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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, June 8 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court’s governing body said on Monday following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him. A diplomatic source briefed on the …
GENEVA, June 8 (Reuters) – Spending on nuclear weapons by the world’s nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost a fifth in 2025 to $119 billion, a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said on Tuesday. The 19% increase from 2024 produced the highest expenditure on nuclear weapons since the campaign group began …
Maine voters voice support for Platner on eve of primary despite controversies – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic voters in Maine are still voicing support for Graham Platner despite the string of scandals that have rocked his campaign for U.S. Senate. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Maine a day ahead of the primary …
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: The Washington Post on the conditions for immigrant detainees The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit this week against the operator of a privately run immigration detention center in Newark, claiming that health inspectors were denied full access to the facility. It’s the latest …
ABUJA, June 8 (Reuters) – Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region’s worsening security. Police said 39 people were seized on Sunday when they went to a meeting in the forest near Magamin Diddi …
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston …
Former Sen. Bill Bradley on Trump visit to Finals game: “He’s second fiddle” – CBS News Watch CBS News Former Sen. Bill Bradley won two NBA championships as a player with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973. He joined CBS News to discuss President Trump’s planned visit to Madison Square Garden for Game …
Where things stand in the Middle East after Iran and Israel suspend first attacks since ceasefire – CBS News Watch CBS News Iran and Israel said Monday that they had halted military operations after exchanging their first attacks since a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran came into effect in early April. CBS News’ Charlie …
OpenAI has filed a confidential initial public offering, the ChatGPT maker said Monday, bringing it one step closer to its official market debut. “We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it,” OpenAI said in a statement published Monday to its website. “We have not decided on timing yet; …
SpaceX is set this week to launch as a publicly traded company, giving ordinary investors a chance to participate in what is expected to be the biggest initial public offering of all time. While SpaceX will be held primarily by CEO Elon Musk, company employees and private investors, the Texas-based company will set aside a …