The billionaire’s Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet, including from a Chinese state-backed rival and another service financed by Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab founder Jeff Bezos. Shanghai-based SpaceSail in November signed an agreement to enter Brazil and announced it was in talks with over 30 […]
Following a campaign roiled by a series of violent attacks and interventions by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.7% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 19.8%, the projection published by ZDF public broadcaster showed. “Tonight we will celebrate, and from tomorrow we start working. … The world out […]
The 46-year-old Former Palestinian Prisoner fell from the roof of his home in Issawiya and died, due to severe injuries in East Jerusalem. Naila Salama Obeid served seven life sentences plus 30 years for his participation with the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and for planning militant operations. His release was part of […]
The poll, conducted February 13-18, asked more than 4,000 U.S. adults nationwide whether they supported a range of positions staked out by Trump and how much the issues would motivate them to vote in the future. The results point to Trump putting considerable effort into policies that many Americans don’t like or don’t consider very […]
The cuts are part of President Donald Trump‘s sweeping downsizing effort that has targeted bank regulators, forest workers, rocket scientists, and tens of thousands of other government employees. The effort is being led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s biggest campaign donor. Musk was on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, […]
Brent futures climbed 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $76.64 a barrel by 0123 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude edged up 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $72.65. Both benchmarks were set for a weekly gain of about 3%. U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose while gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week as seasonal maintenance at […]
Trump and his energy tsar Doug Burgum framed the venture as a way for Japan to replace Middle East energy shipments and address its trade imbalance with the U.S., according to two officials briefed on the closed-door talks. Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba – eager to ensure a positive first meeting and stave off damaging U.S. […]
It acquitted him of a charge of coercion, the court said on Thursday in a ruling seen by Reuters. Rubiales told Reuters he would appeal, saying: “I am going to keep fighting.” Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence for Rubiales, 47, over the incident that provoked a heated debate in Spain about sexism in women’s […]
Zelenskiy had earlier struck a conciliatory tone after accusing Trump of repeating Russian disinformation in response to the U.S. president’s accusation that Ukraine had started the three-year-old war with Russia. Trump went on to refer to Zelenskiy as a “dictator” who should act fast or lose Ukraine. Trump, in office for just a month, is […]
Han Duck-soo was impeached by parliament as acting President and Prime Minister in December over alleged obstruction of the trial that would formally remove Yoon from office for his martial law decree. On Thursday he appeared before that trial for the first time, telling Seoul’s Constitutional Court he had “expressed my opposition” to Yoon’s decision […]
