U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to be used as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the U.S. Department of Defense will “ensure proper safety measures for aircraft” to ensure the president's safe use. He added that the…
U.S. President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon, but included a gathering in the presence of Elon Musk, who quickly turned acid when Trump made unfounded claims of a “white genocide” in the country. Less than a week after Trump raised the topic of racial…
U.S. President Donald Trump used the White House meeting to force face-to-face with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to resolve Trump's baseless claims and targeted killing of white farmers. Trump even dimmed the Oval Office's lights, playing a video of a left-wing politician chanting a song that included the lyrics…
Israeli forces gave a “warning shot” to a group of 25 diplomats who visited Jenning in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a formal mission organized by the Palestinian authorities to observe the humanitarian situation there. The Israeli military said the visit was approved but the delegation “dialed from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning…
Manny Pacquiao retires. The 46-year-old boxing contest is scheduled to face the WBC middleweight champion Mario Barrios in MGM Grand in Las Vegas, nearly four years after his last professional fight. “I’m back,” Pacquiao posted on social media on Wednesday. Pacquiao’s team announced a comeback last week, hours after he admitted to losing his bid…
Chris Brown was released $6.7 million after being arrested on May 15 and charged with causing serious physical harm with the aim of causing serious physical harm in a 2023 nightclub dispute and accused of causing serious physical harm. A British judge made a decision at Southwark Crown Court and resumed Brown’s world tour, which…
President Trump will meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, while South African-born billionaire Elon Musk was present in the meeting, rigorous dialogue amid tensions between the United States and South Africa. White House officials confirm Musk will join Meeting In the case of two world leaders, Mr. Trump…
A British judge ordered Grammy Award-winning singer Chris Brown to be released on Wednesday's 5 million pound ($9.3 million) bail ($9.3 million) while facing charges he defeated and beat a music producer in a bottle at a London nightclub in 2023. The Southwork Crown Court judge's ruling restored Brown's world tour, which was suspected after…
You can hardly blame all kerfuffs in the Scotch whisky industry around the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), especially import tariffs have been reduced from 150% to 75%, further down to 40% over the next decade. One article talks about the idea of a free trade agreement “since Boris Johnson’s Premier League”. Well, indeed, there…
Iran’s top diplomat insists that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, further highlighting the Islamic Republic’s red line to negotiate with the United States on its rapidly moving nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's comments came after multiple rounds of negotiations between the two countries, including expert level on possible deal details. But no…