Elon Musk ‘shoved’ Scott Bessent and it was not just an argument, Steve Bannon told Daily Mail. Elon Musk physically ‘shoved’ Donald Trump’s treasury secretary Scott Bessent and it was not an argument but a full-blown physical fight when Bessent asked Elon Musk about his promises of a trillion-dollar cuts, Daily Mail reported, citing Trump’s […]
Megha Vemuri said MIT’s ban on her from the event Friday was an overreach. Megha Vemuri, the class president of MIT 2025, strongly reacted to the administration’s decision to ban her from the rest of the commencement event Friday and said the institute’s decision was an overreach. Boston Globe reported that Indian-origin Vemuri replied to […]
Megha Vemuri, an Indian-American undergraduate student at MIT, made remarks about Israel that triggered backlash from several Israelis, including PhD student Guy Zyskind, who called her comments “hate-filled rhetoric.”In a post on shared on X with a picture of him with his family , Zyskind expressed heartbreak and outrage, sharing that his 5-year-old twins, 2-year-old […]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Zelenskyy expressed doubts over Russia’s commitment to peace talks, as Moscow prepares to send a delegation to negotiations in Istanbul on Monday.Although the Kremlin confirmed its participation, it has not yet sent its negotiating proposals to Ukraine — something Kyiv says is essential for meaningful talks. Zelensky criticised Russia for […]
Earthquake of magnitute 6.1 strikes Japan JAPAN: A strong earthquake of magnitude of 6.1 struck off the eastern coast of Hokkaido on Saturday evening, according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA).The quake occurred at 5:37 pm local time (0837 GMT) at a depth of approximately 20 kilometers beneath the seabed. The epicenter was located off the […]
Joe Biden says he will ‘beat’ his cancer Former US President Joe Biden on Friday gave his first public speech since announcing his aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis.Biden addressed a Memorial Day service in New Castle, Delaware. The event also marked ten years since the death of his son, Beau Biden.Speaking at Veterans Memorial Park, the […]
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. ABUJA: Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.The sharp jump from the previous death toll of 115 […]
French President Emmanuel (AP) SINGAPORE: China hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for drawing a connection between the Ukraine conflict and the fate of Taiwan, saying the two issues are “different in nature, and not comparable at all”.“Comparing the Taiwan question with the Ukraine issue is unacceptable,” China’s embassy in Singapore said […]
SEOUL: Thousands of supporters of South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates rallied on Saturday in Seoul, days before a vote triggered by the ex-leader’s disastrous declaration of martial law.Tuesday’s election caps months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief suspension of civilian rule in December, for which he was impeached and removed from […]
The death toll from widespread floods in central Nigeria rose to at least 111 people on Friday.After torrential rains earlier in the week, flood waters have swept away more than 50 homes in the market town of Mokwa in the central Niger state.Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesperson for the Niger State emergency agency told the Associated […]
