A federal jury has ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay $425 million after finding the company violated users’ privacy by continuing to collect data even when millions had switched off a key tracking feature.The verdict, delivered on Wednesday in a San Francisco court, followed a class-action lawsuit filed in July 2020, which alleged that Google had […]
File photo: Benny Johnson (Picture credit: X/@bennyjohnson) Conservative commentator Benny Johnson launched a fierce attack on The New York Times this week, accusing the paper of downplaying an arson incident that, he says, nearly killed his newborn child in Washington, DC.In a detailed post on X, Johnson said the Times dismissed the danger to his […]
The European Union on Monday said that a plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming while preparing to land in Bulgaria on Sunday.The Bulgarian authorities suspected that the disruption “was due to blatant interference” from Moscow but it was unclear if the chartered flight was deliberately targeted.Speaking […]
When US President Donald Trump began dismantling federal agencies and removing civil servants earlier this year, many thought their position would be safe.Black women make up about 12% of the federal workforce, nearly double their share in the overall US labor force. For generations, federal jobs provided a path to the middle class for Black […]
Russia strikes Ukrainian Navy vessel Escalating its attacks on Ukraine, Russia struck the Ukrainian Navy reconnaissance ship Simferopol. The Ukrainian Navy later confirmed the strike and reported the death of a crew member.The vessel was hit by a naval drone in the Danube River delta, part of which lies in Ukraine’s Odesa region, Russia Today […]
A cyberattack forced Nevada to shut state offices for two days this week, leaving several government websites and phone lines offline, governor Joe Lombardo’s office confirmed Tuesday.The breach, detected Sunday, disrupted digital infrastructure across agencies, including the governor’s own website. While officials withheld technical details, citing the ongoing investigation, they stressed that there was no […]
A residential building damaged by Russian strike in Kyiv (Pic credit: AP) A massive Russian missile and drone attack struck on Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 14 people, including three children, and caused extensive damage to the European Union’s diplomatic mission in the Ukrainian capital. European Council president Antonio Costa condemned the strikes, calling […]
Russian strikes hit Kyiv: At least 1 killed; several injured as multi-storey building collapses (File photo) Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, killing at least three people, including a child, and injuring several others, officials said.Powerful explosions were heard across Kyiv, as officials warned of a “massive” Russian assault on the capital. “According […]
Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025, with reports saying several killed including journalists. (Photo by AFP) At least eight killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis, the health ministry said in a statement.A spokesperson for the Qatar-based TV […]
Vladimir Putin (left), Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP) A Russian missile hit an American-owned electronics factory in Mukachevo, western Ukraine, early Thursday, causing extensive damage and injuring at least 15 people, Ukrainian officials said, reported news outlet NPR. The attack was part of one of Russia’s largest overnight airstrikes in the ongoing conflict, involving more […]
