FEBRUARY 25, 2025
New Delhi: Australia may look like a stable landmass, but it's gradually inching northward toward Asia at an unexpected pace. In a concerning revelation, scientists have reported that the continent is shifting at a rate of 2.8 inches (7 cm) per year comparable to the speed at which human fingernails grow. While this may seem minor, over...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
President Donald Trump announced a new path to U.S. citizenship: a pricey gold card.
The U.S. is going to “sell” gold cards for $5 million, Trump announced in the Oval Office Tuesday.
“We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you Green Card privileges, plus it's going...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025. - Nathan Howard, REUTERS
Dear MAGA voters:
President Donald Trump thanks you for your service, but he has determined you are now expendable. Please enjoy your Denny’s omelet surcharge and keep buying MAGA merchandise and Trump family cryptocurrency!...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Elon Musk reacts, on the day he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Concern over Elon Musk's increasing power in Washington, D.C. is growing rapidly now that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to use the billionaire's SpaceX’s Starlink to upgrade its networks.
The FAA posted on...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Top White House official, Peter Navarro, proposed removing Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network as US President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on Canada to turn into the United States' 51st state.
Navarro is advocating for the removal of Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, which also comprises the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, according to the...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi.
Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) here.
"Forty seven and half hours. We have about nine hours...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Yeristovo and Poltava iron ore mine in Ukraine - Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
The European Union is pushing for its own deal to share Ukraine’s mineral wealth as Donald Trump closed in on an agreement to secure mining rights as part of a peace agreement.
Stephane Sejourne, the bloc’s industry commissioner, quietly pushed Europe’s alternative deal on a visit to...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to hire federal employees who have been fired as a result of cuts spearheaded by Elon Musk's DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency.
"The federal government might say, 'You're fired,' but here in New York, we say, 'You're hired.' In fact, we love federal workers," Hochul said in a message posted on...
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Airline passengers have experienced serious disruptions at Washington’s Reagan National Airport because of new rules that trigger runway closures when President Donald Trump flies to and from the White House aboard his helicopter, according to people aware of the restrictions, flight tracking data and federal records.
The stricter requirements — imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration after the...
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to bend President Donald Trump back to the side of Kyiv and Europe, after an intense White House effort to end the war in Ukraine in which the U.S. leader blamed Ukraine, not Russia, for the invasion by the Kremlin three years ago.
Meeting Trump in the Oval Office Macron scrambled to...
