White House says Biden believes Saudi Arabia has sided with Russia after OPEC+ cut

Oil is not a weapon: Saudi Arabian minister of state Adel Al-Jubeir

The White House said Tuesday that President Biden believes Saudi Arabia has effectively sided with Russia’s war aims in Ukraine following the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance’s announcement last week that it would cut oil production. “We believe by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, (Saudi Arabia is) certainly aligning themselves with Russia,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during …

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Durham probe: FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate Trump allegations in dossier

Durham probe: FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate Trump allegations in dossier

The FBI offered ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate salacious allegations made in his dossier against Donald Trump and members of his 2016 campaign, but he was unable to do so, an FBI official testified Tuesday. FBI supervisory counterintelligence analyst Brian Auten was the first witness in the trial of Igor Danchenko, the Russian national who served …

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Meghan Markle once left King Charles in shock with her unexpected response

Meghan Markle once left King Charles in shock with her unexpected response

Meghan Markle surprised King Charles III with her unexpected response to his offering to walk her down the aisle, a book has claimed. Robert Hardman, royal author, in his book “Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II”, has given insight into what happened, including Meghan’s response to Charles’s kind gesture which left the King somewhat taken aback. Prince …

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Celebrities react to Angela Lansbury’s death: ‘A glorious one’

Celebrities react to Angela Lansbury's death: 'A glorious one'

Fellow celebrities are remembering the five-time Tony-winning actress Angela Lansbury, who died in her sleep on Tuesday at age 96. “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander was among the mourners, tweeting out a message of sorrow: “The great Angela Lansbury – one of the most versatile, talented, graceful, kind, witty, wise, classy ladies I’ve ever met has left us,” he wrote. “Her …

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Paulson Removes Himself As Thorns, Timbers CEO Amid NWSL Scandal

Paulson Removes Himself As Thorns, Timbers CEO Amid NWSL Scandal

Merritt Paulson removed himself as the CEO the Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers and the National Women’s Soccer League’s Thorns Tuesday in the aftermath of a bombshell investigation that uncovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the NWSL. The results of the independent investigation–commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and led by former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates and the …

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Israeli soldier shot and killed by Palestinian militant in West Bank

Israeli soldiers work near site where an Israeli soldier was killed by Palestinian militant gunfire near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Shavei Shomron, on Oct. 11, 2022.

An Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting in the northern West Bank, the army announced, saying that forces were searching for the attackers. It was the latest in a wave of deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence in the area. It came days after a female Israeli soldier was killed at a checkpoint in east Jerusalem, and 24 hours after …

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