WASHINGTON: Facebook parent Meta Platforms bought up nascent rivals Instagram and WhatsApp after its attempts to compete had failed, an attorney for the US Federal Trade Commission said at the beginning of a high-stakes trial in Washington on Monday, where US antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.FTC attorney Daniel Matheson said that the unlawful […]
Netizens react as Donald Trump fumbles with umbrella again while boarding Air Force One US President Donald Trump was caught in a familiar tarmac blunder on Friday as he awkwardly struggled with a large black umbrella while boarding Air Force One in the rain, a repeat of a 2018 incident that quickly became social media […]
In a major policy shift, the United States’ air force academy has removed race, gender, and ethnicity as factors in its admissions process. This move comes after a lawsuit alleged that the institution’s approach to building class diversity was discriminatory. According to a justice department court filing on Friday, the decision was formalised in early […]
Image used for representative purposes The commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani, asserted on Thursday that the United States and Israel are “powerless in practice” against Iran and its regional allies, despite their tough rhetoric. “They cannot even comprehend why our missiles accurately hit their targets. This is our strength,” Qa’ani said, […]
The head of the Wilson Center, a storied foreign policy think tank, resigned on Tuesday, a day after employees from Elon Musk’s government-overhauling team arrived at the group’s Washington headquarters to dismantle it, according to people familiar with the actions at the center. The resignation of the president, Mark Green, a Republican, and the visit […]
The federal aviation administration (FAA) is investigating a near midair collision between a Delta Air Lines flight and a US Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday. The incident took place just months after a tragic collision at the same airport in January that claimed 67 lives.Delta Air Lines Flight […]
Wildfire in Carolinas (AP Images) The devastating wildfire forced the public safety department to announce a mandatory evacuation in North Carolina’s Polk County while South Carolina’s governor has declared a state of emergency due to spreading fires.The North Carolina Department of Public Safety ordered mandatory evacuations at 8.20 pm Saturday for sections of Polk County, […]
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth met with tech giant and department of government efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk at the Pentagon to discuss ways to improve innovation, efficiency, and production in the military. After the meeting, Hegseth called Musk a “patriot” and highlighted their shared goal of strengthening the US military. He later shared on […]
