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President Biden has been highly attuned to the politics of electric vehicles, helping to enact billions in subsidies to create new manufacturing jobs and going out of his way to court the United Automobile Workers union.But as the union and…

RLPA threaten to delay kickoff in NRL games as CBA standoff intensifies, with leading coach urging the warring parties 'don't let it go too far'Fans could see NRL and NRLW fixtures deliberately delayedPart of ongoing ugly…

Ever since Mbappé declared in May that he would not extend his PSG contract, which expires next year, tensions between the French football champion and his team have been mounting. And now they’ve reached a head, with club…

The Supreme Court will take up the cross-appeals filed by Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order on October 10. The opposing sides have filed appeals challenging…

BRUSSELS: Sweden and Turkiye made some progress in talks aimed at overcoming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to the Nordic country joining NATO but gaps still remain in their positions and their leaders will meet next week to…

LONDON: Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president, has warned that Moscow's confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could become permanent. Medvedev, once seen in the West as a liberal moderniser,…

<!-- -->Russia's embassy last week launched a last-minute injunction to temporarily hold on to the land.Canberra, Australia: Russia's bid to build a new embassy near Australia's parliament suffered a legal blow on Monday, when the…

For years, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader who conducted a brief rebellion against the Russian military, had been a loyal supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.In recent months, he continued to steer clear of…

Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing.…

The United States narrowly avoided a default when President Biden signed legislation on Saturday that allowed the Treasury Department, which was perilously close to running out of cash, permission to borrow more money to pay the nation’s…