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Russian forces appear to be buckling under growing pressure as Ukraine continues to regain territory in the south, where Russian soldiers have been forced to retreat from previously-held settlements as Kyiv progresses with its counteroffensive towards the Russian-occupied city of Kherson. Continue Reading »

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On Sunday, almost by accident, two groups of demonstrators came together in London. One was waving Ukrainian flags; the other Iranian flags. When they met, they cheered each other, and chanted, "All together we will win." Continue Reading »

Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton tells CNN's Don Lemon why Ukrainian military advances in the south and east are important in the fight against Russia. Continue Reading »

Enrollment declines and underfunding have hit the higher education system hard. A number of colleges are in financial jeopardy. Continue Reading »

Businesses added 208,000 jobs for the month, better than the 200,000 Dow Jones estimate and ahead of the upwardly revised 185,000 in August. Continue Reading »

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Oil prices have fallen to roughly $80 a barrel from more than $120 in early June amid growing fears about the prospect of a global economic recession. Continue Reading »

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La Corée du Sud et les Etats-Unis ont lancé mercredi plusieurs missiles vers des cibles en mer, au lendemain du tir par Pyongyang d'un missile balistique qui est passé au-dessus du Japon.Un missile balistique à portée intermédiaire (IRBM) nord-coréen avait survolé mardi le Japon, une première en cinq ans qui avait conduit Tokyo à activer son système d'alerte.Selon l'état-major sud-coréen, les armées sud-coréenne et américaine ont tiré mercredi chacune deux missiles balistiques à courte portée ATACMS "pour frapper avec précision une cible virtuelle" en mer du Japon.Ces exercices "ont montré que nous sommes capables et prêts à neutraliser l'origine de la provocation tout en maintenant une position de surveillance constante", a-t-il ajouté dans un communiqué.L'armée sud-coréenne a cependant confirmé l'échec du lancement d'un cinquième missile balistique de courte portée Hyunmoo-2, qui s'est écrasé au sol peu après son lancement.L'ogive du missile n'a pas explosé et personne n'a été blessé, selon l'état-major. Mais un important incendie s'est déclaré et a provoqué la panique dans la ville de Gangneung, sur la côte est de Corée du Sud, dont de nombreux habitants inquiets ont appelé la mairie, ont rapporté les autorités.Mardi, des avions de combat sud-coréens et américains avaient déjà mené des exercices ... Continue Reading »

Ils ont ouvert de nouveaux domaines avec un "Lego" de la chimie: le prix Nobel de chimie a sacré mercredi le Danois Morten Meldal, l'Américaine Carolyn Bertozzi et son compatriote Barry Sharpless, qui réussit l'exploit rarissime de décrocher un deuxième Nobel à 21 ans d'écart.Le trio est récompensé "pour le développement de la +chimie click+ et de la chimie bioorthogonale", utilisés notamment pour mettre au point des meilleurs traitements pharmaceutiques, y compris contre le cancer, a annoncé le jury dans sa décision.Barry Sharpless, 81 ans, est seulement la cinquième personne à décrocher deux fois un Nobel. Il avait déjà remporté le prix de chimie en 2001 pour ses découvertes sur la technique de la catalyse asymétrique.La Franco-Polonaise Marie Curie avait été la première au début du XXe siècle (physique 1903, chimie 1911), suivie bien plus tard par l'Américain Linus Pauling (chimie 1954 et paix 1962), l'Américain John Bardeen (physique 1956 et 1972) et le Britannique Frederick Sanger (chimie 1958 et 1980).Le double lauréat, basé en Californie, et le Danois de 58 ans Morten Meldal, de l'université de Copenhague, sont sacrés pour leurs travaux pionniers en matière de "chimie click", une nouvelle forme de combinaison de molécules, a expliqué le jury.- ... Continue Reading »

De sanglants affrontements se sont poursuivis mardi dans une des plus grandes prisons d'Equateur, au lendemain de violences entre détenus qui ont fait au moins 16 morts, dont un baron présumé de la drogue, et plusieurs dizaines de blessés.Un précédent bilan faisait état de quinze morts. Le 16e mort est un détenu décédé des suites de ses blessures, a précisé l'administration pénitentiaire (SNAI). Depuis février 2021, le système pénitentiaire équatorien a connu huit massacres entre détenus, ayant fait au total plus de 400 morts."Il y a de nouveaux affrontements" au sein du centre pénitentiaire de Latacunga, à une centaine de kilomètres au sud-est de Quito, a indiqué mardi la SNAI.Onze nouveaux détenus ont été blessés au cours de la matinée, selon le gouverneur de la province de Cotopaxi, Oswaldo Coronel. Selon l'administration pénitentiaire, des détonations ont été entendues dans l'aile de sécurité moyenne de la prison et le personnel administratif a été évacué.Le centre pénitentiaire de Latacunga compte quelque 4.300 détenus et est l'un des plus vastes du pays. Quinze prisonniers y ont été tués lundi et 33 autres blessés dans des affrontements à l'arme blanche et par arme à feu, avec une nouvelle fois des actes de barbarie et ... Continue Reading »

