WORLD

Biden supports bringing adversarial nations into new UN cyber crime alliance

1:16 am November 13, 2024

The Biden administration will support a U.N. treaty this week that will create a new cybercrime convention that includes China and Russia — which has not sat well with some lawmakers and critics. Since 2001, the global governance around cybercrime has largely been coordinated by the Budapest Convention, a product of the Council of Europe […]

Idaho high school teacher under investigation after allegedly wishing ‘unwanted pregnancy’ on Trump supporter

1:03 am November 13, 2024

An Idaho high school teacher is under investigation over controversial comments she appeared to make on a Facebook post following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 is investigating comments made by Century High School teacher Lori Lombard after screenshots appeared to show her wishing an “unwanted pregnancy” on a Trump supporter. Lombard also […]

Israeli leader tells Biden ‘we have to get hostages back’ who are ‘going through hell in dungeons of Gaza’

12:43 am November 13, 2024

Israel and the U.S. “have to get the hostages back” who are “going through hell in the dungeons of Gaza,” one of the country’s leaders told President Biden while visiting the White House Tuesday. “I know that you’re working very hard to make sure that this war will end and that there will be, first […]

Germany braces under collapsing government and looming Trump trade war

12:30 am November 13, 2024

With the re-election of former President Donald Trump to the White House and the collapse of the coalition government under German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany is bracing for an economically and politically dubious time. From the campaign trail, Trump pledged to increase import tariffs on friends and foes alike under the “Trump Reciprocal Trade Act” […]

Trump rally comedian doubles down on Puerto Rico joke after backlash: ‘I apologize to absolutely nobody’

12:30 am November 13, 2024

The pro-Trump comedian who faced backlash for his joke about Puerto Rico during a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump last month said he wouldn’t apologize for his jokes and lashed out at the media for trying to “slander” him. Tony Hinchcliffe addressed the uproar over his comedy set on the latest episode of […]