Nato leaders gather Tuesday for what could be a historic summit, or one marred by divisions (Image: AP) THE HAGUE: US President Donald Trump and his Nato counterparts are due to gather Tuesday for a summit that could unite the world’s biggest security organization around a new defence spending pledge or widen divisions among the […]
Shaikha Al Nowais (Image credit: Shaikha Al Nowais official webiste) The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism) has elected Shaikha Al Nowais as the next Secretary-General of UN Tourism. She will be the first woman to lead the organization since its establishment in 1975, marking 50 years of its history.Nowais is set to begin […]
Smoke can be seen from the Camp Fire behind Fort Stanton (Image credits: AP) A fast-moving wildfire swept through the historic Fort Stanton site in southern New Mexico on Monday, burning more than half a square mile (1.4 square kms) of land and prompting evacuations of nearby campgrounds and a horse ranch.The blaze damaged three […]
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps. Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he […]
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 […]
A nearly 200-year-old tree on the White House grounds is set to be removed due to its deteriorating condition, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.The southern magnolia, which has stood near the curved portico on the south side of the building for generations, is a major landmark, serving as the welcome point for ceremonial […]
