San Francisco, US: With the shadow of a tumultuous ban still looming over TikTok in the United States, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offering to pay a large sum of money to popular content creators on the “third party” social media app who join Facebook and Instagram. The company said select creators will get up … Read more
Washington DC: President Donald Trump is considering changing a key U.S. trade benefit to other nations, the “de minimis” exemption on import tariffs, as he accuses China of unfair trade practices and blames it for a crisis over the deadly drug fentanyl. His predecessor Joe Biden, in one of his last acts as president on … Read more
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time. Bloomberg’s intervention aims to ensure the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) remains fully funded despite the … Read more
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are celebrating 20 years of marriage. From their first meeting at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998 to their current roles in the White House, their relationship has evolved significantly. To commemorate their anniversary, Trump shared a throwback wedding-day photo on X, writing, “Happy 20th … Read more
Bangkok: Thailand’s historic same-sex marriage equality law came into force on Thursday, making it the first country in Southeast Asia and third territory in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal to legalise marriages of same-sex couples. Below are key facts about the law and what it means. Who Qualifies? Any LGBTQ couple over 18 years of … Read more
On January 20, 2025, Kai Madison Trump, the 17-year-old granddaughter of Donald Trump, shared an intimate glimpse into her family’s historic day through a YouTube vlog titled “My grandpa became the President again”. The 14-minute-long video was also shared on TikTok and within 24 hours, it amassed more than 27 million combined views. According to … Read more
China has conducted another major nuclear fusion experiment in its pursuit of creating a novel source of energy. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, dubbed China’s ‘artificial sun’ sustained plasma for a whopping 1,000 seconds, breaking the 403-second record it set in 2023, according to a report in Live Science, citing Chinese … Read more
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump’s administration has shut down the White House’s Spanish language page. As of this week, visitors to whitehouse.gov/es now see an error message and the words “page not found” beneath an image of the White House. Below that, visitors can click on “go to home page” which directs to whitehouse.gov, … Read more
Former Olympic swimmer Klete Keller was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday, over four years after he stormed the US Capitol building during the January 6 riot. The five-time Olympic medalist, speaking to The Washington Post, said he “regretted” his actions and described the pardon as “such an amazing feeling of relief.” Keller, who … Read more
Washington DC: The recent wildfires have left Los Angeles — the second-largest city in the United States and home to the country’s rich and famous — in rubble. Images taken from the air show block after block of greyish-brown ash, with just skeletal remains of homes, restaurants and shops left behind in the once-thriving neighbourhood. … Read more
Meta has issued a statement, denying claims circulating on social media that Facebook and Instagram users were forced to follow President Donald Trump’s official accounts. The company said the changes noticed by the users were standard practices, often followed when there is a transition from the previous administration to the incoming one. “People were not … Read more
Seoul, South Korea: South Korean investigators recommended Thursday that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power, as they handed over the results of their probe into his ill-fated declaration of martial law to prosecutors. The official charges against Yoon were “leading an insurrection and abuse of power”, the Corruption … Read more