On Sunday, President Isaac Herzog tasked Eisenkot with trying to form a government. Speaking at the president’s residence, the centrist Yashar party leader called for the formation of a “national emergency government” – an implicit appeal to parties to put ideological differences aside to remove Netanyahu from office. This, he said, would “require creative and
When the New York Times ran a list of the greatest living American songwriters earlier this year, the ranking was greeted with a lot of reader flack for not including Joni Mitchell. The newspaper’s explanation at the time was that Mitchell was — and remained — a Canadian citizen, despite residing primarily in California, thus
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema is due to be sworn in for a second five-year term on Tuesday following a disputed election and the arrest of his main opponent on treason charges. Hichilema – credited with stabilising the economy – swept to victory on 13 August with 60% of the vote, according to official results. Runner-up
New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221 on Aug. 24, 2026. The civil servants were sworn-in the same day in the largest swearing-in ceremony ever hosted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley since
The US has pledged £1bn in assistance to Colombia, after the country’s new right-wing president was sworn in on Friday. Trump ally Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an “all-out war” on what he calls “narco-terrorism”. In a statement hailing a “new era in US-Colombia relations”, the US state department announced
