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Sir Keir Starmer’s position appears to put him at odds with the White House, after Donald Trump said he does not think Russia would allow Ukraine to join NATO. Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Kyiv earlier this year. Pic: ReutersUkraine is still on an “irreversible path” to joining NATO, Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr…

Talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. Vice President JD Vance ended in Munich on Friday without an announcement of a critical minerals deal that is central to Kyiv’s push to win the backing of President Donald Trump. Kyiv came back to the U.S. earlier with a revised draft agreement of the deal that could open…

OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale and that any future bid would be disingenuous. The unsolicited approach is Musk’s latest attempt to block the startup he co-founded with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — but later left…

India is likely to seek bids this year for 114 multi-role fighters, two sources said, marking a major step in a process to bolster the country’s stock of combat aircraft that has gone on for nearly two decades. The project is critical for the Indian Air Force, whose squadrons of mainly Russian and ex-Soviet aircraft have fallen…

The World Health Organization released new findings on Friday about an “alarming” lack of awareness about alcohol’s link to cancer across Europe and called for clear and prominent tobacco-style warnings in the region with the world’s heaviest drinkers. The global health agency has repeatedly warned that alcohol causes cancer and has backed clear labelling but has never…

Utah students in as early as kindergarten would be required to learn about firearm safety in the classroom under a bill that passed the state House with overwhelming support Friday. The Republican-controlled chamber approved the measure in a 59-10 vote and sent it to the Senate, despite concerns from some gun violence prevention advocates that it places…

Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after days of fears over the future of the ceasefire. They are Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, and US-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen. Israel has said it will resume bombing if the three are not released on…

Warning: This report contains some disturbing details An Indian court’s ruling that a man’s forced “unnatural sex” with his wife is not an offence has led to huge outrage and sparked renewed calls for better protections for married women. The controversial order has also brought back into the spotlight the issue of marital rape in a country…

No more “Bad Blood.” Lorne Michaels claims Taylor Swift once asked him to kill a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that poked fun at the singer’s “girl squad” — but he stood his ground and refused. In a new interview with Vulture, the “SNL” creator recalled the time he contacted Swift’s management team with a request for the…

Critics argue that Nepal’s proposed social media bill could stifle free speech, with provisions that grant the government sweeping powers to regulate online content. Nepal, whose constitution guarantees press freedom, is considered one of the freest countries in Asia. In 2024, the Himalayan nation ranked 74th out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2024 World Press…

She said a security guard accused her of being ‘engaged in criminal activity’ AN INFLUENCER has won £16,000 after Zara staff pulled back her changing room curtain as she tried on clothes. TikToker Krystal Joyce, 20, was left distraught after a female security guard opened the partition while she was half-dressed at the store in Blanchardstown shopping…

Barack and Michelle campaigned with Kamala Harris separately during the 2024 election campaign QUESTIONS still continue to swirl about Barack and Michelle Obama’s marriage after he shared a snap of the couple on Valentine’s Day. The former president paid tribute to Michelle as he said she still takes his breath away. Obama revealed that he and Michelle…

The dad of one of the 17 people murdered in the shocking Parkland school shooting talks to The U.S. Sun about the push for change SEVEN years ago today, the city of Parkland suffered unimaginable heartache. Valentine’s Day represents a day of global love, yet in this small corner of South Florida, there will forever be pain…

The White House has sparked outrage for attacking the free press by banning Associated Press journalists from covering President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One and in the Oval Office. The all-out suppression effort had been building all week as the Trump administration barred AP White House correspondents and photographers from certain events because of the news…

Ashley St. Clair, a 26-year-old right-wing influencer, contributor to conservative satirical news site The Babylon Bee and semi-regular guest on Fox News, took to X late Friday night to claim that she recently had a child with Elon Musk. Alea Iacta Est pic.twitter.com/gvVaFNTGqn — Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) February 15, 2025 She wrote, “Five months ago, I…

A BAD radio transmission may have caused the horrific mid-air crash between a passenger plane and a military helicopter that killed 67, the National Transportation Safety Board has revealed. Investigators discovered muffled messages and mismatched altitude readings after pulling data from the wreckage that plunged into the Potomac River in Washington DC on January 29. NTSB Chair…

Vance’s speech — which focussed on key themes of Trump’s election campaign — was a combative broadside at the Munich Security Conference at a time of transatlantic discord over Ukraine, defence and trade. Vance stressed that Europe must “step up” in managing its own security, a key bone of contention. But he mostly lambasted the EU’s members…

