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The Trump administration issued a visa last month to the US-sanctioned deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to allow her to deliver a briefing on Libya to the UN Security Council in New York, Middle East Eye can reveal. Nazhat Shameem Khan, who is from Fiji, and her fellow deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang, who is from Senegal, were hit with US sanctions in August. This came after they took on the prosecutorial responsibilities of Karim Khan – the chief prosecutor who has been on leave since May pending the result of a UN investigation into sexual misconduct allegations…

Sunderland, meanwhile, have been handed a clean bill of health from the squad that faced AFC Bournemouth last time out, with Noah Sadiki passed match-fit.Regis Le Bris, though, will remain without longer-term absentees Aji Alese and Habib Diarra at Anfield.Leo Hjelde and Dennis Cirkin also continue to build up their fitness after recently returning for the club’s U21s side following injury.The Black Cats boss, who himself is facing up to seven of his players departing his squad ahead of AFCON, said: “We have a strong group. We don’t have any [new] injuries and the players who haven’t played much before…

If you’re doing any of your holiday shopping in person this year, you may be asked if you’d like to sign up for a store credit card at checkout. It’s a tempting offer. You can generally apply right there at the register, and doing so often means a sizeable discount on your purchase. But before signing anything, make sure you know exactly what kind of deal you’re getting, says Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate who focuses on the credit industry. “It’s definitely a big buyer beware,” he says. “A lot of us are going to be offered…

Artificial intelligence startup Mistral released a new suite of models Tuesday as it looks to keep pace with leading AI labs Google, OpenAI and DeepSeek. The French company’s announcement follows on from model releases from the likes of DeepSeek and Google in recent weeks, as AI labs across the globe scramble to remain at the frontier of research while also building out commercial operations. Mistral’s release includes a large model which it claims is the “world’s best open-weight multimodal and multilingual.” It also announced the release of a small model the company says can be used in robotics, devices and drones.Founded in…

Joanna Stober, Midi Health CEO and co-founder, has never had an opportunity to run her business plans past legendary venture capital investor John Doerr, chairman at Kleiner Perkins. But that didn’t stop her from tapping Doerr, in an AI version, for advice on growing her startup, a virtual clinic offering midlife health care for women.”He is basically accessible to you on ChatGPT,” Strober told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin in the latest episode of the “CNBC Changemakers and Power Players” podcast. A former venture capitalist herself, Strober co-founded Midi Health in 2021. Today, the company has a network of 400 women’s health…

Xabi Alonso said he’s spoken to Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, and his players, with the club focused on “turning results around” despite speculation about the coach’s future.Alonso is under pressure just four months into his debut season at the Bernabéu after a run of one win in five games in all competitions, including Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Girona.On Wednesday, Madrid face another tough match, away at Athletic Club, after title rivals Barcelona and Atlético Madrid play each other on Tuesday.Editor’s Picks2 Related”I’ve spoken with [Florentino], the conversations and tone are positive,” Alonso said in a news conference on Tuesday.…

A Boeing 777-9 prepares to land at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 17, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty ImagesBoeing is continuing to express optimism about its business as the company wraps up the year and looks at 2026.Chief Financial Officer Jay Malave said Tuesday at a UBS conference that the company expects deliveries of both its 737 and 787 jets to be up next year.”When you now fast forward to 2026, we’re going to be increasing our deliveries,” Malave said. Boeing’s stock rose more than 10% Tuesday after Malave’s comments.He added…

Andrew Rendon liked some elements of his commute, though many people wouldn’t. That’s because his commute entailed a roughly 2.5-hour drive and a flight to boot.Rendon, a 31-year-old DevOps — or development and operations — engineer, and his wife used to live and work in central New Jersey, but within the past year the couple moved to North Carolina, where his wife found a job. His in-laws had also recently moved south.Rendon and his wife had been renting in New Jersey but he says they knew buying a home there would be too expensive.”The same square footage, the same type…

Michael Burry attends the premiere of “The Big Short” at Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2015 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty ImagesMichael Burry questioned Tesla’s valuation as the investor of “The Big Short” fame took aim at the practice of technology companies issuing tons of stock-based compensation and excluding it from earnings results.The investor argues that when accounting for the true profits that include the cost of this compensation and its negative dilution of the company’s value over time, companies like Tesla should have lower valuations.”Tesla’s market capitalization is ridiculously overvalued today and has been for a good…

MongoDB shares ripped 22% higher on Tuesday after the company blew past Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations and lifted its forecast as its cloud database platform gained traction with customers. The database software provider posted adjusted earnings of $1.32 per share on $628 million in revenue. That topped the 80 cents adjusted per share and $592 million in revenue expected by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenues grew 19% from last year.MongoDB said its Atlas platform grew 30% from a year ago and accounted for 75% of total revenues for the quarter. The company said it ended the period with more than…