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Nov 23, 2025 - World

Rumours about the marriage of US Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance circulated this week after photos of the Second Lady attending a public event without her wedding ring surfaced on social media.

Nov 23, 2025 - World

Vineyard owners say sales slump, Trump tariffs and worst harvest in 70 years have put producers in danger of closureFrench winemakers are often accused of viewing the glass as half empty. Dire warnings about the state of the sector – one of the three pillars of the country’s economy – are a hardy perennial blamed on everything from geopolitics to a drop in the number of drinkers.Before a crisis meeting with the agriculture minister on Monday, vineyard owners say an unprecedented series of setbacks, including some of the worst harvests in 70 years, has left many of them on their last legs. Continue reading...

Nov 23, 2025 - World

The army secretary has little in his résumé to suggest he can end the war between Russia and UkraineLittle in Dan Driscoll’s résumé – past or present – suggests he has the qualifications to understand the often-tortured and bloody history of relations between Russia and Ukraine.A former investment banker with a degree in business administration, the current US army secretary’s main calling card for a prominent role in the Trump administration may be a friendship with JD Vance dating from when they were at Yale Law School together. Continue reading...

Nov 23, 2025 - World

They are waiting for Donald Trump's administration to decide the fate of a humanitarian program that allowed some 260,000 people who fled the war in Ukraine to live and work in the US.

Nov 23, 2025 - World

Afghanistan's Minister of Industry and Commerce, Al-Haj Nooruddin Azizi, met members of the Spices Board of India during his ongoing five-day visit to New Delhi.