Microsoft fires 2 employees for staging protest against ties with Israel Two Microsoft employees were sacked on Wednesday after staging a sit-in protest at the office of company president Brad Smith, demanding the tech giant end its business ties with Israel amid the Gaza war. A Microsoft spokesperson said the employees were terminated for “serious […]
Donald Trump (AP) Stanford University (visit.stanford.edu) Stanford University announced on Tuesday that it has laid off more than 360 employees, citing budget pressures linked to federal funding policies under the Trump administration. “Stanford is in the process of making budget reductions,” a University spokesperson stated in an email, reported Reuters. “Last week, many schools and […]
US President Donald Trump (Image: AP) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out attending the G20 summit in South Africa this November, citing what he described as “very bad policies” and repeating widely discredited claims that white citizens in the country are being systematically targeted and killed.Asked aboard Air Force One whether he would […]
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday condemned a violent street brawl in downtown Cincinnati that went viral over the weekend, using the incident to call out what he described as failed public safety policies in Democrat-led cities.Sharing a post on X, Ramaswamy said he had spoken with one of the victims of the assault, […]
A suspected fire triggered by a power bank in carry-on luggage forced emergency response aboard a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Hobart on Monday, prompting the airline to review its lithium battery policies.The incident occurred during descent on Flight VA1528, when smoke and flames were seen emanating from an overhead locker. Battery fire on […]
US President Donald Trump pulled out America from Unesco over its support for “woke, divisive cultural and social causes” including DEI policies, pro-Palestinian and pro-China tilt.“Continued involvement in Unesco is not in the national interest of the United States,” AFP reported quoting state department spokeswoman.Back in February, Trump had directed a 90-day review of the […]
Anthony Albanese (left) gained a massive victory in the recent elections defeating Peter Dutton (right) (Image: AP) Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese of the Labor party has gained a massive victory in the recently conducted national elections 2025. He had defeated Liberal party candidate Peter Dutton. Albanese is set to lead his second-term government in […]
Thousands of people across the United States took out rallies opposing several contentious schemes of the current Trump administration. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the United States on Sunday in a fresh wave of anti-Trump protests, just two weeks after a similar nationwide mobilization. From Washington DC to San Francisco, the rallies […]
The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday limiting federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions. The move, backed mainly by Republicans, follows repeated court blocks of Trump administration policies. The bill restricts judicial orders to only those directly involved in a case. The legislation would prevent judges from issuing nationwide injunctions—orders that […]