Elon Musk a de nouveau changé d'avis: le patron de Tesla a finalement proposé à Twitter de racheter le réseau social au prix convenu en avril, à deux semaines du procès prévu entre les deux parties sur cette acquisition mouvementée.L'homme d'affaires "entend conclure la transaction envisagée par l'accord de rachat du 25 avril 2022", selon les termes prévus, ont écrit ses avocats dans une lettre adressée au groupe californien lundi, et déposée mardi auprès du gendarme boursier américain, la SEC.Seule condition exprimée dans la lettre: la fin des procédures judiciaires en cours devant le tribunal spécialisé du Delaware.Le titre de Twitter prenait plus de 22% à la clôture de la Bourse de New York, après avoir été suspendu tout l'après-midi "en attendant des informations", après un article de l'agence Bloomberg qui a révélé ce rebondissement.Elon Musk avait proposé au printemps d'acquérir la plateforme pour 54,20 dollars l'action, la valorisant donc à 44 milliards de dollars. Le conseil d'administration, d'abord très réticent, avait fini par accepter. Mais le fantasque entrepreneur était revenu unilatéralement sur cet accord en juillet. Twitter avait alors lancé des poursuites pour le forcer à honorer son engagement, et tout indiquait qu'il était bien positionné pour l'emporter.Mardi, le ... Continue Reading »

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a assuré mercredi que la situation militaire se "stabilisera" dans les territoires ukrainiens dont il revendique l'annexion mais où ses forces subissent une série de revers face à l'armée ukrainienne.Quelques heures plus tôt, l'Ukraine avait annoncé regagner du terrain dans la région de Lougansk (est), après ses succès dans celles de Kherson (sud) et Kharkiv (nord-est). "Nous partons du principe que la situation va se stabiliser et que nous pourrons développer ces zones de manière pacifique", a estimé M. Poutine, qui a décrété le 21 septembre la mobilisation de centaines de milliers de réservistes pour tenter d'inverser la tendance.Il a signé un décret pour que la Russie s'approprie formellement la centrale nucléaire ukrainienne de Zaporijjia. De son côté, le chef de l'AIEA Rafael Grossi a annoncé son départ pour Kiev pour discuter du "besoin d'une zone de protection autour de la centrale plus urgent que jamais".Alors même qu'elle recule sur le terrain, la Russie a proclamé l'annexion de quatre régions d'Ukraine (Donetsk, Lougansk, Kherson et Zaporijjia) qu'elle contrôle partiellement à l'issue de "référendums" dénoncés par Kiev et ses alliés occidentaux.Signe d'un désarroi en Russie, les revers de l'armée ont conduit un haut responsable parlementaire a ... Continue Reading »

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Rights groups say Rwanda has one of the worst human rights records in Africa and accuse Kigali of stifling dissent. Continue Reading »

Family of Halyna Hutchins, killed on the set of 'Rust' last year, says production of the film will resume in January. Continue Reading »

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records. The Trump team asked the justices to overturn a lower court ruling and allow the arbiter, called a special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classification markings that were taken in the Aug... Continue Reading »

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has elevated its legal battle to the Supreme Court, requesting that Justice Clarence Thomas, who has jurisdiction over the 11th Circuit, vacate the stay by the court that allowed the Justice Department to continue its review of classified documents seized during the FBI’s unprecedented raid of Mar-a-Lago.  U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an injunction against the DOJ's use of the 100 documents purportedly marked as classified to be... Continue Reading »

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his fight with the Justice Department over classified documents seized from his Florida home as part of a criminal investigation into his handling of government records. Trump filed an emergency request asking the justices to block part of a lower court's ruling that prevented an independent arbiter requested by Trump, known as a special master, from vetting more than 100 documents marked as classified that... Continue Reading »

After a grueling summer, Republicans are finally making headway in protecting their top two firewalls in the race for the Senate. Holding onto at least one of the GOP-held seats in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — ideally both — is critical if the party wants to flip the Senate. But Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz began the general election with poor favorability ratings and a spending disadvantage on TV. By contrast, the... Continue Reading »

Private payroll job growth rose faster than expected in September, suggesting that companies are continuing to hire new workers despite growing fears of an economic slowdown, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday morning.  Companies added 208,000 jobs last month, topping the 200,000 gain that economists surveyed by Refinitiv had predicted.  Continue Reading »

Russian President Vladimir Putin formalized his claimed annexation of four Ukrainian regions Wednesday, even as his troops were in retreat across that territory. Kyiv said that its forces were making rapid advances in the south and the east, retaking land and exposing the Kremlin’s struggle to match its political theater with reality on the battlefield after Putin escalated his seven-month war with the illegal annexation, renewed nuclear threats... Continue Reading »

