Residents in the United States are set to experience significant changes to the country’s tax code, healthcare system and government benefits at the start of 2026. That’s because, on Thursday, certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending package are scheduled to take effect. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the package was signed into...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached the end of his latest trip to the United States and appears to have gained what he wants from President Donald Trump. Trump hailed Netanyahu after their meeting on Monday, calling him a “hero” and saying Israel – and by extension its prime minister – had “lived up to the plan 100 percent” in reference to the US president’s signature Gaza...

“Bienvenue a Bamako!” The fixer, the minder and the men linked to the Malian government were waiting for us at the airport in Bamako. Polite, smiling – and watchful. It was late December, and we had just taken an Air Burkina flight from Dakar, Senegal across the Sahel, where a storm of political upheaval and armed violence has unsettled the region in recent years. Recommended Stories list of...