Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) stands with leaders from African countries at the meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing in September 2024. (AFP) Natural- and human-resource-rich Africa has seen many a geopolitical storm. It has suffered a great deal of exploitation at the hands of its colonial and neo-colonial masters, as well … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump blamed diversity policies implemented during the Obama and Biden administrations for compromising air safety standards. This statement came after a devastating mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, resulting in no survivors. Trump’s remarks have ignited a heated debate about the role … Read more
New York: The inability of Meta’s AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a person familiar with the issue said. Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated as president on Monday, succeeding Democrat Joe Biden. Yet on Thursday, … Read more
Former US president Joe Biden’s tenure at the White House was completely omitted from Google search queries that included “US Presidents”, “United States Presidents” and “US Presidents in order”, a report in The Independent has claimed. For a brief period on Thursday (Jan 23), social media users complained that Mr Biden was not featuring in … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sat for his first interview since returning to the White House and targetted his predecessor former President Joe Biden for issuing several pardons for family members and officials on his last day in office. Mr Trump claimed he was given the option to pre-emptively pardon himself at … Read more
Washington: The U.S. presidential election is approaching, and the war of words between candidates is intensifying. US President Joe Biden has compared supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to “trash”. Not only that, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris also described her Republican rival Trump as “unstable” and “obsessed with revenge.” Harris even said, “This is … Read more