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An expert witness retained by the defense in the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump said he has been paid nearly $900,000 for his work.

The ruling reverses a previous decision allowing Zhao, the crypto also known as CZ, to travel to his home in the United Arab Emirates before he is sentenced on Feb. 23.

Secretary of State Blinken stressed the U.S. concern for the protection of civilians in Gaza, where authorities say that over 16,000 people have been killed.

Putin has run Russia for roughly 24 years and securing another presidential win would see him remain at the helm of Russian politics until at least 2030.

The House Education Committee is launching an investigation of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania after recent testimony on Capitol Hill.

Trump has railed against the case as a politically motivated witch hunt in prior appearances at Manhattan Supreme Court.

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink fought back against Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy after they took aim at the asset manager during the Republican debate.

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said Russian spies had been running a cyber campaign against high-profile British individuals and entities since 2015.

In a dramatic move, Guterres wrote to members of the Security Council and urged them to collectively call for a full humanitarian cease-fire.

Nikki Haley's big donors saw the Republican debate as a test of whether she could maintain enough momentum to take on front-runner Donald Trump.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to shelve some human rights laws in order to get his flagship Rwanda policy through parliament.

DeSantis seized on Haley's big-money donors, some of whom have backed Democrats and progressive policies.

Washington's stated unconditional backing of Israel has been a longstanding pillar of its Middle East foreign policy.

Shkreli failed to tell his probation officer that he was leaving his home in Queens, New York for an in-person interview with Carlson at his studio in Maine.

"I know my work is only getting started," McCarthy, R-Calif., said in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

The visits are his first to the region since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Tesla faces a growing revolt in Scandinavia after Danish dockworkers joined a sympathy strike with Swedish mechanics.

Kash Patel warned that a second Trump administration would "find the conspirators, not just in the government, but in the media."

President Joe Biden has stressed that the United States believes the conflict between Israel and Hamas must end with a vision of a "two-state solution."

Nikki Haley raised over $500,000 at a fundraising event with wealthy Wall Street executives.