Protests against immigration raids in LA (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the federal government would intervene in response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids, accusing local officials of failing to maintain order. “If governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, […]
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump is free to restrict the Associated Press from attending some White House media events for now, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled. The decision overturns US District Judge Trevor McFadden’s April 8 ruling, which had mandated AP journalists’ access to the Oval […]
UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed/ Image: File UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan performed the Eid Al Adha prayer this morning at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, joined by senior members of the ruling family and government officials. After the prayer, Sheikh Mohamed exchanged Eid greetings with fellow […]
Edgar Chagwa Lungu (Image credit: AP) Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who served as the leader of the southern African nation from 2015-2021, died Thursday, his daughter said. He was 68. Lungu’s daughter, Tasila Lungu-Mwansa, announced his death in a video posted on the official Facebook page of his political party, the Patriotic Front. She […]
Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam has warmly praised Oscar-winning Indian composer AR Rahman for his ongoing collaboration with local musicians, describing it as a valuable contribution to the nation’s cultural landscape. AR Rahman praised by Singapore president Tharman Shanmugaratnam for supporting local musicians In a social media post on June 2, Tharman highlighted how Rahman has […]
South Korea’s newly-elected President Lee Jae-myung (AP) SEOUL: South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung vowed Wednesday to restart dormant talks with North Korea and bolster a trilateral partnership with the US and Japan, as he laid out key policy goals for his single, five-year term. Lee, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s […]
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump denied Michael Wolff’s ‘Harvard University’ claim and said that “third-rate reporter” is upset because nobody wanted his book Fire & Fury. Calling the claim “false,” Trump said that he never applied to Harvard University. He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.In […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday praised the drone strike deep inside Russia, calling it a “brilliant result” and an important moment in the war.The operation, over a year and a half in the making, targeted several Russian military airfields, destroying more than 40 aircraft, including bombers and surveillance planes. It marked what Ukraine’s Security […]
Donald Trump shared an outlandish conspiracy theory, claiming that former US president Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and now what stands in his place is a robotic clone.Trump, who remains active on his social media platform Truth Social, reposted a message late Saturday from a little-known user named “llijh”, who has fewer than 1,000 […]
Harvard University president Alan Garber acknowledged a lack of conservative voices on campus and a climate where some students and staff feel unable to express “unpopular” views.In an interview with NPR on Tuesday, Garber responded to recent moves by the Trump administration to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding for the Ivy League institution, […]
