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The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of the network’s audience has a different political viewpoint. During the Democrats’ first two days, Fox personalities called the proceedings “boring” and filled with “a lot of hate.” There was a focus on demonstrations outside the arena while many of the speakers inside went unheard on the air. Presidential nominee Kamala Harris was given nicknames like “the princess” and “comrade Kamala.” “We’re at the DNC,” Sean Hannity quipped, “so you don’t have to be.” Fox’s telecast…

Charlamagne tha God suggested former President Trump is no longer interested in running for president, pointing to what he described as the GOP nominee’s lack of energy at a Tuesday rally in Michigan. In a Wednesday segment of his show, “The Breakfast Club,” an audio clip of Trump from the rally in Howell, Mich., was played, during which the former president appeared to talk slower and lower than normal. “He don’t wanna be there no more, man,” Charlamagne said of the audio clip. “You can hear it in his voice. Donald Trump is over it. He does not want to be the…

Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes. The announcement from the foreign ministry in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, comes as the BRICS alliance has seen a major expansion. For over a decade, the bloc included just five nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates joined in January, and Saudi Arabia has said it’s considering doing so as well. The club already includes some of…

Italian authorities say a fifth body has been found in the search for those missing from the “Bayesian” superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily earlier in the week. The head of Sicily’s civil protection agency Salvatore Cocina told CNN on Wednesday that the fifth body had been located on the yacht but has not yet been recovered or identified. The news comes after four bodies were found by divers earlier Wednesday, though the identities of those found remain unclear.A CNN team on the ground saw Italian authorities move four body bags from rescue boats to ambulances at the Sicilian port…

Millions of fans, one recording-breaking artist, almost 150 sold-out shows and a rotating wardrobe of 11 designers: These have been the winning ingredients of Taylor Swift’s renowned world tour. More than halfway through its run, the Eras Tour is now officially the highest-grossing string of concerts of all time, having earnt over $1 billion in revenue from more than four million ticket sales worldwide. So astronomical is Swift’s success, she is less a music megastar than an economic tour de force — with her gigs generating more than $5 billion for local economies, according to the US Travel Association. Performing a musical oeuvre…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed “flourishing” trade ties with China during a meeting with a top Chinese official in Moscow as the two countries bolster their partnership in the face of mounting frictions with the West. Speaking to Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Putin said Russia-China “large-scale joint plans and projects” in economic and humanitarian areas would “continue for many years,” according to a Kremlin readout. Li, China’s No. 2 official under leader Xi Jinping, had traveled to Moscow for a longstanding annual meeting with Russia’s prime minister, which focused on economic and practical cooperation as the Kremlin continues to look to Beijing…

Sphen the gentoo penguin – one half of a world-famous same-sex “power couple” – has died in Australia, aged 11. He and his partner Magic shot to global stardom in 2018 when they fell in love at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, later adopting and raising two chicks. Their romance has inspired a Mardi Gras float, been referenced in Australia’s education syllabus, and even featured in the Netflix series Atypical. The Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said Sphen had an “immeasurable” impact around the world as a symbol of equality and a conduit for the conservation cause.The penguin’s health had deteriorated…

Firms across the UK’s oil and gas supply chain have expressed “grave concern” about government plans to hike windfall taxes and eliminate investment incentives to an industry that supports 200,000 jobs. In an open letter to HM Treasury, seen by the BBC, 42 companies have warned that official plans threaten £200bn of investment in all forms of domestic energy, including renewables. The signatories include manufacturing, engineering and technology companies. The Treasury said, however, that its industrial strategy would create “thousands of new jobs in the industries of the future”. The government currently plans to increase windfall taxes on oil and…

During a week designed to celebrate the party’s successes, Democrats on Wednesday sought to confront one of their biggest political weaknesses. Speakers at the Democratic National Convention tried to flip the script on Republican criticism of their immigration record, praising the Biden administration’s efforts and calling Kamala Harris “tough as nails” on the issue. Donald Trump and his Republican allies have made the border a focal point of their criticism Ms Harris, calling her a “failed border czar”. While record numbers of migrants were detained at the border during the Biden administration, the number of unlawful crossings has now fallen…

US prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Chinese dissident living in the US, accusing him of being an agent of Beijing’s intelligence service. Yuanjun Tang, 67, was arrested on Wednesday in the New York City, the US department of justice (DOJ) said in a statement. He is alleged to have spied on US-based Chinese democracy activists and dissidents. Mr. Tang, now a naturalised US citizen, is also accused of making false statements to the FBI. The BBC could not immediately identify a lawyer for Mr Tang.In Wednesday’s statement, the DOJ said Mr Tang “was charged by criminal complaint with…