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Iran’s Supreme era coming to end? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei names successors; son’s name missing

Staring at an uncertain future, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly named three senior clerics as potential successors marking an unprecedented move since the Iran-Israel war began, suggesting that he is preparing for the end of his more than three-decade rule.According to a New York Times report, Khamenei’s son Mojtaba, who is also […]

MAGA got played again? Outrage over Trump’s ‘we have 500,000 Chinese students coming in’ statement

Trump said he had always been in favor of foreign students including those from China. MAGA activists were up in arms as President Donald Trump ‘chickened out’ and said that he had always been in favor of foreign students coming to the US, including the Chinese students. “I think it’s a great thing,” Trump said. […]

‘Trump Card is coming’: $5m gold card offering US residency now accepting applications; key details

(Source: Donald Trump’s Truth Social account) The much-hyped “Trump Card” is now officially open for registration, offering wealthy foreigners a chance to join a waiting list. US President Donald Trump describes it as a premium route toward US citizenship, for a hefty $5 million price tag.The official website, TrumpCard.gov, features an image of the shiny […]

Why are white refugees from South Africa coming to the US?

A group of 59 white South Africans, mainly Afrikaners, arrived in the United States this week under a refugee resettlement initiative led by President Donald Trump. The programme, introduced earlier this year, has fast-tracked applications from members of this white minority group, with Trump claiming they are victims of racially motivated violence and “genocide” in […]

A tariff-ic century? 100 key decisions Trump took since coming back to the White House

File photo of US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office this January has felt more like a seismic event than a simple transition of power. In just 100 days, he has dismantled core pillars of the New Deal and Great Society, upended decades of free-trade commitments, and […]

Semiconductor tariffs coming, may be this week, hints US president

US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has signalled that he will announce further tariffs this week on semiconductors. The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars, toys and other goods. Speaking Sunday night from Air Force One, the president said tariffs on electronics would “be […]

New tariffs ‘coming soon’: US trade secretary says duty exemptions for electronics temporary

US administration’s recent decision to exempt various electronic devices from tariffs introduced earlier this month is not permanent, said commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Sunday.He clarified that these products would soon face “semiconductor tariffs,” expected to be implemented within “a month or two.”Speaking at ABC news’ ‘This Week’ programme, Lutnick said, “All those products are […]