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It's unlikely centuries of precedent would be overturned to nationalize US elections process, despite calls from Donald Trump, experts say.  The US president made repeated comments this week that the Republican Party — which holds slender majorities in both houses of the US Congress — should "do something" about how elections are run in the US.  "The federal government

The Iranian regime is hoping for a way out of its current security predicament, as its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepares to hold direct talks with US President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in Oman on Friday.  Iranian media reports suggest the talks are likely to focus on a package of proposals drawn

Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that it had summoned the German Ambassador's representative to inform them that it had declared a staff member at the German Embassy persona non grata.  The ministry linked the move to a decision by the German government to expel an employee of the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month

As global heating worsens, interest in solar engineering is rising, including from private companies and investors. But the technique remains controversial and lacks regulation. The planet is heating up faster than expected. Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise at record rates, leaving the world off track to limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)

A major investor in a new American football league in Europe believes the time is right for a sustainable pan-European competition, despite a host of previous failures. David Gandler, who co-founded the sports streaming service Fubo, said he has personally invested "seven figures" in the European Football Alliance (EFA). The new league is planning to

Cologne Carnival's Rose Monday Parade, scheduled for February 16, promises to be as scandalous as usual. The procession consists of 120 floats, including "persiflage floats" — satirical, mocking floats that are the centerpiece of the event.  As usual, some of the world's major politicians will be symbolically roasted. Float builders tend to use the occasion

A flurry of announcements this week is reshaping efforts by the United States and the European Union to loosen China's grip on rare earth minerals, the building blocks of next-generation technology. US President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled Project Vault, a plan to build a US strategic stockpile of critical minerals, expand domestic rare-earth processing capacity and secure long‑term supply deals with

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Ye, the US rapper and record producer known as Kanye West, has taken out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal, expressing regret for years of antisemitic behavior. In the ad, he wrote that he "lost touch with reality" and blamed his actions on an undiagnosed brain injury from a 2002 car crash and untreated