A board handpicked by President Donald Trump voted Thursday to rename the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts as the Trump–Kennedy Center, inserting the sitting president’s name alongside one of the nation’s most revered political legacies. Within hours, the centre’s website reflected the change — even as critics warned the board may […]
GENEVA: Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for men and women alike and on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight.Neither initiative is expected to pass, according to recent polls, but they have generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation. Under Switzerland’s […]
A Republican senator from Indiana has said he will vote against the state’s redistricting plan after Donald Trump used an insulting term for people with intellectual disabilities on social media.Senator Michael Bohacek made the announcement on Facebook, saying he received many questions about his position. Bohacek wrote that he has been “an unapologetic advocate for […]
Image credits: getty images, canva On Tuesday, the US Congress unanimously voted to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House of Representatives passed the measure with a vote of 427-1 sending a resolution requiring the release of all unclassified records on Epstein to the Senate, […]
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party Communist lawmaker Jeannette Jara and far-right Jose Antonio Kast were set to head to a runoff vote after coming first and second, respectively, in the first round of Chile’s presidential election on Sunday.Neither contender passed the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff slated for December […]
The alleged disruptor apologised as she was being taken out of the plane and then said: “We live in a fascist country”. An American Airlines plane from Arizona to Washington DC had to make an emergency diversion to Kansas to remove a “disruptive” passenger. Four Congressmen Greg Stanton (D), Eli Crane (R), Andy Biggs (R) […]
Kentucky official lured NYC businesses with ‘Bourbon’ and asked them to relocate to Kentucky. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams placed his pitch to New York businesses that they should relocate to Kentucky to escape from Zohran Mamdani‘s administration. “NYC companies: had a day or two to reassess? Come to a place that is not […]
A Tesla dealership in Las Vegas, March 29, 2025. Tesla’s shareholders will decide this week whether the automaker should award its CEO, Elon Musk, stock worth almost $1 trillion if he achieves a series of impossible-sounding goals. But there are big questions about how tough those goals really are. Musk would acquire voting control over […]
When New York’s former governor Andrew Cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept Covid-positive patients in 2020, more than 15,000 elderly residents died. The policy, intended to ease pressure on hospitals, became one of the darkest chapters of the state’s pandemic response — and a wound that has not healed for many New Yorkers. Grief-stricken New […]
US President Donald Trump warned that Israel would lose “all support” from Washington if it proceeded with annexing the West Bank, after Israeli lawmakers advanced two controversial bills paving the way for sovereignty over the occupied territory.In an interview with Time magazine published this week, Trump said the move was unacceptable and would breach assurances […]
