Donald Trump announced he will pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the American reality show Chrisley Knows Best, who are currently serving prison sentences for their role in a multi-million dollar fraud and tax evasion scheme.The couple, who found fame through their television show showcasing their lives as property tycoons in Nashville and Atlanta, […]
The European Union and China must “take on global climate leadership” in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a French government source said Wednesday, ahead of a top French official’s visit to Beijing.Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France’s minister for ecological transition, is slated to meet counterparts on Thursday and Friday in […]
Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany (AP) WINDHOEK: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah repeated calls Wednesday for Germany to pay reparations for its genocide against Namibian tribes as she led the first official commemoration of the atrocity more than 120 years ago.Thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people […]
AI picture for representation only. The department of Homeland Security has revoked Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign students, citing its ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a toxic campus climate of antisemitism and pro-terrorist conduct. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem’s decision-delivered in a sharply worded order on Wednesday-accuses the Ivy League giant […]
National Public Radio (NPR) has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump after his administration issued an executive order to freeze all federal funding to NPR and PBS through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The order, signed in early May 2025, was presented as an effort to prevent taxpayer money from supporting what the […]
Spain denies power grid ‘experiment’ caused giant blackout (Photo: AP) Spain’s government on Wednesday denied a press report that an “experiment” on the national power grid caused a huge blackout that crippled the Iberian Peninsula one month ago.Authorities have been scrambling to find answers after the April 28 outage cut telecommunications, halted transport and plunged […]
Donald Trump’s use of the nickname “Pocahontas” to refer Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t new, but it’s making headlines again. On May 28, 2025, President Trump’s advisor David Sacks reignited the controversy by claiming Warren controlled former President Joe Biden’s autopen, suggesting she had significant influence in his administration. The remark, widely seen as another swipe […]
Last week, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a major tax and spending package championed by President Donald Trump. Dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” by Trump himself, the legislation combines multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks with a significant boost to defence spending and funding for mass deportations.But one of Trump’s most prominent backers, Elon Musk, is […]
Beyond Trump’s film tariffs: Is Hollywood really in decline? (Image credit: AP) When Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on any film “produced in foreign lands,” a globalized US film industry began to panic.Shares in major production companies like Netflix and Disney immediately fell due to an assumed rise in costs when […]
German court dismisses climate case against RWE (Photo: AP) In a decision that has been ten years in the making, judges in the western German city of Hamm have thrown out the case of a Peruvian farmer seeking damages from energy giant RWE for the risk of flooding connected to melting glaciers.Delivering its verdict in […]
