Pam Bondi goes on offensive in senate hearing: Accuses senator Blumenthal of lying; dodges Epstein questions

Pam Bondi at the senate hearing (AP) US attorney general Pam Bondi came under fire Tuesday during a Senate judiciary committee oversight hearing, adopting a combative stance with Democratic senators and refusing to engage with questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files. She accused Senator Richard Blumenthal of lying about his military service while deflecting probes […]

‘Merger of Canada and US’: Donald Trump resurrects his 51st state joke, Mark Carney pushes back

Trump-Carney meeting: Jokes were shared and good words were spoken by the two leaders about each other. President Donald Trump brought his old joke back to life as he met Canadian PM Mark Carney in the Oval Office Tuesday. The cruel joke was one of the reasons that Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau had to leave, […]

L-1 visa will now be abused: Biden’s ex-adviser Ajay Bhutoria on $100,000 H-1B fee

Indian-American community leader predicts that now L-1 visa will be abused as companies can’t use H-1B without paying the hefty $100,000 fee. Former president Joe Biden’s ex-adviser Ajay Bhutoria, the Indian-American community leader on immigration policy, said there have been instances of rampant abuses of the H-1B visa program that resulted in the desperate measure […]

The woman daring to end Cameroon president’s 43-year rule

There was great surprise when Cameroon’s electoral commission announced the 12 candidates for the October 12 presidential election. For the third time in Cameroon’s political history, one of the contenders running for the highest office in the country is a woman.The fact that Tomaino Hermine Patricia Ndam Njoya was even allowed to run is remarkable, […]

Anonymous, digital, democratic: Morocco’s Gen Z protests

People take part in a youth led protest against corruption and calling for healthcare and education reform, in Rabat, Morocco, Saturday, October 4, 2025. (Pic credit: AP) Although there’s a temporary pause this week, the protests in Morocco will keep going until they achieve what they set out to do, one of the organizers of […]

‘Real chance’: Donald Trump says Gaza peace deal ‘very close’; talks may reshape wider region

Donald Trump speaking at Oval Office (AP) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said there was a “real chance” of a Gaza peace deal, as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israeli representatives resumed in Egypt on the second anniversary of the October 7 attack that triggered the ongoing war.“There’s a real chance that we could […]

Tropical storm Jerry: Atlantic’s next hurricane has formed – where is it headed?

Satellite view of storm Jerry (CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA) Tropical storm Jerry has formed over the central Atlantic ocean and is expected to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane by Wednesday, according to the US national hurricane center (NHC).As of 11:00am ET (local time) on Tuesday, Jerry had sustained winds of 45 mph and was located about 1,300 […]

Bari Weiss’ 10-point memo to CBS staff on day 1 as editor-in-chief goes viral: Is she a Conservative?

Bari Weiss sent a 10-point memo to all CBS staff on journalism as she became the editor-in-chief. Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, sent a 10-point memo to the staff on day one which has been described by media outlets as a “veiled critique of the newsroom” she’s inheriting. Paramount Skydance announced on […]

What is the ‘insurrection act’? Trump’s new favourite term – All you need to know about

US President Donald Trump and his top aides have increasingly used the term “insurrection,” making it a frequent part of their vocabulary, to describe protests against immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) in cities like Portland and Chicago. Trump has even suggested that he could invoke the “Insurrection Act”, a nearly 230-year old law to deploy […]

What People in Gaza Told Us About Two Years of War

In the two years since Hamas militants attacked Israel, we’ve interviewed more than 700 people in Gaza. Their stories stayed with us. So we tried to find them again. By Vivian Yee, Saher Alghorra, Laura Boushnak, Nader Ibrahim, Rebecca Suner, June Kim, Christina Shaman, James Surdam, Jon Hazell and Nikita Pavlov October 7, 2025 Source […]