Romania’s telecoms regulator is asking for TikTok to be suspended as the country’s defence council prepares to discuss cyber risks to its elections, after a little-known ultranationalist came from nowhere to win the first round of the presidential vote. The country’s constitutional court will also examine two allegations of electoral fraud after Călin Georgescu, a…
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images Mortgage rates dropped last week, and homebuyers jumped off the fence. They drove total mortgage demand up 6.3% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or…
A dispatch from my colleague William Christou, who is on the ground in Lebanon: The roads leading from Beirut to south Lebanon were filled with traffic just hours after a ceasefire was established between Hezbollah and Israel. Hezbollah and the Amal political movement issued guidelines for residents who wanted to return to their villages, south…
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline incoming border czar, has threatened to put the mayor of Denver in jail after the latter said he was willing to risk incarceration to resist the president-elect’s migrant mass deportation plan. The threat was issued against Mike Johnston, a Democrat, who said he was not afraid of being jailed and…
Sydney and Melbourne property prices are forecast to drop by as much as 5% next year as high borrowing costs keep a lid on home values, according to a new report by SQM Research. Meanwhile, housing shortages will push up Perth prices by up to 19%, while Brisbane properties will increase in value by up…
The podcaster Joe Rogan is “repeating Russian propaganda” about the war in Ukraine, the former world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko charged in remarks on social media, adding that Rogan should invite him on his podcast to discuss the issue “like free men”. “I listen to your latest podcast,” said Klitschko, whose brother Vitali Klitschko…
Mango flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Courtesy: Mango Spanish retailer Mango is embarking on a bold expansion plan in the U.S. as it looks to shed its fast-fashion image and position itself as a premium brand. The privately held company, headquartered in Barcelona, plans to open 42 new storefronts in the…
A gunman was dead and three policemen injured after a shooting near the Israeli embassy in Jordan, a security source and state media said on Sunday. Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the Rabiah neighbourhood of Amman, state news agency Petra reported, citing public security, adding investigations were ongoing.…
About 300 families have fled sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan as fresh clashes killed 32 people. Sporadic fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan has killed about 150 over the past months. “Approximately 300 families have relocated to Hangu and Peshawar since this morning in search of safety,”…
Russia has claimed debris from US-made Atacms missile landed in Bryansk region Russia has claimed that debris from a US-made Atacms missile has landed in the Bryansk region. Russia’s state-owned news agency Tass, citing Russia’s ministry of defence, has reported that the debris fell on a military facility in the Bryansk region. It said there…