Three months after President Donald Trump announced Elon Musk would head up a cost-cutting initiative, and nearly a month after its official creation, the White House has not made public an ethics form disclosing the tech billionaire’s finances or his conflicts of interest. Trump has classified Musk in a category of temporary federal worker that is required…

The U.S. has made some strides toward reaching racial equality since the days of the civil rights movement. But President Donald Trump has made ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives a priority under his administration. As the president has instructed federal agencies to end related programming and dismiss relevant employees, major companies like Target and Google have…

Argentina’s government plans to revoke all permits for marijuana cultivation for medicinal use, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced in an interview on Thursday. “Some believe it does no harm, but it has become a very dangerous drug. THC—the substance that changes your neurology—in Argentina is 18%, while the one legalized in Uruguay is accepted up to 2%.…

India and the U.S. agreed on Thursday to start talks to clinch an early trade deal and resolve their standoff over tariffs as New Delhi promised to buy more U.S. oil, gas and military equipment and fight illegal immigration. The series of agreements emerged after talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

A group of state attorneys general on Thursday sued to halt Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending as head of President Donald Trump’s new government efficiency agency, escalating the legal fight over the billionaire’s influence in the White House. The lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court filed by the attorneys general of New Mexico and 13…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday urged Google (GOOGL.O), to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” for U.S. users, adding the country could file a civil suit against the firm if necessary. Google changed the name for U.S. users of Google Maps to reflect the decision by the government of…

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks on Thursday and announced various measures to strengthen ties between the two countries. The talks at the White House came just hours after Trump criticised India’s business environment and outlined plans for reciprocal tariffs on countries imposing duties on US imports. Trump said at a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met for the first time since the latter’s return to the White House for a second term. PM Modi is one of the first global leaders to travel to the US for an official visit and meet Donald Trump. The two leaders held bilateral talks at the White…

Donald Trump’s son has backed a proposed sports event for athletes using performance enhancing drugs as the US president shakes up health policy and sports governance. The Enhanced Games, dubbed by critics as the “steroid Olympics”, announced on Thursday that Donald Trump Jr’s venture fund 1789 Capital would co-lead an investment round for the sports group. The…

After years of strict border closures and travel restrictions, North Korea appears to be taking steps toward reopening to foreign tourists. Why It Matters North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since, further isolating the country, known by its nickname the Hermit Kingdom, from the…

That’s when Aer Lingus launches its first nonstop flight to the country music capital from Ireland, a lesser-known hotbed of country music fans. The new flight to Nashville from Dublin is possible with a new, longer-range plane from Airbus: the A321XLR, or “Extra Long Range.” The derivative of the popular A321neo that debuted in 2017 can fly…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin is only feigning interest in talks to end Russia’s war against Ukraine because he is “afraid of you,” inside sources told Axios. Trump spoke on the phone with the Ukrainian leader Wednesday—the same day that the president announced he had entered talks with Putin…

THIS is horrifying moment a kayaker is swallowed whole and then spat out by a 50ft humpback whale. Adrian Simancas and his dad Dell were kayaking in the choppy waters off the coast off Punta Arenas in Southern Chile on February 8, when the mammoth animal bit off more than he could chew. Without warning, the 24-year-old…

The Hamas militant group on Thursday said it would continue to implement the ceasefire deal, including a hostage-prisoner exchange within the agreed time frame. Hamas had threatened a delay to a scheduled release of hostages, accusing Israel of not meeting its obligations to allow the movement of tents and shelters as part of the truce, as well…

President Donald Trump suggested Tesla CEO Elon Musk met Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to talk business. During a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump was asked whether Musk met Prime Minister Bodi as an American CEO or as a representative of the U.S. government. “I don’t know,” Trump proclaimed while shrugging his…

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are heading their separate ways after two years of marriage, Page Six has learned. “She’s had enough. The swastika shirt [he was selling] was the last straw. She told him that’s not who she is, and that she can’t be associated with that,” an insider tells us. “He’s saying that he has…

TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform until 5 April. The popular app, which is used by more than 170 million American users, went dark briefly last month in the US as the ban deadline approached.…

Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, has been sworn in as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary. The former presidential candidate will now oversee key health agencies with about 80,000 employees and a trillion-dollar budget. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had questioned his baseless health claims…

Donald Trump has said he would love to have Russia return to the G7 group of advanced economies, and that expelling the country “was a mistake”. Russia had been a member of the club of industrialised nations, then known as the G8, until it was excluded following its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014. “I’d love…

At least 30 people have been injured, including children, after a car was driven into a crowd in a “suspected attack” in Munich, authorities said. A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Farhad N, has been arrested after officers fired a shot at the vehicle. Workers taking part in a union demonstration were walking along a street when the…

