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UK invests £20 million in flying taxis and drone services

The UK government has committed £20 million ($25.8 million) to support commercial drone services and the development of “flying taxis.” The initiative aims to advance new technologies and streamline regulations, potentially allowing air taxis to operate by 2028.The transport ministry announced that £16.5 million will be allocated to the Civil Aviation Authority from 2025-26 to […]

Brown university faces threat of losing $510 million in federal funds amid anti-semitism crackdown

The Trump administration is preparing to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants to Brown University, as part of a wider campaign to crack down on what it described as relentless anti-semitism on university campuses, as per two White House officials familiar with the plans.Brown is now the fifth American university to face the […]

Planned Parenthood Funding Freeze: ‘To appease their anti-abortion backers’: US freezes $27.5 million in family planning funds amid compliance review

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: PTI) The US federal government has suspended $27.5 million in family planning grants while investigating whether recipient organizations, including multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates, are complying with legal requirements. The funding freeze affects services such as contraception, cancer screenings and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, particularly for low-income […]

Startup founder Charlie Javice convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase in $175 million scam

Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup promising to transform the student financial aid process, has been found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by vastly exaggerating her customer numbers.A Manhattan federal court jury delivered the guilty verdict on Friday after a five-week trial leaving 32 year old Javice along with her […]

Trump threw a secret candlelight dinner charging $1 million per seat after bombing Houthis

Donald Trump held a secret candle light dinner at Mar-a-Lago after bombing Houthis, a report claimed.” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”/> Donald Trump held a secret candle light dinner at Mar-a-Lago after bombing Houthis, a report claimed. When the Signal chat controversy was unfolding in real time, President Donald Trump reportedly held a secret Mar-a-Lago candlelight dinner, which […]

US removes $10 million bounty on Taliban’s Sirajuddin Haqqani: Report

File Photo: Sirajuddin Haqqani (ANI) The United States has lifted its $10 million bounty onTaliban‘s Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led regime, officials in Kabul said on Sunday.The US government has also removed the bounties placed on two other senior Taliban figures, namely Abdul Aziz Haqqani and Yahya Haqqani, interior ministry spokesman Abdul […]