US’ Marco Rubio and France’s Emmanuel Macron The United States on Thursday strongly opposed France’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations general assembly in September.US secretary of state Marco Rubio disapproved of France’s decision, calling it ‘Hamas propaganda’ and a setback to peace efforts in the Middle East.Rubio posted on X,…
Hillary Clinton along with former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan privately expressed doubts about Joe Biden’s political viability ahead of his 2024 re-election bid, according to Biden’s White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain’s statement, as reported by Fox News.Klain’s testimony came as part of the House Oversight Committee’s ongoing probe into whether senior Biden…
Chilling new details have emerged from police files revealing that the University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger experienced unsettling incidents in the days leading up to their deaths.According to documents released by authorities on late Wednesday, the victims, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin, returned to their off-campus home in…
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially approved the $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for a deal that had faced months of political and legal wrangling. The merger will hand over control of some of the biggest names in entertainment, CBS, Paramount Pictures, the Paramount+…
Border dispute heats up (AP photo) A sharp escalation in fighting between Thai and Cambodian forces has killed at least 14 people and displaced over 100,000 civilians, according to Thai authorities. The violence- involving small arms, rockets, artillery, and airstrikes- erupted Thursday and has been escalating along the long-disputed border and continued into Friday, marking…
The United States withdrew from Gaza ceasefire negotiations on Thursday (local time), alongside Israel, after indirect talks failed to yield progress. Special envoy Steve Witkoff blamed Hamas for the collapse and said Washington would now “consider alternative options”.Witkoff accused Hamas of not “acting in good faith” and stated that the United States was bringing home…
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday near the southwestern shores of Samoa in the Pacific, according to the United States Geological Survey.The seismic event was recorded at 12:37 pm (2337 GMT Thursday), occurring 314 kilometres (195 miles) below the surface and over 400 kilometres from Samoa’s southwestern coastline, as reported by AFP, quoting USGS.The…
Astronomer HR chief Kristin Cabot’s husband was on a business trip in Japan when the Coldplay video went viral, a New York Post report claimed. Andrew Cabot, the husband of Kristin Cabot who was seen in the embrace of former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron in a Coldplay concert, was on a business trip in Japan…
Republican lawmakers introduce a new proposal to end H-1B exception for higher education staff. Amid ongoing aspersions against the H-1B visa program, a new Republican proposal was introduced by Rep Tom Tiffany and Rep Andrew Clyde proposing to scrap the H-1B visa exception for higher education staff. Currently, there is a 65,000-person cap for the…
Screengrab from Trump’s interaction with reporters during Fed visit US president Donald Trump on Thursday visited the Federal Reserve’s renovation site in Washington, DC — and used the opportunity to take fresh shots at chair Jerome Powell. Standing in front of the half-finished project, Trump mocked the rising costs. “It looks like it’s about $3.1…