A pile-up reportedly involving more than 100 cars in “whiteout conditions” has closed part of a major highway in the US state of Oregon. One of the vehicles caught fire at the scene on Interstate 84 about 25 miles (40km) east of Portland on Thursday afternoon, but authorities said the occupants escaped unharmed. There were reports of…

Grimes has criticised former partner Elon Musk’s decision to bring their son to an Oval Office news conference. The 36-year-old singer, who has had an on-off relationship with Mr Musk since 2018, apparently only learned via social media that he had taken X Æ A-12 – or X for short – to the briefing with Donald Trump…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday in Washington where they discussed issues including space, mobility, technology and innovation, Modi said on X. “Their discussion also touched on opportunities to deepen cooperation in emerging technologies, entrepreneurship and good governance,” India’s foreign ministry said separately in a statement. On Wednesday, Reuters reported…

European leaders scrambled on Thursday to try to get a seat at the table in Ukraine peace talks after US President Donald Trump announced the start of negotiations after speaking directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. Trump’s move sent shockwaves through European capitals, which want a central role in peace talks because any…

Recent bends by Disney related to a court battle and diversity programs that appear to appease President Donald Trump and the MAGA crowd has left the home of the self-described happiest place on Earth not so joyful for some staff. The moves at Disney come amid a hard push by the new Trump administration to end DEI…

Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were cleared to take a buyout from Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the unprecedented downsizing effort could proceed. About 75,000 workers have signed up for the buyout, said a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, equal to 3% of the civilian workforce. Trump’s…

Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on Wednesday, and Trump ordered top U.S. officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine. The conversations came after Trump’s defense secretary earlier said Kyiv would have to give up its…

Two transgender girls in New Hampshire on Wednesday set in motion the first legal challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that would ban them from participating in school sports for female athletes. Parker Tirrell, 16, and Iris Turmelle, 15, and their parents filed a lawsuit last year challenging a New Hampshire law that would block…

Before she goes to bed each night, Holly Wang logs on to DeepSeek for “therapy sessions”. Ever since January, when the breakout Chinese AI app launched, the 28-year-old has brought her dilemmas and sorrows, including the recent death of her grandmother, to the chatbot. Its responses have resonated so deeply they have at times brought her to…

The former chief executive of Google is worried artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists or “rogue states” to “harm innocent people.” Eric Schmidt told the BBC: “The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI – I talk about extreme risk.” The tech billionaire, who held senior posts at…

A proposed law in Colombia’s Congress seeks to ban the sale of merchandise that celebrates former drug lord Pablo Escobar. But opinions are divided on it. On Monday, 27 November 1989, Gonzalo Rojas was at school in the Colombian capital of Bogota when a teacher pulled him out of class to deliver some devastating news. His father,…

The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister. In a new report, the Geneva-based office says security and intelligence services “systematically engaged” in rights violations that could amount to…

A DIRE warning has been issued that Vladimir Putin is looking to start a major war in Europe within five years, according to bombshell spy intel. Intelligence from Denmark has assessed the Russian despot’s military capacity claiming he could be ready to spark wars with neighbouring regions in months ahead of a full-scale attack on NATO. It…

After Wednesday’s viral circulation of a video of two Australian nurses claiming to have killed Israeli patients and threatening to kill more, the Sydney area medical practitioners have been suspended. The New South Wales Police Force’s antisemitism task force has taken over the investigation, interviewing staff and seizing CCTV footage. It has identified the likely location within…

A petition calling for Denmark to buy the most populous US state had gathered more than 200,000 signatures on Wednesday, promising to “Make California Great Again.” The spoof web campaign comes amid renewed interest from Donald Trump in buying Greenland — or even taking the vast Arctic island by force. What does the petition call for? The…

Japan has asked to be exempt from the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum after President Donald Trump revoked its duty-free quota. The request was made through Japan’s embassy in Washington, according to the Associated Press. Trump removed the exemptions and exceptions on steel imports to a minimum of 25% from his 2018 tariffs and increased the…

Elon Musk’s bid to buy OpenAI for $97.4bn (£78.7bn) came unsolicited on Monday night and was quickly rejected by his former friend and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission,” Mr Altman said to Sky News this morning. “We’ll happily buy Twitter though.” It’s the latest in a long-running…

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new audio recording of what it believes to be the final moments of the Titan submersible that imploded underwater in the Atlantic in 2023. The chilling audio was captured by an acoustic recorder from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), situated around 900 miles away from the submersible’s implosion…

