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Asia-Pacific markets set to rise as investors look ahead to U.S. Fed chair Powell's speech
Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Friday as investors look to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:
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Judgement day for former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal defamation case
Loomingβlese majesteβcourt ruling holds royal reckoning forThailandβsformer prime minister ThaksinShinawatra.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Rankine saga gives Adelaide its chance to grow from adversity in premiership hunt
After a dream home and away season, adversity is officially on Adelaide's doorstep courtesy of Izak Rankine. How the club deals with this will define the current era under Matthew Nicks.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:US says it killed top ISIS official in Syria
U.S. forces on Tuesday killed a senior ISIS official in Syria, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced in a statement Thursday. The βsuccessful raidβ in northern Syria targeted an unnamed senior ISIS member who also served as a βkey financier who planned attacks in Syria and Iraq,β according to the Centcom statement. Centcom said the senior...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Judge rules Trump lawyer Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as US attorney
The Trump administration has ignored a July decision from a panel of judges replacing Habba as interim US attorney.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Man dead after stabbing on central Queensland coast
A man is dead after a stabbing on a coastal street in the Yeppoon region.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Core Scientific fretted about raising cash before CoreWeave tie-up
New filing shows internal deliberations that preceded takeover deal that has rankled some shareholders
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:The race for the two miles-a-second super weapons that Putin says turn targets to dust
Russia and China are leading the global race in hypersonic missiles - how worried should we be that the US is playing catch up and the UK has none?
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Trump visits federal law enforcement amid DC crime crackdown
President Trump on Thursday visited federal law enforcement at a U.S. Park Police operations center in Anacostia amid his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C, touting what he described as significant changes to the nationβs capital. Trump spoke to hundreds of federal law enforcement officers, including those from the FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Five dead, dozens injured in Colombia air base attack
At least five people are killed and dozens injured in a truck bombing on a military base in the Colombian city of Cali.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Couple test their relationship taking on the world's toughest horse race
A professional jockey and her husband, who had never ridden a horse until three years ago, finish third in the world's toughest horse race.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Household robots are about to get a big price cut β if Chinaβs top 'robovac' player has its way
In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Quan Gang, president of China's Roborock, said human-like robots will become part of many households by 2030.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Trump administration pausing issuance of visas for foreign truck drivers, Rubio says
President Trumpβs administration is pausing all issuance of worker visas for foreign truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, arguing the growing number of international, commercial operators is putting the lives of Americans in danger. βEffective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers. The increasing number of...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Karl Rove warns Ukraine defeat could be Trump's Afghanistan withdrawal
Republican strategist Karl Rove on Thursday underscored the stakes of the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, saying failure to come to a resolution could be the downfall of President Trumpβs presidency. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Rove outlined the three possible outcomes from Trumpβs efforts to end the war in Ukraine: a successful peace deal; a...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:New York appeals court throws out $500M fraud penalty against Trump
A New York appeals court dismissed a $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Trump and his companies for overvaluing their properties in financial statements. The judges upheld the fraud judgment, but said the fine was excessive. Geoff Bennett discussed the impact of this decision with former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Cracker Barrel’s logo redesign sparks ire among some online
Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover. And to the dismay of some fans, the chain's new logo now ditches the barrel itself.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC finalizes about 600 layoffs Following a revised order from a federal judge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finalized laying off roughly 600 staffers Wednesday, according to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Justice department calls on Fed to sack governor Lisa Cook
Letter to central bank chair Jay Powell is latest escalation in Trump administrationβs assault on the institution
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump greets law enforcement and National Guard troops patrolling D.C.
