Elon Musk hits back at press for ‘anti-immigrant’ label: ‘Nothing could be further from the truth’
Billionaire Elon Musk attempted to correct the record on his immigration views after he claimed the press had wrongly labeled him as “anti-immigrant.” “Because I am raising concerns about the flood of unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities, the press will often characterize me as ‘anti-immigrant,’” Musk wrote on X Thursday. “As an immigrant myself, Read More
Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’
Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran’s brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity. Iran has condemned a report by United Nations experts who concluded the Islamic republic’s violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the specific targeting of women and girls were serious rights violations, with many amounting to crimes Read More
Israel’s ‘anti-Zionists’ brave police beatings, smears to demand end to war
Tel Aviv/West Jerusalem – In 2015, Maya, a Jewish Israeli, travelled to Greece to help Syrian refugees. At the time, she was an exchange student in Germany and she had been deeply moved by the pictures she saw of desperate people arriving there in small boats. That was where she met Palestinians who had been Read More
Sweden resumes aid to UN agency for Palestinians
First payment of $20m to be disbursed after Sweden gets assurances of the UNRWA’s checks on spending and personnel. Sweden has said it is resuming aid to the cash-strapped United Nations agency for Palestinians with an initial disbursement of $20m after receiving assurances of extra checks on its spending and personnel. The UN Relief and Read More
Rameshwaram cafe blast: NIA releases fresh CCTV footage of suspect, seeks help from public in…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), the premier anti-terror probe agency in the country, on Saturday released two videos and pictures of the suspect in Rameshwaram cafe blast case, seeking the cooperation of citizens to identify him.
Former Santos staffer says expelled congressman’s surprise challenge to Lalota ‘is a joke’
A former spokeswoman for disgraced ex-congressman George Santos gave a blunt assessment of his surprise comeback campaign in a different district. Naysa Woomer, who served as Santos’ communications director for six months before he was expelled from Congress, said the celebrity and media attention Santos received while in office went straight to his head. Asked Read More
US senators make new push to make Daylight Savings permanent
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. made a new push Friday on bipartisan legislation that would make Daylight Savings permanent. S. 582, also coined the Sunshine Protection Act, would make Daylight Savings permanent and add an hour to the day. The Senate unanimously passed the legislation in March 2022 but has been stalled Read More
Why Google’s AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour
America’s founding fathers depicted as Black women and Ancient Greek warriors as Asian women and men – this was the world reimagined by Google’s generative AI tool, Gemini, in late February. The launch of the new image generation feature sent social media platforms into a flurry of intrigue and confusion. When users entered any prompts Read More
Analysis: Why are Iranian monarchists backing Israel over its Gaza war?
As millions of people took to the streets to denounce Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, demanding justice and peace, support for Israel emerged from a surprising quarter: Iranian monarchists. They are supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s last shah who was toppled by Read More
UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan
Fighting has forcibly displaced more than eight million people, with millions more in need of food and humanitarian aid. The United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow aid to get to 25 million people in desperate need of food with Read More