Friedrich Merz, 69, a conservative stalwart and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, was elected Germany’s 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a dramatic two-round parliamentary vote. His appointment marks a return to the national spotlight for a politician who once left public life altogether.Merz secured the chancellorship in a second ballot with 325 votes after […]
Relatives of Venezuelan migrants in the US who were flown to a prison in El Salvador by the US government who alleged they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, protest outside of the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela (Image: AP) WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies rejected a claim by President Donald Trump used […]
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Harvard University opposes the US administration’s illegal overreach that threatens funding for research, after federal grants were halted amid tensions over campus protests. The university continues to advocate for viewpoint diversity and comply with the law. New Delhi: In an intensifying battle with the US administration, Harvard […]
New Delhi: Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Monday criticised American President Donald Trump for threatening a 100 percent tariff on films imported to the US, saying the move could backfire and instead push Hollywood filmmakers to leave the country. In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorised the Department […]
New Delhi: President Donald Trump on Monday announced a 100 per cent tariff on films produced overseas, saying the movie industry in the US was “dying a very fast death”. “Other countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within […]
Donald Trump is a red lightsaber-wielding character in White House’s Star Wars day post. After Pope, Donald Trump has been imagined as a Star Wars character, a conqueror of evil but with a red lightsabers, in the AI wish of the Wgite House on the Star Wars Day. “Happy May the 4th to all, including […]
Despite being an Ivy League graduate, Trump hates the elite universities because they never embraced him. In the wake of President Donald Trump‘s action against Columbia, Harvard, which reflects his general antipathy towards the Ivy League colleges despite having studied in one of them, Trump’s former aide has revealed how the president was snubbed by […]
Donald Trump says he won’t fire Fed chair Jerome Powell (File photo) US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he will not remove Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve board chairman before his term ends in May 2026 while describing the central banker as “a total stiff” and repeating calls for the Fed to lower […]
Elon Musk, head of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), lashed out at media critics and denied allegations of white supremacist sympathies in a Fox News interview released Friday. “It’s an outrageous thing to claim that I’m a Nazi,” Musk said, suggesting that if his detractors could “press a button” to kill him, “they […]
US President Donald Trump, never one to mince words, took aim at tech billionaires during a fiery commencement speech at the University of Alabama, declaring that the same “internet people” who hated him during his first term are now desperate to win his favor, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.“You have to break the […]
