‘The Australian way’: PM Anthony Albanese wins landslide re-election
NewsFeed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rode an anti-Trump wave to a landslide victory and a historic second term Saturday. Voters, he said, chose “the Australian way.” Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat. Published On 3 May 20253 May 2025 Adblock test (Why?)
Houthis maintain pressure on Israel as US launches more strikes on Yemen
Prime minister of Yemen’s internationally recognised government has resigned amid political turmoil. Israel has intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, the third such attack by Houthi forces in a 24-hour span, as the United States continues daily attacks on the country. The Israeli army confirmed on Saturday it had activated air raid sirens across parts of the country following the missile launch. No injuries or major damage were reported. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it a response to Israeli operations in Gaza. The Houthis have increasingly targeted Israel and shipping routes in the Red Sea, stating that their actions are acts of solidarity with Palestinians as Israel continues its assault on Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The Houthis did not carry out attacks during the Gaza ceasefire earlier this year until Israel blocked all aid into the besieged enclave in early March and followed that with a full resumption of the war. In the meantime, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported on Saturday that the US launched two air raids on Yemen’s Kamaran Island and as-Salif district in the port city of Hodeidah. Advertisement The new attacks come a day after the same news outlet reported seven US attacks on the Ras Isa oil port in as-Salif district in Hodeidah. Last month, a US strike on the same port killed at least 80 people and wounded 150 in one of the deadliest attacks on the country by US forces. The US has also ramped up its air campaign in Yemen, launching its most extensive military operations in the Middle East since President Donald Trump assumed office in January. US forces claim to have struck Houthi positions, however, there have been numerous civilian casualties. The high civilian toll from US strikes is drawing increasing alarm. The UK-based monitor Airwars reported that between 27 and 55 civilians were killed in March alone. April’s deaths are expected to be higher. Houthi sources say at least 68 African migrants died in a single overnight strike on Monday, with additional casualties reported around the capital. Yemen’s prime minister resigns As the conflict intensifies, political instability is growing within Yemen. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, the prime minister of the internationally recognised government, announced his resignation on Saturday, citing persistent challenges, including his inability to reshuffle the cabinet. Government insiders said a power struggle with Presidential Council leader Rashad al-Alimi triggered Mubarak’s departure. Within hours of the announcement, the presidential council named Finance Minister Salem Saleh bin Braik as prime minister, according to the state-run SABA news agency. The council also named bin Mubarak as an adviser to the ruling body, without addressing his claims. Advertisement Mubarak’s political career has been closely linked to the long-running war in Yemen. He rose to prominence after being abducted by Houthi fighters in 2015 while serving as chief of staff to then-president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Much of the international community does not recognise the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah (supporters of God), even though the armed Iran-aligned group controls most parts of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, and some of the western and northern areas close to Saudi Arabia. Adblock test (Why?)
Warren Buffett to retire as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at end of 2025
‘Oracle of Omaha’ stuns shareholders, but pledges to maintain investments in group and says he will still be ‘hanging around’. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has announced that he will retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group at the end of the year. Buffet told the group’s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday that he would step down as chief executive at the close of 2025, handing over the reins to vice chairman Greg Abel, already known to be his anointed successor. “I would still hang around and could conceivably be useful in a few cases, but the final word would be what Greg said in operations, in capital deployment, whatever it might be,” said Buffett at the meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. He added that the board of directors would be “unanimously in favour” of his recommendation. About an hour later, Abel came out to oversee a formal Berkshire business meeting without Buffett. “I just want to say I couldn’t be more humbled and honoured to be part of Berkshire as we go forward,” he said. Abel, 62, who has been the group’s vice chairman since 2018, managing non-insurance operations, was named Buffett’s expected successor as chief executive in 2021, but it was always assumed he would not take over until after Buffett’s death. Advertisement Previously, 94-year-old Buffett, known as the “The Oracle of Omaha” because of the influence he wields in business and financial circles, has always maintained he has no plans to retire. His decision to step down caps a remarkable 60-year run during which he transformed Berkshire from a failing textile company into a $1.16 trillion conglomerate with liquid assets of $300bn. Buffett’s net worth as of Saturday is $168.2bn, according to Forbes magazine’s real-time rich list. On Saturday, he pledged to keep his fortune invested in the company. “I have no intention – zero – of selling one share of Berkshire Hathaway. I will give it away, eventually,” Buffett said. “The decision to keep every share is an economic decision because I think the prospects of Berkshire will be better under Greg’s management than mine,” he said. Earlier Saturday, Buffett warned about the dire global consequences of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying that “trade should not be a weapon” but “there’s no question that trade can be an act of war.” Buffett said Trump’s trade policies have raised the risk of global instability by angering the rest of the world. Adblock test (Why?)
