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Hunter Biden, seen in July 2023, is charged with nine counts of failing to file and pay taxes, tax evasion and filing false tax returns

Hunter Biden Indicted On Tax Evasion Charges

Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and business dealings.
A third presidential term for Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a certainty

No Surprises In Store As Egypt Heads To Polls

Egypt is gearing up this month for a presidential election certain to win incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a third term in office, despite rising public discontent as the country faces its worst ever economic crisis.
A rash of dire warnings has appeared in US media that a second Trump presidency could slide into dictatorship

'Dictator' Trump Warnings Spook America

Could a second Donald Trump presidency slide into dictatorship? The most eye-opening piece appeared in The Washington Post by conservative commentator Robert Kagan, with the headline: "A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable.
The Justice Department says it has caught a Cuban spy who worked as a career US diplomat

Former US Ambassador Charged With Spying For Cuba

A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested and charged with spying for Cuba over a 40-year span, the Justice Department announced Monday, detailing a shock betrayal by a suspect who called the United States "the enemy."
US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and his wife Nancy meet Israeli Prime minister Golda Meir in Tel Aviv on May 2, 1974

Kissinger Transformed Middle East, Where Turmoil Reigns Again

It was the original shuttle diplomacy. Kissinger, the titan of US diplomacy who died Wednesday at 100, left a deeply controversial legacy in much of the world but, at least inside the United States, he won wide praise for transforming Middle East politics.
Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former president Donald Trump look set for a rematch in 2024

Five Elections In 2024 That Will Shape The Global Order

Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Poll after poll shows that a majority of voters think the gaffe-prone Democrat is too old to be commander-in-chief, despite his likely rival, ex-president Donald Trump making similar slip-ups at 77.

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