Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country’s powerful national security adviser. Microsoft and the technology holding company G42 announced the deal Tuesday. As part of the agreement, Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, will join G42’s board of directors. …
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack, amid international pressure to avoid further escalating Middle East conflicts. Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi …
FIRST ON FOX: A group of top Senate Republican leaders is urging President Biden to block oil sanctions relief for the Venezuelan government, an authoritarian regime which continues to oppress its opponents. The seven lawmakers, led by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sent a letter to the president Friday, calling on …
WARNING: This article contains spoilers from NCIS. NCIS introduced Bandium boss Fletcher Voss but fans will remember the star from a number of other shows. The CBS police procedural marked a major milestone on Monday, April 15, with the mothership celebrating the franchise’s 1,000th ever episode. Entitled A Thousand Yards, …
The US is on track to grow at double the rate of any other G7 country this year, according to IMF forecasts, as the strength of the world’s biggest economy rocks global markets. Strong household spending and investment will help propel US growth to 2.7 per cent this year according …
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain may this year fail to achieve even the tepid growth rates recently predicted by the government’s official economic forecaster, the IMF suggested on Tuesday as it downgraded UK growth …
Senior Labour MPs have been slammed after they were seen mocking the scenes in Brussels as police were called in by a left-wing mayor to shut down the National Conservatism Conference. Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban are all currently trapped inside the Belgian venue, with fury …
If you want to take your kids to school during the week, and take them camping deep in the wilderness on the weekend, the Ford Everest has emerged as one of the best solutions money can buy in Australia. [embedded content] WATCH: Paul’s video review of the MY23 Everest Platinum …
The weather bureau has reported moderate to heavy rain over Dubai, Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have urged residents to stay at home after large parts of the region were lashed by torrential rain, hail and thunderstorms on Tuesday. Schools have shifted to online classes …
The tax man comes for everyone—even the President. Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden had a federal tax bill of $146,629 for 2023, the White House announced in a statement Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff paid $88,570 in federal taxes. “President Biden believes that …
GMC on Tuesday announced updated specifications for its 2024 Sierra EV electric pickup truck which was first shown in 2022 and finally due in showrooms this summer. The first version to arrive will be a limited-edition range-topper dubbed the 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1, though some of the specifications …
LOS ANGELES — It was only a few weeks ago that Shohei Ohtani was laughing in the dugout alongside Ippei Mizuhara during the Dodgers’ season opener in Seoul, blissfully unaware at the time of the alleged deception, lies and more than $16 million theft that would lead to his longtime …