Video: Legal analyst predicts why Trump went ‘ballistic’ when Mar-a-Lago maid was questioned

Video: Legal analyst predicts why Trump went ‘ballistic’ when Mar-a-Lago maid was questioned

Legal analyst predicts why Trump went ‘ballistic’ when Mar-a-Lago maid was questioned According to multiple people familiar with the investigation, Mar-a-Lago staffers and contract workers may be called to testify against former President Donald Trump and his two co-defendants at their upcoming criminal trial in Florida. Former special counsel at the Department of Defense Ryan … Read more

French airports evacuated after spate of bomb threats and security alerts

French airports evacuated after spate of bomb threats and security alerts

Although passengers have been let back into the terminals, several of the airports are experiencing ongoing delays to arriving and departing flights. ADVERTISEMENT Seven airports in France have been evacuated following a string of security alerts on Wednesday. Airports in Lille, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse, Beauvais, and Lyon’s Bron airport all received “threats of attack” via … Read more

Ukraine, Israel Aid Decision Looms for House After Speaker Vote

Ukraine, Israel Aid Decision Looms for House After Speaker Vote

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, congressional reporter Steven T. Dennis looks at the tasks still ahead in the House. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here. The drama in the US House won’t end once Republicans decide what to … Read more

Huawei silent on secretive 5G Mate 60 Pro phone at product launch

Huawei silent on secretive 5G Mate 60 Pro phone at product launch

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei didn’t reveal any details about its new phone or reported advanced chip breakthrough during a high-profile launch event. Instead, the company teased two new electric cars — its first sedan and a high-end SUV — and launched new wireless earbuds, among other products. Many online viewers of the launch event appeared … Read more

Australia News Today: Bullock Takes RBA Helm, Chevron LNG Stoppages

Australia News Today: Bullock Takes RBA Helm, Chevron LNG Stoppages

Good morning and welcome back, it’s Ainsley here with all the news you need to start your week. We promise not to mention the rugby… Today’s must-reads:• Michele Bullock takes over today at the RBA• Chevron LNG union stoppages continue• NZ may get first female finance minister in 30 years Michele Bullock beat other candidates … Read more

Visiting the Biolab That Made a Cameo In Silence of the Lambs

Visiting the Biolab That Made a Cameo In Silence of the Lambs

Hi, it’s Madison in New York. As we reminisce on our summer vacations, I’m thinking about my visit to a mysterious island that few outsiders have ever stepped foot on. But first… Earlier this year, I learned one of the oldest US government biolabs was right here in New York, just a mile off the … Read more

Defiant North Korea tells UN its spy satellite program is its ‘legitimate right as a sovereign state’

Defiant North Korea tells UN its spy satellite program is its ‘legitimate right as a sovereign state’

CNN  —  In a defiant speech to the UN Security Council, North Korea insisted its efforts to launch a spy satellite into space are transparent and within “its legitimate right as a sovereign state.” Pyongyang’s ambassador to the UN Kim Song defended his country during a rare address to the UN on Friday, denying that … Read more

Huawei Building Secret Chip Plants in China to Bypass US Sanctions, Group Warns

Huawei Building Secret Chip Plants in China to Bypass US Sanctions, Group Warns

The leading association of global chip companies is warning that Huawei Technologies Co. is building a collection of secret semiconductor-fabrication facilities across China, a shadow manufacturing network that would let the blacklisted company skirt US sanctions and further the nation’s technology ambitions. Huawei, a controversial telecommunications gear maker at the heart of US-China tensions, moved … Read more

US, Europe Switch Russian Nuclear Fuel for New Mexico Uranium

US, Europe Switch Russian Nuclear Fuel for New Mexico Uranium

In a remote, dusty corner of New Mexico, so near to the Texas border that if you wander too close your smartphone changes time zones, sits a pristine factory that is the best chance for the US to wean itself off an addiction that few knew it had: uranium enriched in Russia. Outside the $5 … Read more