North Carolina fire: Raleigh convention center engulfed in massive blaze – watch

A fire on the roof of the Raleigh convention center was contained within an hour on Monday night after a natural gas incident sparked flames around 9.30pm, according to city of Raleigh officials. No injuries were reported.City spokeswoman Julia Milstead told WRAL that the blaze was restricted to the roof and did not spread into […]

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From Treaty of Cow to Vienna Convention: What if history negotiated Gaza – under Donald Trump of course

The world witnessed Donald Trump making his “8th” peace deal in the Middle East, where he urged leaders to set aside “old feuds” with a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, discussing the future of the largely destroyed Gaza Strip.Against this contemporary backdrop, one can’t help but imagine history’s most unusual peace deals applied to […]

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Cory Booker makes controversial ‘Nazi’ gesture at convention, Elon Musk reacts

US senator Cory Booker (Video grab from X @nicksortor) A gesture made by US senator Cory Booker at the California Democratic convention on Saturday is drawing widespread comparisons to a similar move by Elon Musk earlier this year, and now, Musk himself has weighed in.Booker concluded his speech to delegates with an extended-arm gesture that […]

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