US president Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr’s venture capital firm, 1789 Capital, has made a significant investment in prediction market platform Polymarket, which is now valued at over $1 billion. The development comes as the company gears up for a potential expansion into the US market following the closure of regulatory investigations.Trump Jr announced […]
Elizaveta Krivonogikh, a 22-year-old art graduate living in Paris, has reignited speculation about her rumored parentage by sharing cryptic but emotionally charged posts that appear to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin. Widely believed to be his secret daughter, Elizaveta accused an unnamed man of “destroying her life” and being responsible for the deaths of millions. […]
Tech giant Google acknowledged that its earthquake alert system failed to issue critical warnings ahead of the devastating 2023 earthquake in Turkey, which claimed more than 55,000 lives and injured over 100,000 people.Although the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) system was active at the time of the twin quakes on 6 February, it failed to recognise […]
US federal authorities have taken down a massive dark web network trading child sexual abuse material, in what the justice department described as “one of the most successful” operations of its kind.The move has resulted in the conviction of at least 18 individuals across the United States.The man at the centre of the investigation, William […]
US President Donald Trump has accused the Democratic Party of illegally paying celebrities millions of dollars for political endorsements during the 2024 presidential election campaigning.In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed the Democrats owe a “large amount of money” and funneled over $11 million to Beyoncé- who he alleged did not […]
US President Donald Trump has demanded a “major investigation” into former US vice President Kamala Harris’ use of celebrities in her 2024 presidential campaign, claiming she paid stars like Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and Bono for their endorsements, a move he alleges was illegal.In a fiery Truth Social post on Monday, Trump accused Kamala […]
Grace Springer, the woman who took the video of Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, said she did not earn money from the video. Grace Springer, the woman who posted the viral video of former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR chief Kristin Cabot from the Coldplay concert in Boston, busted a myth that people are […]
Liz Krueger (left), Zohran Mamdani (Hans Pennink, AP) Several lawmakers in Albany who describe themselves as socialists and progressives have access to considerable financial resources, despite advocating for policies centered on economic equality and wealth redistribution. Their well-funded positions highlight a growing presence of resource-rich progressive voices in New York politics.State Senator Liz Krueger, who […]
President Trump’s bill proposes significant cuts to the US’s largest food aid program — SNAP — impacting millions of people (Image credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s recently introduced “Big Beautiful Bill” proposes significant cuts to federal spending on one of the largest food aid programs — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for low-income […]
