Musk backs Lutnick for treasury secretary; G7 leaders reconfirm

Musk backs Lutnick for treasury secretary; G7 leaders reconfirm support for Ukraine, and more

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Georgia’s election commission confirmed the results of a controversial parliamentary election last month, which gave the ruling Georgian Dream party victory with 54% of the vote

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The World in Brief from The Economist

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Israel pounds Beirut suburb; fallout over Gaetz nomination continues, and more

Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, and Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, spoke on the phone for the first time in nearly two years

Published 11/16/24

Trump nominates RFK junior for health secretary; Israel strikes Syria, and more

Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy junior, a vaccine-sceptic and conspiracy-theorist, to be America’s health secretary.

Published 11/15/24