Oil giant Chevron agrees to buy rival Hess for $53B
Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices …
Conflict
Israel bombards Gaza, strikes targets in Lebanon
Israel bombarded Gaza with more airstrikes on Monday as its soldiers fought Hamas militants on the ground in raids within the besieged Palestinian enclave. In signs that the conflict was …
‘High degree of confidence’ Israel didn’t strike hospital in Gaza, says Canada’s defence minister
Ottawa has a “high degree of confidence” that Israel did not strike the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after an independent review by the Canadian military, Defence Minister …
A shaky economy has forced Italy’s far-right prime minister to scale back her populist agenda
An exposé on Giorgia Meloni’s longtime partner caught on tape sexually harassing female colleagues was likely not the news Italy’s prime minister hoped would mark her one-year anniversary in power. But Meloni, who …
King Charles to acknowledge ‘painful’ history on state visit to Kenya
Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. When King Charles is in Kenya a …
Israelis living near Lebanon border fear Hezbollah may be about to join the war
On their fruit farm in Israel’s north, less than two kilometres from the border with Lebanon, brothers Nadav and Adam Ishach keep a grim souvenir of the last war that …
Amid violence and lack of critical aid, pregnant women in Gaza are at particular risk: UN
As often as she can, Rola Baker tries to speak with her family in Gaza through a shaky internet connection from her home in Moncton, N.B. Her two brothers, three …
Biden tries to keep his own team onside with Mideast stance
In a significant prime-time address Thursday night, U.S. President Joe Biden was talking to different audiences. One is generally hostile to him. The other, friendlier. The main sales pitch of …
Southeast Asia fears US neglect, ostracised Muslims and resurgent extremists as Israel-Gaza war rages on
“This feels like 9/11 again. Hamas is equated with all Palestinians, and Palestinians with Arabs, and Arabs with all Muslims,” said Syaza Farhana Mohamad Shukri, an associate professor of political …
What’s The Most Significant Car In History?
President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie Connally ride together in a convertible limousine in Dallas. Several stops later President Kennedy …