Elon Musk plans Tesla-Twitter partnership through xAI startup. Reuters/File Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made last week about US President Donald Trump as they had gone “too far”, the latest sign of a tentative reconciliation between the two men. Trump said on Saturday his relationship with Musk was over after they …
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Khaby Lame gestures for a photograph. — Reuters/File Khaby Lame, one of the world’s most popular social media personalities, was briefly detained during his visit to the United States, sparking a sense of worry among his fans. The TikTok star reportedly overstayed his visa after arriving in the US on April 30 for the last month’s Met Gala in New …
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An undated image of FBI personnel. — Reuters/File Canada has extradited a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen identified as Muhammad Shahzeb Khan alias “Shahzeb Jadoon” to the United States in connection with an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York. With the extradition taking place on Tuesday, Khan has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to …
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A nighttime curfew was in force in Los Angeles on Tuesday as local officials sought to get a handle on protests that Donald Trump claimed were an invasion by a “foreign enemy.” Looting and vandalism has scarred the heart of America’s second biggest city as largely peaceful protests over immigration arrests turned ugly after dark. “I have declared a local …
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This aerial view shows the sun setting behind icebergs and ice floating in the water off Nuuk, Greenland, on March 7, 2025. — AFP COPENHAGEN: Greenland’s ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday. The Arctic region is …
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Strawberry plants are seen inside a poly tunnel at Chambers farm near Maidstone in Kent, Britain, June 3, 2025. — Reuters DARTFORD: British strawberry farmers say this year’s record-breaking spring sunshine and warm days have yielded the cream of the crop, with a bigger and sweeter harvest than usual. Long periods of sun and cool nights provided “perfect” conditions for …
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Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts appear to have borne fruit as the US Department of State has expressed hope that President Donald Trump will help resolve the longstanding Kashmir dispute during his tenure in office. This correspondent had submitted questions to the State Department, inquiring about the recent engagement between Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, and a Pakistani …
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A man cools off with a water hose during a hot summer day in Hyderabad on May 24, 2024. — Reuters The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth’s second-warmest May on record — exceeded only by …
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Britain and four other nations imposed sanctions on Tuesday on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel’s national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich, both West …
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Members of law enforcement carrying non-lethal weapons stand guard, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in downtown Los Angeles, California, US on June 10, 2025. — Reuters Marines arrive in LA area, await deployment to city sites. “Democracy is under assault,” says California governor. Protests spread to multiple US cities, remain largely peaceful. Hundreds of US Marines arrived in …
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