The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to prepare for mass firings of federal workers. In a memo released on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said the layoffs will be…
The administration of President Donald Trump has argued it cannot meet an impending deadline to release frozen funds for foreign aid, despite a court order mandating that it do so. The deadline was set for Wednesday at 11:59pm Eastern time (04:59 GMT Thursday), after US District Judge Amir Ali in Washington, DC, found that the…
Published On 26 Feb 202526 Feb 2025 | Updated: 2 hours ago
The fear gripping large swaths of the American public under the second administration of Donald Trump is unprecedented in modern US history. The president’s brazen acts of retribution against political opponents, open hostility towards dissent, and disregard for democratic norms make it clear that he intends to wield power with even fewer restraints than before….
NewsFeed Trump posts bizarre AI video of a rebuilt Gaza with Netanyahu, Musk US President Donald Trump has posted a bizarre AI-generated video believed to represent his heavily-criticised ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan, featuring characters who resemble his billionaire adviser Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Published On 26 Feb 202526 Feb 2025
For many Canadians, a thrilling ice hockey game turned out to be an exhilarating antidote to an unforgiving winter. More than that – as a subdued Canadian coach Jon Cooper told reporters after Canada’s best hockey players beat America’s best hockey players in overtime last week – the beleaguered country “needed a win”. Cooper wasn’t asked nor…
A United States House Judiciary Committee report says 99 noncitizens on the “terrorist watchlist” were released in the country. Is this true? Claudia Tenney, a member of the US House of Representatives, recently claimed that people on the watchlist were “let loose” in the US. The claim came as part of her argument against New…
Who: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid What: Spanish Copa del Rey semifinal – first leg Where: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain When: Tuesday at 9:30pm (20:30 GMT) Follow Al Jazeera’s live text and photo commentary stream of the match. Barcelona manager Hansi Flick believes his team need to learn from their LaLiga defeat by Atletico…
The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Saturday, March 1, or Sunday, March 2, depending on the sighting of the new moon. Other countries, especially in the Western Hemisphere, could see the Ramadan moon before Mecca this time. Ramadan is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar,…
On February 1, the United States government announced a new 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports under the pretext of combatting the proliferation of the opioid fentanyl. The following day, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that China firmly deplored and opposed this move and would take necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate…
