Landmark Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial To Start In New York

Landmark Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial To Start In New York

Donald Trump goes to court Monday as the first US ex-president ever to be criminally prosecuted, a seismic moment for the United States as the presumptive Republican nominee campaigns to re-take the White House. The scandal-plagued 77-year-old is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with adult … Read more

10 Years After South Korea Ferry Disaster

10 Years After South Korea Ferry Disaster

The ferry sank live on television as the children on board sent desperate text messages to their parents — 10 years after South Korea’s worst-ever maritime disaster, families are still reckoning with the horror. Jung Sung-wook’s teenage son was one of 304 people who died when the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized off South Korea’s southern … Read more

Biden In ‘Very Tough Spot’ Trying To Stop Middle East Escalation

Biden In ‘Very Tough Spot’ Trying To Stop Middle East Escalation

Iran’s attack on Israel gives Joe Biden a familiar dilemma, but on steroids — how to balance support for a difficult ally while preventing the nightmare scenario of a wider war? Tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s war on Gaza were papered over as the US president offered “ironclad” support, including shooting down … Read more

Solomon Islands Readies For Election In Shadow Of China’s Influence

Solomon Islands Readies For Election In Shadow Of China’s Influence

Solomon Islanders will head to the polls this week, voting in an election that promises to bolster or blunt China’s regional ambitions, with security consequences that will ripple far beyond the Pacific nation’s palm-fringed shores. The archipelago, one of the world’s least-developed countries, is the unlikely focal point of a diplomatic scramble pitting a rising … Read more