Elon Musk humiliated President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s joint press conference in the Oval Office, which left Trump looking like the “most powerless” U.S. president ever caught on camera, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said on The Last Word. During a press conference in the Oval Office in which they claimed—without providing a single piece of evidence—to have uncovered…

U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries, gasoline and rents rose, a disappointment for families and businesses struggling with higher costs and likely underscoring the Federal Reserve’s resolve to delay further interest rate cuts. The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed, up…

A bitcoin money launderer, who prosecutors connected to the 2016 Russian interference in the U.S. election, has been released by Donald Trump in exchange for American school teacher Marc Fogel. Alexander Vinnik, 42, a Russian citizen, was charged in a 21-count superseding indictment in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece. He was later extradited to…

NASA on Tuesday announced that it swapped out the astronaut capsule it was planning to use with a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon for its Crew-10 mission, a scheduling move that will allow Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth sooner than expected. The US space agency announced that it was accelerating the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group did not release hostages by midday Saturday. Following Netanyahu’s ultimatum, Hamas issued a statement renewing its commitment to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of jeopardizing the ceasefire.…

Donald Trump on Tuesday pressed Jordan’s King Abdullah to take in Palestinians who would be permanently displaced under the president’s plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, even as the king said his country was firmly opposed to the move. Speaking alongside the Arab country’s ruler in the White House, Trump signaled he would…

Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University joined forces to produce a study that looked into the effects of AI tools in the workplace. What they found was unsurprising and is the reason people get such a sick thrill from chanting “I told you so.” It turns out that AI tools can improve a worker’s efficiency, yes, but AI…

The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has become one of the bitterest rivalries in business history, with the Tesla tycoon bidding to buy Altman’s OpenAI in an apparent attempt to derail the ChatGPT maker’s ascent to becoming one of the world’s most important companies. Musk and Altman were among the 11-person team that founded OpenAI…

When news broke Monday that Elon Musk is leading an investment group to acquire Open AI for $97.4 billion, CEO Sam Altman used Musk’s X platform to deliver a scathing response. “No thank you,” Altman posted, “but we will buy Twitter (X) for $9.74 billion if you want.” no thank you but we will buy twitter for…

Goldman Sachs’ international boss has said the bank ditched an internal diversity rule that barred it from advising all male, all white boards on company flotations because it was no longer needed. The investment bank had pledged that it would only help a business sell its shares on a stock exchange if it had two diverse board…

A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial clean-up operation of oil-polluted areas of southern Nigeria has been beset by problems and corruption. The multinational headquartered in London, along with the Nigerian government, has repeatedly stated that work to clean up oil-contaminated sites of Ogoniland, which kicked off…

Italian police have arrested 181 people in a crackdown on the Sicilian mafia. Authorities launched a series of raids early on Tuesday, detaining suspected members of the mafia for alleged crimes including attempted murder, extortion, drug trafficking and more. A total of 1,200 officers were involved in the operation aimed at dismantling mafia clans in several districts…

A NUMBER of “hugely influential” names in politics and industry have been plotting “behind the scenes” in a bid to take down Kanye West’s business interests in the US following his shocking hate-filled X rants. Tech mogul Daniel Starr told The U.S. Sun that secret WhatsApp groups had been set up by high-profile people across entertainment, fashion,…

ELON Musk took his young son into the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump as he hit back at DOGE critics. The Tesla chief was seen playing around with X Æ A-Xii, known as X, inside The White House as Trump signed an executive order helping out the new government department. DOGE – which stands for Department…

THE FBI has discovered thousands of new top-secret JFK assassination files after Trump’s order bust open all the remaining documents. The 2,400 unseen records contain 14,000 pages of material not known to exist – which could shed new light on the mysterious murder. This huge bundle was withheld from a board set up in the ’90s to…

DONALD Trump has been pushed to rename Greenland to Red, White and Blueland and enter negotiations to seize the ice island. The Republican congressman who proposed the idea added that the Danish territory was vital as a “national security priority.” Georgia Republican Buddy Carter, 67, unveiled a new legislation to encourage Trump to start negotiations to “purchase…

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has secured the release of an American detained in Russia during a trip to the country, the White House said on Tuesday. Marc Fogel was released on Tuesday and flew back to the US with Witkoff, arriving several hours later, according to a post by the White House on social media. Why…

Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie took the stand in the attempted murder trial of the man charged with of stabbing him repeatedly at a literary gathering in August 2022. Rushdie wore a dark suit, white shirt and grey tie, together with tinted glasses masking his eye injured in the attack. What did Rushdie say? He told jurors that…