DNA TV Show: What will be India’s next move after Pahalgam horror?
On the 13th day after the Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ‘decisive revenge’. Soon after the announcement, he called Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi at his official residence in the national capital. The meeting went on for around an hour.
CRPF soldier terminated for helping Pakistani wife overstay in India, violating service conduct rules
CRPF jawan dismissed for hiding marriage to Pakistani woman and letting her overstay in India, raising security concerns.
NEET UG paper leak: Over 250 MBBS students face action over paper leak, admissions cancelled, exams barred
Over 250 NEET UG aspirants face action, including admission cancellations and exam bans, over the 2023 paper leak case.
Trump posts AI image of himself as Pope amid Vatican’s search for new pontiff
President Donald Trump appears to have his eye on a new gig after being back in the Oval Office for just over 100 days. On Friday, the president posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on Truth Social, and it has gone viral. Less than a week prior to the post, Trump was in Rome attending the funeral for the late Pope Francis. As the Vatican searches for a new pontiff, it seems Trump is jokingly throwing his hat in the ring. TRUMP JOKES HE’D LIKE TO BE POPE, ‘NUMBER 1 CHOICE’ — THEN NAMES A REAL CONTENDER The post was met with a wide range of reactions—from some who found it funny to others who said it was offensive. Townhall columnist Dustan Grage dismissed critics, saying that most of those he saw complaining about the post were atheists and that their opinions didn’t matter. “Memes depicting Trump as Christ have been and always will be called out as blasphemy. The Pope picture is actually funny. Calm down, folks,” Grage wrote. Meanwhile, Democratic activist and influencer Harry Sisson accused “MAGA” of electing a “man-child.” CONCLAVE ‘VERY, VERY DIFFERENT’ FROM US ELECTIONS; ‘ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN’, ACCORDING TO EXPERT Earlier this week, when asked about who he would want to see take over the Vatican, Trump joked that he wanted to be pope. “I’d like to be pope. That’d be my number one choice,” Trump said, before clarifying that he was joking and naming a possible option — Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Cardinals, including Dolan, are set to gather at the Vatican for the conclave on May 7, when they will vote for the next pope. However, unlike secular elections, candidates for pope focus on prayer and reflection rather than campaigning. “Last time in 2013, when we had the opening prayer—because prayer is extraordinarily important—we had a reflection given by a wonderful Franciscan preacher,” Dolan told Martha MacCallum on “The Story.” “He said, ‘Eminences, you’re all scared because you have a tough job to elect the next pope. … Let me put your mind at ease. It’s easy. The Holy Spirit has already chosen the next pope. Your job is to find out who it is’.” Contenders to replace Pope Francis include Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State; Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle; Cardinal Peter Erdo; Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu; Cardinal Raymond Burke; and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.
