NewsFeed ‘Unfair’ to tell Palestinians they’ll return to Gaza in 5 years, US Adviser Advisers to Donald Trump’s administration told reporters that his “cleaning out” Gaza comment referred to a long-range plan to make the enclave habitable, and that it is “unfair” to Palestinians to tell them they’d return within five years. Published On 4…
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China has reacted swiftly to the imposition of 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods by United States President Donald Trump. They went into effect at 05:01 GMT on Tuesday, and moments later, China’s Ministry of Finance announced it would impose 15 percent tariffs on imports of US liquid natural gas (LNG) and coal and 10…
The trial of a man who attacked Indian-British author Salman Rushdie two years ago on a charge of attempted murder is due to start in the United States. Jury selection was set to begin on Tuesday for the trial of Hadi Matar, who repeatedly stabbed the 77-year-old novelist in the face, neck and abdomen during…
NewsFeed New drone video shows wreckage from midair collision near DC airport Investigators used a drone over the Potomac River to survey the wreckage from the midair collision involving a Black Hawk military helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane in Washington DC. Part of the wreckage has since been recovered. Published On 4 Feb…
The United States has postponed planned 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports by a month, following 11th-hour calls between President Donald Trump and leaders from Canada and Mexico on Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to boost border security to prevent the trafficking of drugs and migrants…
NewsFeed Why is Elon Musk’s DOGE accused of leading a hostile takeover of US gov’t? The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has suddenly extended his authority over multiple US government agencies, leading to accusations from Democrats that DOGE is conducting a hostile takeover. Soraya Lennie explains what’s going on. Published On 4 Feb 20254 Feb…
NewsFeed OpenAI joins forces with South Korean tech giant Kakao after DeepSeek scare OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has signed a deal with South Korean tech giant Kakao as his firm seeks new alliances after Chinese rival DeepSeek shook the global AI industry. Altman says the partnership, which lets Kakao use ChatGPT for its artificial intelligence…
Andrea Toro, owner of La Julieta Salon, tapes a closed sign on her store in the Pilsen neighbourhood of Chicago, to stand with immigrants. [Nam Y Huh/AP Photo]
President Donald Trump delivers a simple message to voters: he will rescue them from Democratic policies that have imperilled their wallets, safety and freedom. Here’s what he omits: sometimes he promoted those very same policies. Here are six times Trump or his spokesperson called out Democrats for policies that Trump himself supported during his first…
