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Staff at the government broadcaster Voice of America have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, which put nearly 900 employees on leave and froze funding last week. BONNIE CASH/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption BONNIE CASH/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Six Voice of America journalists sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration on … Read more
Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport. Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman and first African to lead the International Olympic Committee, the world’s largest sports body. Bans on Russia but not Israel and the role of money in the Olympic Games are two challenges she faces. What other hurdles lie ahead? Presenter: Sami Zeidan … Read more
Have you seen this toilet? WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption WILLIAM EDWARDS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP It turns out that a porcelain throne can also be made of gold. At least, that was the vision behind Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork titled America, created in 2016. The installation featured a fully functional … Read more
United States President Donald Trump has made good on a campaign promise to begin shuttering the Department of Education, though his efforts are likely to face court challenges and constitutional barriers. On Thursday, the Republican leader held an elaborate ceremony to sign an executive order that would set in motion the department’s demise. A semi-circle … Read more
Recently a few hundred people gathered at a Damascus hotel to discuss how to jump-start Syria’s tech industry. That sector was basically non-existent during Syria’s long civil war. Our correspondent attended the conference and met a young man who fled Syria during the civil war and now is a graduate student at Stanford. His journey … Read more
The US fell to its lowest-ever ranking in the 2025 edition of the World Happiness Report amid rising social isolation and political polarisation, while Finland and other Nordic countries remained at the top of the index. Published on Thursday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford in partnership with Gallup and the … Read more
In this picture, taken from Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers patrol a street in northern Gaza on Wednesday. The Israeli military says it’s launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, a day after Israel broke a ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 people. Jack Guez/AFP … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk, the driving force behind United States President Donald Trump’s budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has broached the sensitive issue of Social Security cost savings on the TV channel Fox Business. Musk told host Larry Kudlow, a former Trump economic adviser, that the Government Accountability Office estimated in 2024 that federal government … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with the Finnish president at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Wednesday. Ukraine’s President Zelensky and First Lady Zelenska are on an official visit to Finland. HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says … Read more
Quotable Mouin Rabbani, Middle East analyst, breaks down Israel’s latest airstrikes on Gaza. Read more Mouin Rabbani, a Middle East analyst, discusses the new wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, and whether this is a one off or the beginning of a larger campaign. Published On 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025 Source link