US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau (left), Chinese foreignj minister Wang Yi (AP) Beijing and Washington sustained high-level engagement on Thursday through a call between senior diplomats, indicating that both sides are keeping diplomatic channels open after reaching a trade truce earlier this month. US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau and China’s executive…
The White House confirmed on Thursday that a flight with eight immigrants left Texas this week, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt lashing out at a federal judge who held that the Donald Trump administration was in violation of his earlier injunction. US District Court judge Brian Murphy had barred the federal government from sending immigrants…
Ilhan Omar issued a statement condemning the killing of two Israeli diplomats after she was seen evading questions in a viral video. The video of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar walking away and saying ‘I’m going to go for now’, when she was asked to comment on the murders of two Israeli diplomats, went viral. After drawing…
Kid Cudi testifies against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Kid Cudi on Thursday described Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as a “Marvel supervillain” while testifying in a federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial.Relationship with Cassie Ventura and confrontationThe rapper’s real name is Scott Mescudi. He appeared in court on Thursday morning and gave dramatic testimony about his brief relationship…
Trump’s ‘What the hell…’ moment on Zelenskyy and Ramaphosa’s South Africa meeting Despite accusing South Africa of “white genocide,” US President Donald Trump struck a more casual tone during his meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House. In a candid moment, Trump revealed he had tried to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
Some gold cards were sold in the Middle East during President Trump’s trip, Howard Lutnick said. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has provided the latest update on the Trump gold card, which will give wealthy non-Americans the easiest way to get US citizenship in exchange of $5 million.At an Axios event, Lutnick said he believed that…
Japan is one of the world’s biggest public financiers of gas and oil production, despite a pledge to halt all such funding for fossil fuel at the G7 summit in 2022.From 2013 to 2024, Japanese public financial institutions provided $93 billion (€82 billion) worth of investments for oil and gas projects, according to a report…
WASHINGTON: Moving into an all-night session early Thursday, House Republicans reconvened to push ahead on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the sceptics within his ranks and working to muscle President Donald Trump‘s priority bill to passage. Johnson and his GOP leadership team appeared confident after a lengthy White House meeting…
A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete at 8.49 AM (local time) on Thursday, news agency ANI reported, citing the National Centre for Seismology.According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles) northeast of Crete’s capital, Heraklion, at a depth of 68 kilometres…
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa with US counterpart Donald Trump (AP Photo) The atmosphere in South Africa was tense ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, worrying that its leader might face public humiliation similar to what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy experienced. Even a local newspaper captured the mood with the…