News in brief
The rift between Donald Trump and Elon Musk seems to have eased. On Sunday, during a tribute in Arizona to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the U.S. president and the Tesla CEO exchanged a firm handshake and appeared to engage in a friendly conversation. Just three months ago, their relationship......
Authorities are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and two others injured at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, during a wedding on Saturday. The suspect, 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau, has been arrested and faces a charge of second-degree murder. The victim, identified......
Estonia has called for an extraordinary meeting of the United Nations Security Council following the incursion of three Russian fighter jets into its airspace earlier this week. According to the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the aircraft, identified as MiG-31 jets, entered Estonian airspace over......
The Taliban government in Afghanistan has declared that it is “impossible” to return the former U.S. airbase at Bagram to the United States, following threats of unspecified sanctions from President Donald Trump. The Bagram airbase, a key military facility used by the United States until......
Claims circulating online suggest that 25 children in the United States died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. However, there is no credible evidence to support this assertion. The allegation is based on misinterpretation of the VAERS database, a system that collects unverified reports of health incidents......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he will meet former U.S. President Donald Trump next week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The announcement comes as diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s invasion remain stalled. Moscow has intensified its......
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is seeking ways to make medicines more affordable in the United States, amid growing pressure from the Trump administration and the threat of steep tariffs on the industry. Chief Executive Officer Vasant Narasimhan told the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung......
India’s leading tech industry association has expressed deep concern over the Trump administration’s decision to impose an annual fee of $100,000 on H-1B visas, a program widely used by technology companies that rely heavily on skilled workers from Asia. The new rule comes into effect on......
Federal agents used teargas and pepper balls to break up a demonstration outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Chicago on Friday morning, where around 100 protesters had gathered. At least three people were arrested, including two Democratic congressional candidates who had......
Venezuela’s defense minister, Vladimir Padrino López, declared on Friday that the recent US military deployment in the Caribbean constitutes an “undeclared war.” His statement followed reports that US forces destroyed several boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking, killing......
The American ticketing giant Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation are facing legal action from U.S. authorities. The company, which controls nearly 80% of the ticketing market for major concert venues, is accused of facilitating massive illegal resales and applying hidden fees that can inflate......
Police in Los Angeles are investigating the mysterious death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose body was discovered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to viral musician d4vd (David Anthony Burke). The decomposed remains were found on September 8 in Hollywood Hills, months after Rivas was reported missing......
Erika Kirk, widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has been appointed as the new leader of Turning Point USA, the youth-oriented political organization her late husband founded. Charlie Kirk, who was killed in Utah earlier this month at the age of 31, created Turning Point USA when he was......
