Salman Rushdie’s alleged assailant seeks plea deal with US (www.semafor.com)
Hadi Matar, the man accused of nearly fatally stabbing British-American writer Salman Rushdie, is negotiating a plea agreement with both US state and federal prosecutors that could shed light on whether a foreign government or terrorist organization was involved in the attack, officials involved in the case told Semafor....
Israel War Cabinet member Benny Gantz files motion to dissolve parliament (www.semafor.com)
Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz announced Wednesday his centrist National Unity party has introduced a bill to dissolve the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which would trigger an early election....
South Africa’s ANC on course to lose majority in early projections (www.semafor.com)
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since coming to power after the end of apartheid 30 years ago, according to projections based on early election results....
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics (www.semafor.com)
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
How Nigeria’s economy cratered in President Tinubu’s first year (www.semafor.com)
LAGOS — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu vowed to usher in an era of renewed hope when he was inaugurated into office a year ago. Twelve months later, the prices of food and fuel have doubled, driving increasingly loud discontent....
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Young voters overwhelmingly believe that almost all politicians are corrupt and that the country will end up worse off than when they were born, according to new polling from Democratic firm Blueprint obtained exclusively by Semafor....
‘A dying empire led by bad people’: Poll finds young voters despairing over US politics | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Judge holds Trump in contempt of court, raises threat of jail time | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Donald Trump courts an increasingly friendly Libertarian Party | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Iran sought mass casualties in Israel strike, U.S. officials say | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
The Intercept is running out of cash (www.semafor.com)
Zimbabwe is grappling with its sixth currency change in 16 years (www.semafor.com)
Nebraska GOP plan to deny Biden an electoral vote picks up momentum (www.semafor.com)
Nebraska Republicans mobilized to change how their state awards electoral votes on Wednesday, with key legislators in Lincoln endorsing the plan and Democrats scrambling to stop it....
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free ski passes (www.semafor.com)
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free annual ski passes worth around $4,000....
Trump and Nebraska governor push to deny Biden a crucial electoral vote | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Some US politicians are moving to ban lab grown meat. (www.semafor.com)
EU may allow Ukraine eased entry into bloc | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Ukraine and other candidate nations could see a staggered entry into the EU.
George Santos is running for Congress (www.semafor.com)
Tonight, I want to announce that I will be returning to the arena of politics and challenging Nick [LaLota] for the battle over #NY1,” Santos told Semafor in a statement. “I look forward to debating him on the issues and on his weak record as a Republican. The fight for our majority is imperative for the survival of the...
TikTok campaign against ban backfires (www.semafor.com)
A House committee unanimously advanced legislation that would force ByteDance to divest the social media app TikTok, despite congressional offices being bombarded with calls from TikTokers who were urged by the platform to call their representatives to protest the bill.