« La partie russe a réaffirmé sa volonté de fournir du pétrole et des produits pétroliers aux marchés américain et mondial », a déclaré le Kremlin après un appel téléphonique entre les deux dirigeants, confirmant l’annonce faite peu auparavant par Donald Trump.

The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.

Justices’ 5-4 ruling permits Trump administration appeal to block lower court order halting above-ground work A divided US supreme court has permitted Donald Trump to continue building his controversial $400m White House ballroom amid legal challenges. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices permitted the Trump administration’s request to ⁠block a lower court order which had halted above-ground construction of the project while a lawsuit by a historic preservation group seeks to block it. Continue reading...

KRSM, company that supplied fuel to Freedom Fuel Network, stole millions worth of gas, Mansfield Oil alleges

Ruling on $400mn project means building is likely to be completed

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The disclosure is the latest indication that sweeping noncitizen-voting claims promoted publicly by the Trump administration were based entirely on preliminary or unverified federal data.

Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all clear to say the product is safe’ * Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram in settlement The star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to young users. “The limitations that are in the agreement are the equivalent of saying: ‘Well you can smoke as many cigarettes as you can in two hours a day,’” said whistleblower and ex-Facebook employee Arturo Béjar. “It doesn’t make the cigarettes any safer.” Continue reading...

Selon le président ukrainien, qui s’est exprimé lors d’une réunion des Etats membres de la coalition des volontaires, la défense de son pays est actuellement confrontée à un déficit budgétaire. Des décisions de dépenses prises en début d’année ont déjà entraîné l’utilisation anticipée de fonds prévus pour le second semestre 2026.

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The president’s agenda is under strain as the Iran war pushes up prices and America’s finances worsen

A rewiring of global manufacturing is under way

That is bad news for Iranians and a possible peace deal with America

Des drones russes ont visé vendredi un centre commercial à Kryvy Rih en Ukraine, provoquant des incendies dans les magasins et la mort de 16 personnes, tandis que plus de 120 autres ont été blessées, d’après le dernier bilan.

Après l’échec des négociations, de nouveaux droits de douane américains de 50 % entrent en vigueur, samedi 22 août, sur une série de produits canadiens. Ottawa promet une riposte de même ampleur.

In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy. Uphold the decisions of the international court of justice and the international criminal court. Suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement for breach of human rights provisions. Suspend arms transfers to and from Israel and all bilateral military cooperation. Insist on unrestricted aid access to Gaza, led by the UN Relief and Works Agency, other UN agencies and international NGOs, with consequences for non-compliance, and access too for journalists, diplomats and parliamentarians. Ban all trade with settlements, including goods, investment, insurance and other financial services. Warn potential bidders for the “red line” E1 settlement or other settlement financing/construction that their interests in and with the UK and France will suffer. Make it an offence for British and French citizens to buy property on stolen Palestinian land and remove charitable status from “charities” funding settlements. Continue reading...

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La Russie a mené sept frappes dans le raïon de Zaporijia, dans le sud de l’Ukraine, tuant deux personnes. Par ailleurs, deux personnes ont été tuées et huit blessées par une frappe sur Boryspil, en banlieue de la capitale ukrainienne.

Volodymyr Zelensky, le président ukrainien, a dénoncé « une attaque brutale » sur la commune « là où se trouvent un bureau de poste et des magasins, et où sont situées uniquement des habitations ».

Au début d’août, une série d’opérations de déstabilisation avaient calomnié les deux candidats à l’élection présidentielle, tout comme le patron de Place publique, Raphaël Glucksmann.

President has sued the broadcaster for $10bn, claiming a documentary on 2021 Capitol attack led to financial harm Donald Trump’s legal team is making an 11th-hour attempt to block a court order that would grant the BBC access to the president’s financial records, as part of his multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British broadcaster. Trump claims that the BBC’s 2024 documentary on the January 6 attacks have damaged the president’s business interests. In July, a Miami-based judge ruled that the president would have to start handing over detailed financial records to the BBC by 6 August. The records would reveal details into the hundreds of businesses owned by the US president’s family trust. Continue reading...

Trois géants du secteur ont conclu un accord avec la justice américaine pour s’être entendus sur les prix pendant plusieurs années. Ils devront remettre ces œufs à des banques alimentaires et à des ONG.

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

La société, qui compte 17 sites de production et dont le siège se trouve à Rians, dans le Cher, est entrée en négociations exclusives avec le géant mondial en vue d’une cession totale de son capital.

« Tout pays qui se dresse comme bouclier défensif de l’Amérique criminelle et agresseuse sera voué aux flammes de la guerre », a menacé le chef de l’armée iranienne, le général Ali Abdollahi.

The president no longer treats the people who defeated him as voters. He treats them as suspects

Political prosecutions are just part of a more radical reinvention

Le pays le plus peuplé au monde est aussi l’un des plus exposé aux chaleurs humides extrêmes. Une étude vient de calculer pour la première fois la surmortalité liée aux chaleurs extrêmes en Inde, de plus en plus fréquentes.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the DOJ seeks to “clean nearly 1 million dirty voter names from California’s voter rolls."

Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife * Europe live – latest updates Newly revealed documents from inside the most powerful farming lobby in Europe reveal how it delayed, gutted and overturned some of the most sweeping farming reforms in EU history, including a plan to cut pesticide use in half. Copa Cogeca describes itself as the voice of 22 million farmers across the continent, and enjoys unrivalled access to EU lawmakers. It has even been described as a “partner in policymaking”. Continue reading...