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Australian PM Albanese’s plane makes emergency landing: Crew member injured; visit follows $8.5bn minerals deal with US

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (AP) The plane carrying Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday night after departing Washington, DC, due to an onboard injury.The aircraft, a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A, safely diverted and landed at St Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, a defence spokesperson confirmed […]

‘Ban superintelligence’: Calls grow over risks of AI; Harry, Meghan sign letter

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attend the third annual World Mental Health Day Gala (Image credits: AP) In an unusual coalition, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and prominent figures from the worlds of tech, politics, and entertainment have joined forces with conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck. Their common […]

Russia-Ukraine war: Europe and Kyiv develop 12-Point peace plan to end conflict; Trump to oversee implementation

European nations are reportedly collaborating with Ukraine on a 12-point plan to end Russia’s war along existing front lines, rejecting Vladimir Putin’s renewed demands for Kyiv to cede territory in exchange for peace. A peace board chaired by US President Donald Trump would oversee the plan’s implementation, as per sources cited by Bloomberg. The proposal […]

White House diwali party: Donald Trump mispronounces names of Indian-Americans; calls Sergio Gor ‘nice and easy’ name

Donald Trump celebrating Diwali at White House (AP image) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended Diwali greetings to attendees at the White House. The celebrations were marked by his familiar struggle with pronouncing several Indian-American leaders’ names, adding to a long history of amusing mispronunciations.He initially struggled to pronounce ‘Diwali’ but later pronounced it […]

Russia-Ukraine war: Did Donald Trump pressure Zelenskyy to give up eastern Donbas in ‘tense’ meeting? It was Putin’s key demands

President Donald Trump greeted Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House (AP photo) During a recent meeting in Washington, US President Donald Trump reportedly pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to consider relinquishing the eastern Donbas region in exchange for peace, according to a senior Ukrainian official speaking to AFP. The discussions, described as “tense” […]

Donald Trump seeks $230 million from Justice Department | World News

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his Justice Department might owe $230 million — and he’d be the one to decide whether to cut himself a check.Trump is seeking $230 million as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would give […]

Who is Paul Ingrassia? Donald Trump’s nominee to lead Special Counsel office withdraws over racist texts flap

After the “racist and pro Nazi” chats leaked, US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening. Paul Ingrassia had been scheduled to attend his confirmation hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) during the week. However, on Monday, Politico reported a text […]

‘Don’t want to waste time’: Donald Trump on Vladimir Putin’s Budapest summit being shelved – watch

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he did not want a “wasted meeting” with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expressing his frustration with previous fruitless attempts at resolving the Ukraine war.Reacting to his Budapest summit with Putin being shelved, he said, “I don’t want to have a wasted meeting. I don’t want to have […]

Diwali at White House: Donald Trump lights lamps, says ‘spoke with PM Modi, discussed trade, Pakistan’ – watch

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two leaders talked about trade and Pakistan situation. The conversation came on the occasion of Diwali, as he went on to light lamps at the White House.“Let me extend our warmest wishes to the people of India. I […]

How George Soros plans to battle Donald Trump | World News

For decades, George Soros has been the American right’s favourite villain — a billionaire bogeyman blamed for everything from migrant caravans to climate protests. But with Donald Trump back in the White House and preparing to wield the power of the federal government against his ideological opponents, the conflict has entered a new and dangerous […]