STEPHEN DAISLEY: After a year of political inanity, it’s time to gird ourselves for twelve months of reckonings as 2026 crashes in…

As 2025 treads glumly into its final hours after twelve months of political inanity and economic torpor, we must gird ourselves for 2026 and whatever tribulations it has planned for…

Fast moving winter storm set to batter Midwest before sweeping into the northeast with 40 million Americans placed on alert

More than 40 million Americans have been placed under an alert ahead of a huge winter storm which is set to barrel across the country and dump up to two…

Donald Trump meets with Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago as president snaps at reporter: ‘What a stupid question’

Donald Trump has celebrated the success of his highly anticipated peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, revealing they are ‘very close’ to striking an agreement on all but ‘one or…

Zohran Mamdani feuds with Elon Musk and MAGA over his decision to appoint woman with no firefighting experience as FDNY chief

By LAURA PARNABY, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:48 EST, 28 December 2025 | Updated: 06:16 EST, 29 December 2025 Incoming NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sparked fury after appointing…

How Beyonce is using planning loopholes to build her spectacular dream mansion on greenfield land in the Cotswolds

Pop superstar Beyonce and her billionaire rapper husband Jay-Z are poised to build a spectacular mansion in the Cotswolds. And they are only able to do so in the beautiful…

Trump ‘inclined’ to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting

President Donald Trump says he is “inclined” to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its top executive was skeptical about oil investment efforts in the country after the toppling of…

Trump warns of “very strong options” amid Iran unrest

NewsFeed President Donald Trump said the US is considering “very strong options,” including possible military action, over the deaths of protesters during unrest in Iran. Nationwide protests over economic hardship…

Who is Reza Pahlavi? The exiled prince urging Iranians to ‘seize cities’

For decades, Reza Pahlavi was the polite face of the Iranian opposition in exile – a former fighter pilot who spoke of nonviolent resistance and secular democracy from his home…

US futures slip while Asian shares surge as Fed chair Powell faces legal threat

BANGKOK — U.S. futures sank Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Department of Justice had served the central bank with subpoenas. Markets in Europe were mostly lower…

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI sexually explicit AI images

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being…