Linda McMahon is the US president-elect’s choice for education secretary, and Mehmet Oz is lined up for a healthcare job.
Category: World
Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war if US cuts funding
US President-elect Donald Trump has campaigned on a promise to end America’s involvement in wars.
‘Never’: Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion in landmark trial
Lai, one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, is accused of colluding with foreign forces.
Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes
Prosecutors say he led a “reign of terror” after the city was overrun by an al-Qaeda-linked group in 2012.
South Carolina mother asks to be freed 30 years after killing two sons
Susan Smith was convicted of killing her boys by strapping them into a car which she allowed to roll into a lake.
Vatican in row at climate talks over gender rights
Charities worry it could block a crucial deal giving women more support in the face of climate change.
Israeli strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kill 36, state media say
A UK-based monitor says the strikes hit a weapons warehouse and the homes of Iran-backed fighters.
Death penalty for Thai woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanide
The woman, dubbed Am Cyanide, is believed to be among the worst serial killers in Thai history.
Virtually no aid has reached besieged north Gaza in 40 days, UN says
The UN says bakeries and kitchens have shut down due to limited supplies in the region.
How India’s first Test tour to Australia almost didn’t happen
The tour unfolded during India’s independence and partition, with cricketers facing turmoil.