Month: January,2025

Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump after president excoriates him during press briefing

Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump after president excoriates him during press briefing


January 31, 2025
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the commander in chief blasted the Democrat during a press briefing about the deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a passenger airplane that occurred on Wednesday night. Trump sarcastically called Buttigieg ‘a real winner.’ ‘He’s a disaster. He was […]
Trump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’ 

Trump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’ 


January 31, 2025
Fighting reportedly over minerals needed for electric cars and mobile phones has become the Trump administration’s first real foreign affairs test in Africa.  Bodies lie rotting in the streets, and hospitals have been overwhelmed with casualties in Goma, a city of 2 million people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). […]
First American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says

First American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says


January 31, 2025
American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas’ ceasefire deal.  He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal. Hamas says that the hostages to be released alongside Siegel […]
Israel says three Israeli and five Thai hostages to be released in Gaza Thursday

Israel says three Israeli and five Thai hostages to be released in Gaza Thursday


January 30, 2025
The three Israeli hostages due to be released in Gaza on Thursday have been named by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office (PMO), which also confirmed that five Thai nationals will be freed. “The list of names received from Hamas today by the mediators Qatar and Egypt includes: Arbel Yehud (29 years old), Agam Berger (19) […]
ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc

ECOWAS pledges to ‘keep door open’ after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc


January 30, 2025
The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal, which marks the culmination of a yearlong process during which the group tried to avert an unprecedented disintegration, “has become effective today,” ECOWAS said in a […]
Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’

Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’


January 30, 2025
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Lots of hair shedding, tons of fun and a constant invasion of your personal space. That’s what you’re going to get with a pug, according to Cheryl Gaw, who has seen more than a few of the squashed-nosed pups in her time. Gaw has rescued more than 2,500 pugs in South Africa […]
Former al Qaeda member named as Syria’s president for transitional period

Former al Qaeda member named as Syria’s president for transitional period


January 30, 2025
Former al Qaeda member Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period. “We announce the appointment of Commander Ahmad al-Sharaa as head of state during the transitional period. He will assume the duties of the president of the Syrian Arab Republic and represent the country […]
DeepSeek is giving the world a window into Chinese censorship and information control

DeepSeek is giving the world a window into Chinese censorship and information control


January 30, 2025
Previously little-known Chinese startup DeepSeek has dominated headlines and app charts in recent days thanks to its new AI chatbot, which sparked a global tech sell-off that wiped billions off Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and shattered assumptions of America’s dominance of the tech race. But those signing up for the chatbot and its open-source technology […]
American fighters are dying in Ukraine in growing numbers. Bringing their bodies home is a complex task

American fighters are dying in Ukraine in growing numbers. Bringing their bodies home is a complex task


January 30, 2025
Editor’s Note: This report contains details of death and injury that some may find distressing. The stark testimony of their surviving colleagues, and the growing toll, portrays the obscure yet important role of American frontline fighters in a war President Donald Trump has called “ridiculous” and has pushed Russian President Vladimir Putin to end diplomatically. […]
Trump realities drive migrants to reroute their American Dream

Trump realities drive migrants to reroute their American Dream


January 30, 2025
Six months ago Francisco Fortín was attacked by gangs wielding machetes in his home country of Honduras, he said, an act of violence that cemented a decision to quit his impoverished and trouble-plagued homeland. Last Sunday, with wounds on his chest, leg and back healing, he and his partner Annie finally left and crossed into […]
British bishop retires days after sexual assault allegations

British bishop retires days after sexual assault allegations


January 30, 2025
A British bishop has announced his retirement days after he was accused of sexual assault and harassment. Channel 4 News reported on Tuesday that John Perumbalath, the Bishop of Liverpool, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman and harassing a fellow bishop. “Since those allegations were made I have consistently maintained that I have not […]
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force


January 30, 2025
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) came into effect on Thursday, and Helles […]
Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead, authorities say

Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead, authorities say


January 30, 2025
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. He said he had carried out the demonstrations because he believed the Quran “should be banned in the world because of the danger it causes to democracy, ethics, human values, human […]
Quantum Computing Stocks You NEED to See

Quantum Computing Stocks You NEED to See


January 30, 2025
In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe shares the details of his favorite MACD setup. Joe then covers NVDA, and cryptocurrencies, before covering which Quantum Computing stocks look the best right now, including IONQ and RGTI. Finally, he goes through the symbol requests that came through this week, including AAPL, COIN, and more. This video was […]
John Kaiser: America’s Resource Sector is No Longer Great, What Will Trump’s Impact Be?

John Kaiser: America’s Resource Sector is No Longer Great, What Will Trump’s Impact Be?


January 30, 2025
US President Donald Trump and his impact on the resource sector were key topics of conversation at the latest Metals Investor Forum, which returned to Vancouver, BC, from January 17 to 18. In his talk, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research asked the audience, ‘In what way is America truly no longer great?’ To answer, he […]