From Google to Apple: Who’s funding Donald Trump’s $250 million White House ballroom dream?

[ad_1] In what he calls a “gift to the American people,” President Donald Trump has begun construction on a massive new ballroom at the White House, with funding coming entirely from private donors that include some of the world’s biggest companies. According to the White House, major firms such as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Lockheed […]

UAE: Too good to be true? Sharjah Police warn of ‘dream car’ scams targeting buyers and sellers online | World News

[ad_1] Scammers use professional car photos and ultra-low prices, along with pressure tactics like “many are interested,” to trick buyers into paying deposits before vanishing/ Representative Image In a sharp warning to the public, Sharjah Police have exposed a rising wave of highly orchestrated online vehicle scams targeting both buyers and sellers. The frauds, which […]

H-1B visa fee hike sparks reactions from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman: “Immigration is the foundation of the American Dream…” | World News

[ad_1] The Donald Trump administration’s decision to raise the H-1B visa application fee to an unprecedented $100,000 has triggered swift reactions across the technology sector. While many companies expressed concern about the seismic impact on global hiring and talent flows, two of Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam […]

Trump’s H-1B crackdown: How the ‘American Dream’ got expensive; costlier than luxury cars & homes

[ad_1] American dream (AI image generated using ChatGPT) The American dream has long been seen as a promise of opportunity and prosperity, but fresh analysis shows it is becoming alarmingly expensive. According to Investopedia, achieving the traditional dream now carries a lifetime price tag of more than $5 million — a sum larger than the […]

Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” set to be empty: Why Trump’s dream jail for illegal immigrants is shutting down | World News

[ad_1] Florida’s controversial immigration detention facility, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is expected to be empty within days as a federal judge orders its operations to wind down. Built rapidly in the Everglades with a capacity of 3,000 detainees, the centre briefly held nearly 1,000 individuals. Emails from Florida officials indicate that the population has already dropped […]

‘Hypocrite’: North Korea slams South Korean President Lee Jae Myung over denuclearisation remarks; calls it ‘naive dream’

[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, calling him a “hypocrite” after he raised the issue of denuclearisation during his visit to the United States this week.Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International […]

Palestine statehood: More countries back two-state solution – what’s keeping the dream a dream?

[ad_1] Palestinians carry sacks of flour taken from a humanitarian aid convoy en route to Gaza City, in the outskirts of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. (Pic credit: AP) First France, then the United Kingdom, and now Canada: three of America’s closest Western allies have recently voiced support for the idea of a Palestinian state, […]

‘One of us’: US citizen who spied on Ukraine gets citizenship in Russia; says becoming Russian citizen was a ‘dream’

[ad_1] A US citizen who provided intelligence on Ukrainian troops to support Russia’s military campaign has been granted Russian citizenship, officials announced Tuesday. Daniel Martindale spent two years in Ukraine following the start of Russia’s invasion, passing along the coordinates of military sites to Russian intelligence services, as per Russia’s state media.“By decree of our […]

‘Feel like a mermaid’: River Seine reopens after century-long ban; Parisians rejoice ‘childhood dream’

[ad_1] After more than a century, swimmers returned to the River Seine on Saturday, marking the first official reopening of the iconic waterway for public bathing since 1923.Among the first to take a dip was a 95-year-old Parisian, who joined excited locals at the newly launched Bras Marie swim zone in eastern Paris, one of […]

Doctors remove 15cm spoon from body of Chinese man: Patient thought it was a dream; traces it back to Thailand drinking episode

[ad_1] A 29-year-old Chinese man unknowingly lived with a 15cm coffee spoon inside his body for nearly six months after accidentally swallowing it while being intoxicated in Thailand.The man, identified as Yan, only discovered the foreign object when he visited a doctor in Shanghai in June, suspecting he had swallowed plastic while eating takeaway food.Instead, […]