Rising Dem star distances herself from ‘inclusive language’ as newsletters reveal a different story
U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow told a Michigan crowd last month that gender-inclusive language was pushed by the Democratic Party’s “more progressive groups,” despite including “inclusive language” in her constituent newsletters as recently as November. McMorrow, a Michigan state senator, said at the Michigan Democratic Party Rural Summit on April 12 that she “got some flack” from Democrats who encouraged her to use “inclusive language” around the time of the Dobbs decision in 2022, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned abortion law to the states. “You may have heard phrases like ‘birthing persons’ or ‘chestfeeding,’ which was a push by some of our more progressive groups to be more inclusive, so that we were capturing the fact that occasionally, trans men or women may need reproductive care,” McMorrow said. “That is not untrue. But, if we were thinking about who we needed to move to our side to have the votes we needed to accomplish the goal, when you say things that are kind of made-up phrases, it becomes really alienating.” While McMorrow acknowledges how that language can actually be “alienating” to voters outside the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and is running a campaign that rejects “performative nonsense,” McMorrow chose to include that very language in several constituent newsletters describing Michigan legislation supported by the Senate Democratic Caucus. RISING STAR DEM CRITICAL OF SCHUMER’S LEADERSHIP LAUNCHES 2026 BID IN KEY SENATE BATTLEGROUND As recently as November 2024, McMorrow’s constituent newsletter – which highlights the Michigan Democrat’s legislative agenda, spotlights community events and shares good news from the district – including descriptions of Senate bills using “inclusive language,” like “birthing parent.” WHY PETE BUTTIGIEG SAID NO TO RUNNING FOR THE SENATE NEXT YEAR In McMorrow’s newsletter, Senate Bills 1127 and 1128 are described as requiring “private insurers and Medicaid to provide coverage for group-based pregnancy support programs, which are shown to result in improved health outcomes for both the birthing parent and baby.” Similar language was included in a newsletter the month before describing the Momnibus bill package as “amplifying the voices of Black and Brown birthing people.” The same “birthing individuals” language was included in an April 2024 newsletter, describing the Momnibus bill package as created to “strengthen community-driven programs, enhance prenatal care and maternal healthcare, and amplify the voices of Black birthing individuals, mothers, women, families, and stakeholders.” While descriptions of “birthing” people or individuals are included in McMorrow’s newsletter, her campaign said she did not write those words. Andrew Mamo, McMorrow for Michigan spokesman, told Fox News Digital in a statement: “As she wrote in her book and says on the campaign trail, Mallory knows Democrats need to talk like real people and not use fabricated language that, while intending to be ‘inclusive,’ sounds so unfamiliar that it’s weird to a majority of people. These legislative updates weren’t written by Mallory, and she has continued to advocate even within her own caucus the need to change how Democrats speak.” The campaign said that while the state senator writes a portion of her constituent newsletters, the “birthing” language had been written by the Senate Democratic Caucus. However, those bill descriptions are not attributed to anyone in McMorrow’s newsletter. McMorrow’s campaign also pointed to pages in her book released in March that argued the pressure to use “inclusive language” fails at “defining your audience,” as Democrats continue to grapple with losing the House, Senate and White House in November. McMorrow, considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, announced her bid for U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters early last month, framing herself as an outsider and calling for a new generation of leaders in Washington. McMorrow has said she would not vote for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to continue as the party leader, adding that it is time for him to step back. The 38-year-old Michigan state senator garnered national attention for her viral speech to the Michigan state senate in 2022, where she pushed back on allegations from a Republican lawmaker that she was “grooming” and “sexualizing” children. “I am the biggest threat to your hollow, hateful scheme,” McMorrow said, calling out Republican state Sen. Lana Theis for invoking her name in a fundraising email. “We will not let hate win.”
