World,Business & Commerce
President Donald Trump announced Friday that domestic automakers will receive extended relief from tariffs on auto parts, prolonging a previously short-term rebate through 2030.The proclamation also formalized a 25% import tax on medium and heavy-duty trucks, effective Nov. 1. The measures aim to bo...
World
As Russia’s invasion continues to uproot millions, an American developer’s private effort is bringing renewed hope to displaced Ukrainians. Dell Loy Hansen, a 72-year-old real estate developer from Utah, has spent over $140 million building and restoring homes across Ukraine since 2022.H...
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu narrowly survived two no-confidence votes in Parliament on Thursday, avoiding a government collapse that could have plunged France deeper into political chaos.The outcome gives Lecornu a temporary reprieve and allows him to focus on his next major test ...
In a stunning shift in global military power, India has leapfrogged China to claim the title of the third most powerful air force in the world, reports Newsweek.While the United States continues to dominate, followed by Russia, India’s rise signals a dramatic recalibration in Asia’s stra...
National,World,Politics
History is replete with powerful leaders forced to abandon their thrones and flee — driven out by mass protests, uprisings, and military coups. Many once seen as untouchable have gone into exile to escape imprisonment, execution, or political revenge.The latest to join that list is Madagascar&...
World,Science & Technology
As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a group of scientists stood on a barge, carefully lowering more than a mile of fiber-optic cable into the cold waters of the Salish Sea — home to the region’s endangered orcas.Their experiment aims to turn the same fiber-optic strands that transmit glo...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he has authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said his administration is also weighing possible land operations there.The rare public acknowledgement of a CIA operation follows a series ...
From South America’s Andes to Asia’s Himalayas, a new generation is rising in protest. Around the world, young people angry at governments and frustrated with inequality, corruption, and economic hardship are leading a wave of demonstrations that share a common identity — “Ge...
The United Nations on Thursday called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring “a lasting end to hostilities” after days of cross-border fighting left dozens dead and hundreds injured.The recent clashes mark the deadliest confrontation between the two neighbors since 2021, when the Taliban t...
Senior Ukrainian officials met with major U.S. weapons manufacturers ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House later this week, as Kyiv seeks stronger military support in its war with Russia.A delegation led by Andrii Yermak, head of t...
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the rebel offensive that toppled former President Bashar Assad last year, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday in his first visit to the country that granted asylum to the ousted leader.Putin welcomed al-Sharaa at the Kr...
World,ICT,Science & Technology
Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday.Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that “following outreach” from the DOJ, Facebook removed a “large group pag...
NATO’s newest members, Finland and Sweden, announced Wednesday that they will purchase additional U.S. weapons for Ukraine, following reports of a recent drop in foreign military aid to the country.This summer, NATO began coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine, ai...
The European Commission has imposed fines totaling over 157 million euros (around $183 million) on luxury fashion brands Gucci, Chloé, and Loewe for anti-competitive practices that restricted independent retailers from setting prices for their products.The Commission said the brands’ re...
More than a dozen Afghan civilians were killed and over 100 others injured as fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared again along their shared border early Wednesday, officials said.Hostilities have persisted since Saturday, when dozens died across multiple border regions. Afghanistan claim...
Torrential rains and landslides have devastated central and eastern Mexico, isolating some 300 communities and leaving at least 64 people dead and dozens missing, authorities said Tuesday.Triggered by two tropical storms converging off Mexico’s Pacific coast, the deluge unleashed deadly floodi...
The United States has seized more than $14 billion worth of bitcoin and charged Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Holding Group, in one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency fraud cases.Prosecutors accused Chen and his associates of operating a massive “pig butchering&rd...
Russian forces carried out overnight airstrikes using glide bombs and drones on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, hitting a hospital and injuring seven people, local officials said Tuesday.Regional head Oleh Syniehubov said the city’s main hospital was struck, forcing the evacuatio...
World,Politics
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday dissolved the lower house of parliament, escalating a deepening political crisis after a military rebellion forced him to flee and go into hiding.A decree announcing the immediate dissolution of the National Assembly was posted on the presidenc...
World,Business & Commerce,ICT,Science & Technology
Meta announced on Tuesday that teenagers using Instagram will now be limited to PG-13 content by default, and they won’t be able to change the setting without parental consent.The new restriction means teens will only see photos and videos similar to what would be allowed in a PG-13 movie &mda...
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