The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting at the request of the Polish Foreign Ministry after Russia violated its airspace. ... Read full Story
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson amid revelations of a close friendship with convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/11/2025 6:55 AM
The relationship between King Charles III and Prince Harry may be on the mend as the two met and spent a short time together in London on Wednesday. ... Read full Story
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that last week's "perplexing" immigration raid at a Hyundai electric battery plant in Georgia could prevent future U.S. investments. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 8:03 PM
The Trump administration approved an assistance package worth $14.2 million to assist Lebanon with its efforts to disarm Hezbollah, the U.S. Defense Department announced Wednesday. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 6:49 PM
Officials for Chipotle Mexican Grill announced they have agreed to open restaurants in Asia as part of a joint venture with the South Korea-based SPC Group. ... Read full Story
The last time the two met was in February 2024, when the prince flew to London after receiving news his father had been diagnosed with cancer. ... Read full Story
Peter Mandelson, the current U.K. ambassador to the U.S., says it is likely more embarrassing details about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein are likely to surface. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 12:04 PM
A Peruvian congressional panel OK'd a proposal to declare Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum "persona non grata" for defending ex-President Pedro Castillo ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 11:21 AM
Between January and June 2025, Ecuador's Interior Ministry recorded 294 killings of minors, compared with 196 in the first half of 2024. The 50% increase reflects a rapid deterioration in public security. ... Read full Story
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'demonstrating once again his total disregard for the path of peace.' ... Read full Story
Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk says it will layoff about 9,000 employees of its global workforce as it restructures in an attempt to fend off competition. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 10:11 AM
Protestors across France have blocked roads, transit and more as the "Block Everything" movement takes hold in the wake of the prime minister's ouster. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 10:06 AM
The EU should target China and India with trade sanctions to force them to stop buying the oil funding Russia's war on Ukraine, according to President Trump. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/10/2025 9:49 AM
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has rejected a bill that would allow same-sex partnerships on Wednesday with 14 out of the 86 lawmakers voting in favor. ... Read full Story
The incursion of Russian drones into Poland's airspace came three days after Russia’s largest aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began. ... Read full Story
A request by United States President Donald Trump to have the Supreme Court review lower court rulings that some of his tariffs were illegal has been approved for November. ... Read full Story
Poland said some of the drones came from Belarus, where Russian and Belarusian troops have begun gathering for war games starting on Friday. ... Read full Story
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.