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump met with law enforcement and National Guard troops patrolling the nation's capital, California lawmakers moved closer to approving a redrawn congressional map a day after the Texas House approved redistricting and the State Department is reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid U.S. visas for potential violations.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:US DOJ to probe Fed Reserveβs Cook, urges Powell to remove her: Report
Cook, who has been accused of mortgage fraud, has said she will not be bullied by Trump into resigning.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:What Gabbard’s ODNI cuts mean for U.S. intelligence agencies
The Trump administration announced that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would cut 40% of its staff. Tulsi Gabbard claims ODNI is "inefficient" and "rife with abuse." The office was created after 9/11 to coordinate the 17 intelligence agencies. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence at the ODNI from 2017 to 2019.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Whatβs the Texas redistricting fight about, and how has California reacted?
Trump's demand for new district maps in Republican-led states sparked a redistricting fight of the midterm elections.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Villanova University says report of an active shooter on campus was a ‘cruel hoax’
A report of a shooter on Villanova University's campus that sparked panic among students and drew a heavy police presence was a βcruel hoax,β the school's president said Thursday.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Palestinian child killed by Israeli drone strike in central Gaza
Palestinian child killed by Israeli drone strike in central Gaza At least one Palestinian child was killed on Thursday by an Israeli drone strike in central Gaza, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. Israel targeted a residential apartment in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip as part of its ongoing genocide in the enclave. At least 48 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Thursday by Israeli strikes.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Home sales went up in July, offering momentum to a struggling market
The housing market showed signs of life in July, with existing home sales increasing by 2% from the previous month. It's offering a bit of momentum to a market thatβs been struggling. Geoff Bennett discussed the numbers with Daryl Fairweather, chief economist for the real estate company Redfin.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Nigerian startup builds bionic arms to make prosthetics affordable
Gift Usen has spent 25 years with one fully formed hand. Now sheβs waiting for a device that could change that: a locally built, humanoid bionic arm. βI grew up to see myself with one and a half hands,β said Usen, a cosmetologist from Akwa Ibom. βMost times I feel discouraged, but I had to [β¦]
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Judge Frank Caprio, whose empathy in Rhode Island court earned him fame, dies at 88
Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of βCaught in Providence,β has died.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Live: ASX set to retreat from record as markets await Fed chair speech
After crossing 9,000 points for the first time, the ASX 200 is poised to dip. Traders are bracing for an address by Jerome Powell to a central bank symposium. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Why the federal government could take a stake in Intel
President Trump is weighing taking a 10% stake in computer chip maker Intel. If approved, it would mark one of the largest U.S. government interventions in a private company since the auto bailout of 2008. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Peter Harrell of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. He is a former White House economic advisor in the Biden administration.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Will Putin 'wriggle out' of Zelensky meeting?
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Will Putin 'wriggle out' of Zelensky meeting? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday warned that his Russian counterpart is looking for a way out of a bilateral meeting being pushed by President Trump. AP Photo/Jae C....
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Canada’s foreign minister on U.S. relations and security guarantees for Ukraine
The U.S.-Canada relationship, for decades a symbol of stability, has been rockier under President Trump, who has joked about making Canada the 51st state. Nick Schifrin spoke with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand about relations with the U.S., trade negotiations, security in Haiti and opportunities for peace in Ukraine.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:California Democrats pass Newsom's redistricting plan
California's Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved a plan Thursday to redraw the state's congressional lines, teeing up a special election this fall that will let Californians weigh in on mid-decade redistricting in response to a plan pushed by Texas Republicans. Both the state Assembly and Senate approved three pieces of the Election Rigging Response Act legislative package, which...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:6 people found dead at Colorado dairy, local authorities say
Rescuers have recovered six bodies from a dairy on the Colorado plains, authorities said Thursday, but they didn't immediately say what led to the deaths.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:What AI means for the jobs market
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI's impact on the job market Business leaders have offered dire warnings in recent months about the turmoil artificial intelligence (AI) could unleash on the job market, predicting widespread worker displacement and mass unemployment. Experts say the picture is still unclear, with the full impact yet to be...
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Backpackers threaten to leave Broome over 'bush doof' restrictions
Backpackers in WA's north say they will pack up and leave if they are not allowed to cut loose at outdoor bush doof parties.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source: