Donald Trump signs executive order to cut US public broadcasters NPR, PBS funding, calling them ‘biased’ and ‘woke’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at stripping public funding from NPR and PBS, calling the two public broadcasters “biased” and “woke”.The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) — which receives over $500 million annually from Congress — to “cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent […]

‘Big B***s’ goes public: Elon Musk’s Gen Z whiz kid Edward Coristine speaks out on fraud, dead people, and fruit jam diplomacy

[ad_1] 19-year-old Edward Coristine, better known online as “Big Balls”, made his first public appearance as part of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during a special edition of Watters’ World on Fox News. The teenager, who works in the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, joined his Gen Z colleagues for a roundtable discussion […]

Who is ‘fake Melania’ Internet starts talking about every time there’s a public kiss between Trump and First Lady?

[ad_1] Donald Trump and Melania Trump attended Pope Francis’s funeral at the Vatican on Saturday. The Internet believes there is First Lady Melania Trump and then there’s a fake Melania Trump who gets paid to make appearances with the president. Every time there is a public display of affection between Donald Trump and Melania, social […]

Public opinion moulded India’s response to terror, Pak’s ‘tit-for-tat’ came through generals

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The manner of Pakistan’s tit-for-tat response to punitive diplomatic measures by India over the April 22 terrorist attack on tourists in J&K’s Pahalgam highlights deeper structural differences between the neighbours.India’s decision to slap a series of retaliatory costs on Pakistan for cross-border terrorism was framed at a meeting of elected representatives led by […]

Bells toll as Pope Francis’ body is transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica for 3 days of public viewing

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY: The bells of St. Peter’s tolled Wednesday as the body of Pope Francis was transferred from the Vatican hotel where he lived to the basilica, escorted by a procession of solemn cardinals and Swiss Guards. Pallbearers carried the simple wooden coffin on their shoulders through the Vatican’s archway gates leading out into […]

Pope Francis waved goodbye: Easter Sunday tour was his final public appearance

[ad_1] Pope Francis‘s last public appearance came just a day before his death, as he made an unexpected tour of St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday — a farewell that now stands as the closing chapter of his papacy.The 88-year-old pontiff, who had recently been discharged from hospital after a five-week battle with a severe […]

Biden’s 1st public speech since leaving office; White House mocks, says it’s way past his bedtime

[ad_1] Former president Joe Biden will make his first public speech since the election. Hours before former president Joe Biden gave his first public speech since leaving office, the White House mocked his schedule and said it was way past his bedtime. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said her first reaction to Biden’s schedule was […]

‘Tariffs don’t bring manufacturing back. They’re just a tax on Americans’: China targets US public amid escalating trade war

[ad_1] As tensions deepen in the US-China trade war, Beijing appears to be shifting tactics by addressing the American public directly, instead of engaging solely with the Trump administration. In its latest effort, China has launched a social media campaign to counter the prevailing belief among many Americans that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump […]

‘Except Israel’ inscription reintroduced in Bangladeshi passports amid public anger over Gaza situation

[ad_1] An anti-Israel protest in Dhaka (AP) Bangladesh’s interim government announced on Sunday it has reintroduced the “except Israel” inscription on the country’s passports, formally debarring its citizens from travelling to the Jewish state.“We issued the letter to the passport and immigration department on April 7,” Nilima Afroze, deputy secretary of the Bangladesh home ministry, […]

Kennedy Jr reignites vaccine-autism debate with new study, medical experts warn of public health risks

[ad_1] US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has launched a new study to investigate what he calls the autism “epidemic”, but the move has alarmed many in the medical community. They say the effort could promote long-debunked claims linking vaccines to autism—claims Kennedy has repeatedly pushed in the past. Speaking on Thursday, Kennedy said […]