It's over. Twitter called Elon's bluff, and Elon caved. Now he gets to own the thing he once wanted to own, in exchange for $44 billion and a face full of egg. Why it matters: The world's richest man is about to own one of the world's most consequential public squares. Driving the news: Musk told Twitter via letter that he again is willing to buy the company at $54.20 per share. That's the same price Musk agreed to pay back in April, after which he sued to... Continue Reading »

Americans' wages are losing ground to inflation at a steep rate, a report on Tuesday from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said, a finding that offers some support for the central bank's super-charged campaign to lower price pressures. "Despite the stronger wage growth due to the tightness of the labor market, a majority of workers are finding their wages falling even further behind inflation," economists for the Dallas Fed wrote. A majority of workers' wages, once adjusted for inflation... Continue Reading »

Republicans have had a public and private lament over the past few months, and they’re probably correct: Were it not for the candidates GOP voters nominated in key races, the party would be on a much easier path to taking back control of the Senate. Instead, those voters gave them Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, Blake Masters in Arizona, and Don Bolduc in New Hampshire, all of whom beat out more mainstream Republicans and all of whom are polling behind Democratic opponents in swing states. But... Continue Reading »

World trade in goods is set to slow more sharply than previously expected next year, possibly easing inflationary pressures but raising the risk of a global recession, a new forecast shows. With the surge in energy costs and rising interest rates weakening household demand, exports and imports should increase by just 1% in 2023, down from a previous forecast of 3.4%, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. A slowdown in trade flows driven by weakening demand could... Continue Reading »

The national debt of the United States blew past $31 trillion for the first time ever Tuesday, a grim milestone that comes amid soaring interest rates that threaten to strain the government's finances. It comes just nine months after the last milestone of $30 trillion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and only five years after reaching $20 trillion. The unprecedented spree of government borrowing brought forth by the COVID-19... Continue Reading »

America’s national debt has climbed north of $31 trillion for the first time, a milestone that comes at a time of historically high inflation, rising interest rates and growing economic uncertainty. The nation’s total public debt outstanding closed at $31.1 trillion on Monday, according to Treasury Department data published Tuesday. The US government went on a borrowing spree during the Covid-19 pandemic to help shore up the nation’s economy as the deadly virus upended lives,... Continue Reading »

America’s gross national debt has surpassed $31 trillion for the first time. The figure was revealed in a Treasury Department report released Tuesday and comes at a time when the economy faces inflation and higher interest rates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government borrowed more money to support the economy as lockdowns disrupted labor markets and supply chains. The costs of borrowing remain higher, and with economists warning of an impending recession, the milestone... Continue Reading »

Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion, likening it to murder and claiming there should be “no exception” for rape, incest, or the life of the mother. But the Republican candidate has supported at least one exception—for himself. A woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns told The Daily Beast that after she and Walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009 he urged her to get an... Continue Reading »

The son of Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, accused his father of "lying" and "making a mockery" of his family after a report alleged Walker had paid for his then-girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009. Why it matters: The abortion allegations and stunning series of tweets from Christian Walker, a 23-year-old conservative TikTok influencer, could hurt Republicans' chances of winning in Georgia — one of the most important Senate... Continue Reading »

Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party remained in Herschel Walker’s corner Tuesday following a report that alleged the pro-life Senate hopeful from Georgia paid for an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion 13 years ago.  Trump said Walker, whom he encouraged to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been “slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media and obviously, the Democrats.” “Interestingly, I’ve heard many horrible things about his... Continue Reading »

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) responded Tuesday after the news broke that a Texas National Guard soldier — serving as part of the state’s southern border initiative Operation Lone Star — had died by suspected suicide. According to reports from The Army Times and The Texas Tribune, the soldier died at 8:20 Tuesday morning after shooting himself with an M4-Carbine, his assigned duty weapon. His name has not yet been released to the public. Continue Reading »

A plan to end the war in Ukraine by ceding annexed territory to Russia floated by Elon Musk in a tweet is garnering praise straight from the Kremlin.  On Tuesday, Russian state news agency IRA Novosti reported that Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, called the proposal “positive.” The plan? A simple “yes/no” poll on Twitter that asked what Musk's followers thought of the following: "Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision Russia leaves if that is will of... Continue Reading »

A government report released Tuesday found there were one million fewer job openings in August than in July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job openings fell from 11.17 million in July to 10.05 million in August, a 10% decline. It was the biggest one-month decline since April 2020. In July, there were at least two openings per worker compared to 1.67 in August. Continue Reading »

Since Todd Stallings began working in Nacogdoches County’s elections office in 2003, his responsibilities have grown exponentially. So has his stress. First came a shift toward digital voting records, along with new state legislation that created more duties for elections officials. Then, accusations of foreign interference in the 2016 presidential race stoked the public’s fear about election integrity. And conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election have led... Continue Reading »