Trump’s tariff threat: Canada, Mexico leaders say ready to respond

United States President Donald Trump has offered most federal workers the option to leave their government jobs by next week in exchange for eight months of severance pay in his most profound and rapid move yet to overhaul the government. The buyout offer was announced on Tuesday in a memorandum issued by the Office of…

First Grand Slam for Keys ends Sabalenka’s Australian Open run – updates

The administration of outgoing United States President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of destabilising the war-torn country. In a statement on Thursday, the US Treasury Department said that, under al-Burhan’s leadership, the SAF has “committed lethal attacks on civilians, including airstrikes…

SpaceX’s Starship has exploded shortly after takeoff in the second launch failure this year for Elon Musk’s interplanetary exploration programme. But Musk’s rocket company was able to successfully return its mammoth first-stage booster to the launchpad following Thursday’s test-flight, catching it in its giant mechanical “chopsticks” for the third time. SpaceX’s livestream showed the Starship…

Is Elon Musk planning to use artificial intelligence to run the US government? That seems to be his plan, but experts say it is a “very bad idea”. Musk has fired tens of thousands of federal government employees through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and he reportedly requires the remaining workers to send the…

By Farah Najjar Published On 12 Mar 202512 Mar 2025