Dozens of countries signed a declaration in Paris on Tuesday calling for AI development to be “open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy, taking into account international frameworks for all” and “making AI sustainable for people and the planet.” But the US and UK were notable absentees from the list of signatories of the “Statement on…

Six US Congressmen on Monday wrote to new Attorney General Pam Bondi and demanded a probe into the previous Department of Justice’s (DoJ) indictment of Adani Group officials. In November last year, the Adani Group had rejected as baseless the move by the DoJ under the Biden administration to name the conglomerate in a case of alleged…

A street performance by Ed Sheeran in India’s tech capital of Bengaluru was stopped abruptly by police on Sunday, outraging fans and prompting the British singer to issue a clarification. Sheeran, dressed in a white t-shirt and shorts was seen singing and playing his guitar on a pavement in the centre of Bengaluru ahead of his concert…

A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire department said. The densely packed bus was traveling into the capital from the town of San Agustin Acasaguastlan on a busy route into the city from…

At least one person was killed on Monday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that was parked, authorities said. Dave Folio, a spokesperson with the Scottsdale Fire Department, said at a press conference that at least four other people were injured…

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Chiefs 40-22 in Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans to deny Kansas City in their bid for a third consecutive title and exact brutal revenge for their loss to the team in the NFL title game two years ago. The Eagles bullied the Chiefs behind a defensive effort that overwhelmed Chiefs quarterback…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and “let hell break out.” Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister…

Antiques expert Charles Hanson, known for TV shows including Flog It! and Bargain Hunt, violently attacked and restrained his wife over a 10-year period, in some cases leaving her with physical marks, a court has heard. Hanson, 46, is charged with controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and assault by beating. The auctioneer denies…

A man who believes he accidentally lost a Bitcoin fortune in a council rubbish tip is exploring the possibility of buying the landfill site before it is shut. James Howells, from Newport in South Wales, claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly threw out a hard drive containing thousands of Bitcoins in 2013. According to the 39-year-old IT worker, they…

More than 3,000 artists have called for Christie’s to cancel its first-ever AI art auction, calling it “mass theft” of human artists’ work. The petition urges the New York auction house to call off the event – where pieces range from $10,000 to $250,000 (£8,000 to £202,000) – citing “serious concern” over exploitation of artists. “Many of…

TWO people have been shot dead in Philadelphia as wild Super Bowl victory celebrations took over the city after the Eagles win. Police have launched an investigation after the double homicide in the early hours of Monday morning. A rain of at least 40 bullets was fired in horrific scenes at around 3:50 am. It happened in…

Our gender is identical to our sex, written in our genes, can be clearly assigned and does not change over our lifetime. That’s what many people say. The woman on one side, the man on the other ― you’re either a princess or a knight, with nothing in between. And you certainly have no say in the…

Kanye West‘s Yeezy.com advertisement during Sunday night’s Super Bowl stunned viewers with its bizarre vibe. But then what happened next shocked the station execs who ran it and media buyers who approved the spot even more: West immediately flipped the website after the ad aired, replacing its previous content with just one item: A swastika T-shirt for…

Neha Satpute and Akshay Pise felt ready to welcome their first child. Having worked in the US for more than a decade, the Indian couple who are engineers on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, expected their son – due on 26 February – to be born an American citizen. Employed at a large tech firm with…

Two American tourists were attacked by a shark at a popular Bahamas resort over the weekend, police said. The female swimmers were in the waters at Bimini Bay, which is part of the westernmost island in the Bahamas and about 50 miles from Miami, about 6:30 p.m. Friday when the attack took place. “Initial reports indicate that…

Israel placed its military on the “highest level of alert” after Hamas canceled the next phase of its plan to release hostages. Tensions surged after Hamas accused Israel of breaking the terms of the ceasefire deal on Monday. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said in a post on X that the…

Europe is prepared to respond “within an hour” if the United States levies tariffs against the European Union, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a pre-election debate with his conservative challenger Friedrich Merz. In the first duel ahead of the February 23 election, Merz portrayed Scholz as a ditherer who had led Germany into economic crisis, while…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believed the United States was making progress in its talks to end thewar between Russia and Ukraine, but declined to provide details about any communications he had had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump indicated that the two men had been in…

President Trump on Sunday said he was losing patience with the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas after seeing footage of the Palestinian militant group release Israeli hostages over the weekend, whose appearance he compared to Holocaust survivors. Trump’s reaction to seeing images of the three hostages, who appeared gaunt upon their release on Saturday, brought fresh…