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[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel commented on the Wall Street Journal report of Elon Musk's baby mamas. Jimmy Kimmel did not miss the opportunity to have a laugh on Elon Musk after the Wall Street Journal came out with an investigative report shedding light on Elon Musk and his legion of babies. The report said Elon Musk fathered 14 children with multiple partners and while people know many of his partners, this can't be said about all of his partners as he might have move children with additional women. The report revealed a new name, a cryptocurrency influencer from Japan, Tiffany Fong, whom Musk directly messaged to have his child. After Musk approached Fong, her followers and revenue from X increased, but Fong declined Musk's proposal. She also revealed his proposal to her friend Ashley St Clair, a Conservative influencer who recently […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that China was willing to have a meeting amid the growing tensions between the two nations as tariff war escalated. However, there has been no confirmation from the Asian nation regarding any official meeting.While informing about his "productive" talks with Mexico, Japan, Trump said, "Had a very productive call with the President of Mexico yesterday. Likewise, I met with the highest level Japanese Trade Representatives. It was a very productive meeting. Every Nation, including China, wants to meet! Today, Italy!"However, a Bloomberg report recently revealed that China was willingness to resume trade negotiations with the States provided that its certain demand were fulfilled. The demands included increased diplomatic respect, a stable US trade policy, responsiveness to its concerns regarding sanctions and Taiwan, and the selection of a chief negotiator who has Trump’s […]

[ad_1] Is regret setting in among Trump supporters? Not really, says CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten, who pushed back against the growing narrative that 2024 Trump voters are having second thoughts.Citing new polling data from YouGov, Enten revealed that only 2% of Republican voters say they would vote differently in a hypothetical rematch between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Just 1% said they wouldn’t vote at all.“I hear all these stories, all these articles, all the Trump voters, saying they regret what they did back in 2024,” Enten said on CNN. “I’m here to tell you, very few of them regret what they did.”Even as polls show Trump facing backlash over the state of the economy—54% of respondents in a CBS survey blamed him for the downturn—Enten emphasised that the discontent hasn’t significantly chipped away at his […]

[ad_1] BEIRUT: The Lebanese military said it has detained a group of people linked to firing rockets into Israel last month. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the army said it had detained several people, including a number of Palestinians, who were involved in firing rockets in two separate attacks toward Israel in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon. Lebanon's Hezbollah group denied at the time it was behind the firing of rockets. The army said that a vehicle and other equipment used in the rockets attacks were confiscated and the detainees were referred to judicial authorities. The army said it had carried out raids in different parts of Lebanon to detain the suspects without giving further details. On Thursday, the state-run National News Agency reported that General Rodolph Haikal briefed a weekly cabinet […]

[ad_1] TEHRAN: UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi met the head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Mohammad Eslami, on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.Iranian and US delegations are to gather in Rome on Saturday for a second round of Omani-mediated negotiations, a week after the longtime foes held their highest-level talks since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018.There were no immediate details on Grossi's meeting with Eslami, but Iran's reformist Shargh newspaper described his visit as "strategically significant at the current juncture".On Wednesday, Grossi met with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the first round of talks with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday. Araghchi said he had had a "useful" meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency chief."The IAEA can play a crucial role in […]

[ad_1] A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court defining “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 as referring strictly to biological females has triggered an outpouring of support for author JK Rowling on social media, with many hailing her as a symbol of resistance in the ongoing debate around gender identity and women’s rights.Rowling, a vocal supporter of gender-critical feminism, reacted to the ruling with a post on X, sharing a smiling photo of herself captioned: “I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights”. The post quickly drew attention, sparking both support and criticism.Among the many praising Rowling was a user who wrote: “JK Rowling is one of the most courageous people of our time – she had every incentive to fold on Trans and she did not, instead fighting and giving others the courage (and resources) to […]

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) PARIS: French luxury group Hermes said Thursday it would hike its prices in the United States to offset the impact of 10-percent import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.Famous for its Birkin handbag, silk scarves and leather goods, the increases would take effect on May 1, said the group's finance chief, Eric Halgouet.Halgouet did not say by how much prices would be raised, but he said the move would "fully offset" the tariffs impact."It will be a complementary price increase that we are currently finalising, but which will allow us to neutralise this impact," he told reporters during a quarterly earnings presentation.Hermes, also known for the "H" logo on its belts and other goods, usually raises prices once a year and had already announced worldwide increase of between six and seven percent earlier in 2025.Hermes overtook […]

[ad_1] KANDALAMA: Time for the daily staff meeting at Sri Lanka's Hotel Amba Yaalu where woman manager Jeewanthi Adhikari jokes: "This won't look very serious, there are only girls around the table."The hotel, on the shores of Lake Kandalama in the green hills of central Sri Lanka, opened in January with a unique selling point -- its staff are exclusively women.It is a first in the country, designed to promote women in a tourism sector where men hold up to 90 percent of hotel jobs."The chairman wanted to start a new hotel with a new concept," said Adhikari.She explained how the idea sprouted from twin blows that hammered the island's tourism industry -- first Covid-19, then the 2022 financial crisis and subsequent political unrest that toppled the president."It has been really a bad time," the 42-year-old said, noting that when […]

[ad_1] Ukrainian security officers escort a handcuffed Chinese national (center) who was captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting on the Russian side, to a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Picture credit: AP) Ukraine’s decision to present the captured Chinese nationals before the media rasied questions whether it can be a calculated political message aimed at the international community. While the move risks breaching international humanitarian law, which prohibits exposing prisoners of war to the public, the Ukrainian government seemingly weighed the reputational risk against the strategic value of showing the world that Chinese nationals, despite Beijing’s repeated claims of neutrality, were now part of the Russian military campaign. During the press conference held on Monday, the captured Chinese fighters, who spoke Mandarin with the help of a translator and sat under the watchful eye of armed guards, insisted they acted […]

[ad_1] Harvard is where Mark Zuckerberg built the prototype of Facebook to rate his classmates, where eight US presidents learned the art of governing, and where a university president was recently forced to resign for forgetting how citations work.It’s a symbol of elite ambition, intellectual arrogance, and institutional prestige — all wrapped in crimson. Naturally, Donald Trump hates it.In 2025, the second Trump administration is not just picking a fight with Harvard. It’s using the full weight of the federal government to throttle it. With funding frozen, visas under threat, and political pressure mounting, this is less a spat than a strategic assault — one that’s reshaping the relationship between power and higher education.Let’s dissect it in ten blunt, brutal, but entirely true points.1. Trump froze $2.3 billion in federal funds to HarvardThis isn’t a political rumour — it’s a […]