Dem gov’s new campaign message man once said ‘religious right’ united by ‘white supremacy’
The reelection campaign of Governor Katie Hobbs, D-Ariz., has tapped someone with a penchant for slamming white people, despite being white himself. Hobbs, a vocal progressive and anti-Trump leader, brought Michael Beyer on as her 2026 reelection campaign communications director in April despite his history of going after people because they are white, and not just Republicans either. A look through Beyer’s X account shows the staffer levying criticism on social media as early as 2014 against a range of demographics, all with one thing in common – they’re white. TRUMP BACKS REPUBLICAN RIVALS IN ARIZONA GOVERNOR’S RACE AFTER REP. BIGGS ENTERS CONTEST: ‘I HAD A PROBLEM’ Beyer has accused the “religious right” of being united through “a belief in white supremacy,” blasted self-professed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders’ voters for having “white entitlement” and accused Taylor Swift and other “white people” of “romanticizing the conquest of Africa.” Beyer has also espoused anti-gay rhetoric targeted at gay white Republicans, positing in a social media post about the leader of one of the longest-standing pro-gay GOP nonprofits in the country that it was “unclear” whether he was “just a bunch of twinks standing on top of each other hiding in a trench coat.” In another post, Beyer complained there were too many “white men” in a 1980’s news segment about HIV, while in another Beyer suggested “white suburban voters” in Louisiana “had taken over” the local newspaper. The Arizona governor’s recent hire is just the latest in a series of tumultuous staffing issues Hobbs has faced as governor. In 2022, it was reported that in just five months two-thirds of Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign staff left, with several describing their work on the campaign as “emotionally abusive.” Meanwhile, Hobbs has also been forced to fire past employees over inflammatory social media posts. ARIZONA TO VERIFY UP TO 50K PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS WHO FAILED TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP “White evangelicals are the only group that predominantly wants anti-gay discrimination, poll shows,” Beyer posted on then-Twitter in 2017, along with a link to a blog from Slate. “Once again, it is a belief in white supremacy that unites the Religious Right,” he added in his tweet. In addition to blaming religious conservatives for being racist, Beyer also said in 2015 that Republicans in general “thinks [sic] they only have to answer to white voters.” In a subsequent post, Beyer slammed Secretary of State Marco Rubio for only appealing to “whites” after allegedly “romanticizing U.S. colonialism.” Turning to liberals, Beyer has also had choice words for white Bernie Sanders supporters, saying in a 2016 post on Twitter that they all have “white entitlement.” He suggested in another post around the same time that the only reason Sanders won New Hampshire during the 2016 election was because the state is “91% white.” In 2015, Beyer went after Taylor Swift and other “white people” for “romanticizing” colonialism. “Only white people would be the people romanticizing the conquest of Africa,” Beyer said in a 2015 post, referring to Swift’s song “Wildest Dreams” that debuted around the same time. His post was in response to a separate tweet Beyer posted that included a link and title of a NPR op-ed with the headline: “Taylor Swift Is Dreaming Of A Very White Africa.” SOUTHERN BORDER STATE GOVERNOR TAKES ON CARTELS AND SECURITY WITH SIGNING OF EXECUTIVE ORDER Despite Beyer’s numerous claims suggesting white people are racist, he contended in 2017 that “white people are very bad at identifying racism/racists.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Hobbs campaign to question whether it would be reconsidering its decision to hire Beyer, but never received a response. Beyer himself did not respond when reached for comment, either. In addition to Beyer, Hobbs has a history of hiring other staffers who have made controversial remarks on social media. She has also had an issue with high turnover in her office. ARIZONA SHERIFF PRAISES TRUMP PRIORITIZING BORDER SECURITY: ‘DRASTIC DIFFERENCE’ One of Hobbs’ former press secretaries was fired in 2023 after posting an image of a lady drawing two pistols from her hip, which included the caption “Us when we see transphobes.” The social media post came the same day a gender-confused individual opened fire at an elementary school in Nashville, after which some critics cited the person’s gender dysphoria as a possible catalyst for the horrific event. Hobbs’ office has also been impacted frequently by an unusually high turnover rate among her staff. In 2022, it was reported that two-thirds of Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign staff left across a period of just five months, with some of the departing staff describing their work on the campaign as “emotionally abusive.” The culture was apparently so bad, the staffers said, they had to upend their lives mid-election to seek employment elsewhere. Hobbs has lost staffers in the middle of ongoing legislative sessions, and, in 2023, Hobbs’ legislative director resigned just hours before the release of the state’s budget. At least one of Hobbs’ staffers went from their job on her campaign to another job with Arizona politics.
Farooq Abdullah lashes out at Pakistan over Pahalgam horror: ‘Ab ghada bhar aaya hai…’
Following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday condemned the brutality, called for unity against terrorism, and sent a heartfelt message of solidarity to the victims.