vaccinations in schools. In an interview on βThe Story with Martha MacCallum,β the Fox News host asked Oz whether he agrees with officials who want to make Florida the first...
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