The House Ethics Committee accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress, as lawmakers released the conclusions of a nearly four-year investigation that helped sink his nomination for attorney general. Source link
France unveiled a new government composed of former ministers and senior civil servants that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hope can oversee the passage of a 2025 budget and prevent a deepening of the country’s crisis. Analysis by Renaud Foucart, senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University Management School in Brussels, Belgium. Source link
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria. Source link
New Delhi: It is October 2022, when America announces its new Arctic strategy, citing growing competition such as China in the Arctic. The Joe Biden administration said the United States will now appoint ambassadors broadly throughout the Arctic region. Meanwhile, the European Commission also established an office in Greenland in early 2023. Hence, America adopted … Read more
Moscow — A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria due to an explosion in the engine room and two crew members were missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The ship, built in 2009 and called ”Ursa Major”, was controlled by OboronLogistics, a company that is part of … Read more
Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a Yule log. And the French holiday season is longer than most – stretching into the New Year with Epiphany (January 6) and its traditional galettes des rois into February with Chandeleur (Candlemas). Source link
Syria’s new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. These fighters from the Druze religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own men, rather than the promises made by Syria’s … Read more
The historical behavior of BTC allows us to identify when the current bullish wave could end. Investors should be prepared for a price drop after the euphoria. Over the past two years, the price of bitcoin (BTC) has been on the rise, recently reaching new trading records. The big question with this performance is: when … Read more
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to make history Tuesday with the closest-ever approach to the Sun, coming within 6.2 million kilometers of the solar surface as it explores the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere. Source link
A Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) flight was forced to make an emergency landing in the Austrian city of Graz due to smoke in the cabin and cockpit, the carrier said. The Airbus 220-300 plane was en route from Bucharest, Romania, to Zurich on Monday when the crew decided to abort the flight “due to … Read more