Sudan’s government filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice this week accusing the United Arab Emirates of being complicit in genocide by arming and funding a rebel militia in the country’s brutal civil war.The United Arab Emirates quickly called the complaint a “cynical publicity stunt” aimed at diverting attention from the “widespread atrocities” committed by the Sudanese government.The International Court of Justice is the United Nations’ highest court. It deals with disputes between countries and violations of international treaties. In this case, the court can claim jurisdiction because both Sudan and the United Arab Emirates have adopted the…
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Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it?Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has been, it remained unclear whether its touchdown was smooth enough to perform its intended work, or if it toppled over in the process, potentially limiting the mission’s scientific achievements.“We’re trying to evaluate exactly what happened in that last bit,” Tim Crain, the chief technology officer of Intuitive Machines, said at a news conference.The spacecraft is almost identical to Odysseus, the lander that the company sent to the moon last year. Odysseus…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Capital markets myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Investors have poured into low-risk money market funds as they seek a refuge from recent tumult on Wall Street sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sending the industry’s assets under management to $7tn. More than $51bn flowed into money market funds over the past week, pushing the total to a record $7.03tn as of Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute, a trade group.Trump’s approach to imposing, withdrawing or delaying levies on major US trading partners, including China, Canada and Mexico,…
Credit: Thomas Massie X Americans may be surprised to learn how many foreign flags are floating around the U.S. Capitol grounds, particularly outside the offices of their Representatives. If you take a stroll around the Longworth, Cannon, and Rayburn House Office Buildings, for example, you’ll find all kinds of things being promoted. “Pride” flags, POW/MIA flags, Ukraine flags, Israel flags. Heck, every now and then you even come across an American flag, though only rarely. You are more likely to come across a flag representing something foreign. And it’s not just limited to flags: That should tell you all kinds…
Christina Haack and her new boo Christopher Larocca make their small screen debut! The HGTV star’s new boyfriend made a cameo on her viral real estate show on Wednesday night.Christina Haack and Christopher Larocca’s relationship began a few months back, right in the middle of her messy divorce from ex-husband Josh Hall.Article continues below advertisementChristina Haack Brings Boyfriend To ‘The Flip Off’ Season FinaleInstagram Stories | Christina HaackIn the season finale’s closing moments, Christopher made several appearances alongside Christina’s friends and family, who convened at the Newport Beach home of the reality star.The gathering was filled with anticipation as they…
Trudeau on Thursday, before Trump announced a reprieve, said Canada will be in a trade war with the United States for “the foreseeable future”. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Trudeau “a numbskull”. Trudeau’s foreign minister has been even franker. “We won’t get through this, another psychodrama every 30 days,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told business leaders in Toronto earlier this week. “The problem we’ve had is it’s not clear what the American president wants,” she added. “I’ve had conversations with colleagues in Washington saying, ‘Okay, but at the end of the day, what do you guys want?’ And I…
A Syrian security source told Al Jazeera that 15 security personnel were killed in ‘various armed ambushes’.Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera. The attacks took place on Thursday near the town of Jableh in the Latakia countryside, part of the coastal area which forms the heartland of the Alawite minority sect to which the al-Assad family belongs. A Syrian security source told the Al Jazeera Arabic network that 15 security personnel were killed in “various armed ambushes”.…
Every major wrestling company needs a top-tier babyface. Cody Rhodes has assumed that role for WWE in recent years, and has helped take the company to new heights. However, Tony Khan has spent the past 18 months or so, searching for someone who could have a similar impact in AEW.Enter Will Ospreay. The former New Japan Pro Wrestling star has quickly established himself as one of the top draws in AEW, along with earning himself a place in the discussion for the best wrestler alive. Since joining AEW, Ospreay has rapidly improved his promo work, developing confidence on the microphone…
If you listened carefully to President Trump’s disgraceful dressing down of his Ukrainian counterpart in the Oval Office last week, you heard gripes galore, but with one theme above all others: Americans had been played for fools. We’d been suckered, swindled, bamboozled. In all our goodness and glory, we’d forked over hundreds of billions of dollars to Volodymyr Zelensky and received nothing in return — no assurance of victory, no mineral rights, not even a properly flowery thank-you note.What chumps we were.If you looked for a through line in Trump’s titanically self-indulgent blathering to Congress on Tuesday night, you saw…
According to a new report from Business Insider, Meta keeps internal block lists of anyone who has worked at the company and is ineligible for rehire.Former employees can make the list even if they have a record of good performance, the outlet notes.Five former employees, including two managers, told Business Insider that Meta keeps track of former employees who violate company policies or are underperforming and gives them a “non-regrettable attrition” tag. Managers could reportedly add former employees without documented performance problems to “do not rehire” lists in “minutes” by “just filling out a form.” Nearly 4,000 workers were impacted…