US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, a White House official said on Monday with only hours to go before US tariffs on Chinese goods were due to snap back to triple-digit rates.The order followed a noncommittal answer by Trump to reporters as […]
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and President Putin discussed expanding cooperation across economy, trade, energy, and regional peace initiatives/ Image: WAM In a high-level official visit underscoring five decades of bilateral cooperation, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held comprehensive talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, covering a wide range […]
A mysterious orange figure was spotted near Jeffrey Epstein’s cell on the night he died, fuelling fresh controversy over how he died.The figure was discovered in a video footage which has prompted leading forensic experts to question the US government’s official account. According to CBS News, the blurry figure captured in the surveillance may not […]
An Israeli soldier directs a tank at a staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip (Image : AP) Despite the Canadian government’s repeated claims that it halted arms exports to Israel in January 2024, newly uncovered Israeli import records and global shipping documents suggest otherwise, revealing ongoing shipments of Canadian military goods, including […]
Ghislaine Maxwell was granted a limited form of immunity, during her 9 hour interrogation lasting two days, by deputy attorney general Todd Blanche, as per sources cited by ABC news.The immunity deal, known as proffer immunity, meant Maxwell could answer questions without the risk of her responses being used against her later, according to the […]
US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (Image credits: AP) US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has dismissed two top aides of the department, marking a sudden leadership shift just months into his tenure.Chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for Policy Hannah Anderson […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced new sanctions against a senior UN Human Rights Council official who criticized Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Rubio accused the official of leading a “campaign of political and economic warfare” against both the United States and Israel, as reported by Politico. Francesca Albanese, UN Human Rights Council […]
Top South African official accuses police minister of colluding with crime syndicates (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates, sparking public uproar. In an unprecedented move, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, head of the police in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, called […]
James Ryan (Image credit: University of Virginia) A senior United States justice department (DOJ) official said “it’s time for a new leadership” at the University of Virginia (UVA), after the Ivy League school’s chairman James Ryan resigned amid pressure from the Trump administration to dismantle the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.“Jim Ryan has […]
Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman confronting with the crowd. The man suspected of an attack on pro-Israeli protesters in Colorado, who is facing federal hate crime charges, had planned the attack for a year, according to the the official. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national staying in the US even after his visa expired, […]
