His EXELLENCY PREZ. Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with President Isaac Herzog, will have up to six weeks to establish a new government.TEL AVIV—Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday handed a mandate to Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government as negotiations over a governing coalition gained momentum.
Ukrainian cities including Kyiv have turned off streetlights to conserve energy after Russian attacks on power plants. Senior U.S. officials have begun nudging Kyiv to start thinking about peace talks in the event winter stalls its momentum, following Ukraine’s recapture of Kherson in one of its most stunning triumphs of the war.
The U.S. and China are pushing to reopen communication lines after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s August visit to Taiwan shut down many of those channels. NUSA DUA, Indonesia—President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping began a closely watched meeting on Monday that officials on both sides said was intended to repair ruptured lines of communication between the two powers and stabilize the relationship whose downward spiral in recent months has raised concerns of a new Cold War.
Moscow’s forces have hit Ukrainian positions in the east while retreating elsewhere, and analysts expect Russia to bolster efforts there with redeployed troopsRussian forces have been shelling the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, which is near Kherson, the city they withdrew from last week.
Courts have previously rejected rulings against Apple, Amazon and Starbucks, but global corporate-tax deal could address underlying issues if approved
SOME SACKED TWITTER STAFF THREATHEN TO SUE ELON MUSIK @ THE COURT; Dozens of Twitter employees were laid off today and many of them took to Twitter to announce they no longer work with the platform.
