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[ad_1] US president Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video clip of Joe Biden’s first public speech since leaving office. The post appeared on Trump’s Truth Social account — without a caption. The video showed Biden speaking recalling his own early exposure to racial segregation, saying he had never seen “black people” before moving to Delaware from Pennsylvania as a child. While telling the story, Biden used the outdated term “coloured kids”. “I remember seeing kids going by, at the time called ‘coloured kids,’ on a bus,” Biden said. He explained that this moment helped him understand the reality of racial injustice and shaped his political outlook. On social media, reactions poured in. One user wrote, “Biden can’t help himself. He’s been a racist all his life.” Another commented, “Perhaps Trump was saying this man didn’t have the capacity to […]

[ad_1] A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The quake off the coast of the island of Mindanao had a depth of 30 kilometres (18.6 miles), the USGS added. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology placed the epicentre about 43 kilometres southwest of the town of Maitum, located in a mountainous and sparsely populated area.Local authorities told AFP early indications were that the quake had caused no significant damage."It was strong but didn't last long. We have checked but it was negative (for damage or casualties)," said Gilbert Rolifor, a fire department official in Maitum.Quakes are a daily occurrence in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches from […]

[ad_1] In his first major public appearance since leaving the White House, former president Joe Biden accused his successor, Donald Trump, of causing deep harm to the social security administration. Speaking at a national conference for disability advocates, Biden said Trump had “taken a hatchet” to the agency, which provides benefits to tens of millions of Americans. “In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction. It's kind of breathtaking,” Biden said. “They’ve taken a hatchet to the social security administration.” The speech came as Democrats across the country organised a “Social security day of action” to rally opposition against recent changes. Biden avoided naming Trump directly, referring to him instead as “this guy”. But his message was clear: he believes the Trump administration is undermining a critical safety net."They're shooting first […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (File Image) The Trump administration acted quickly Monday to punish Harvard University after it refused to comply with a list of demands from the federal govt that the school said were unlawful.On Monday afternoon, Harvard became the first university to refuse to comply with the administration's requirements, setting up a showdown between the federal govt and the nation's wealthiest university. By evening, federal officials said they would freeze $2.2 billion in multiyear grants to Harvard, along with a $60 million contract.On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity if it doesn't submit to his demands for the college to change the way it runs itself.Other universities have pushed back against the administration's interference in higher education. But Harvard's response, which called the Trump administration's […]

[ad_1] Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth, has been put on administrative leave for an "unauthorized disclosure," after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, news agency Reuters has reported.A US official said that Caldwell was "escorted" from the Pentagon, the department's Washington-based headquarters."The investigation remains ongoing," the official further said without providing details about the nature of the disclosure.According to a March 21 memo signed by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, the leaks contained "national security information involving sensitive communications."The memo also left open the possibility of a polygraph. However, it was unclear if the test was performed on Caldwell.Also, the decision to send him on administrative leave is separate from a series of firings in the Department of Defense since Hegseth, a former Fox News host and […]

[ad_1] Anthony Karmelo walked out of jail on bond on Monday. He has been charged with first degree murder after he stabbed Austin Metcalf. Amid a racial debate over the stabbing of Texas teen Austin Metcalf by black teen Karmelo Anthony, comparisons with Kyle Rittenhouse emerged. Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf and claimed that it was an act of self-defense as Metcalf pushed him at a track event. Social media users who asked why Karmelo had a knife in his backpack were reminded that Kyle Rittenhouse had a gun and in 2020, at the age of 17, he shot two men dead during civil unrest on Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was later found not guilty of murder. The social media debate shifted focus to the race of the two teens and those supporting Karmelo are saying why people did not have a problem […]

[ad_1] Chinese official Xia Baolong called Americans peasants in his trade war jibe. JD Vance recently used the word 'peasants' for Chinese people. Vice president JD Vance recently used the term 'peasants' when he spoke about Donald Trump's tariffs and how US borrows money from "Chinese peasants" to buy things that "Chinese peasants manufacture". Beijing condemned the comment and said Vance lacked knowledge and respect. Now as the US-China trade war escalated with each hiking its tariff, a top Chinese official Xia Baolong in a television address said: "Let those peasants in the US wail before the 5,000 years of Chinese civilisations."Baolong is the dorector of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. In his statement on Hong Kong's National Security Education Day, he said the US has isolated China by keeping […]

[ad_1] Actor William Levy was arrested in Florida. Actor William Levy, known as 'Cuban Brad Pitt' was arrested in Florida on charges of intoxication in a public place, causing disturbance and trespassing. According to reports, he was arrested by the Broward Sheriff's office. The news became public on Tuesday though the arrest was made on Monday after the police released his mugshot. During a hearing on Tuesday bond was set at $250 for each count. No expected release date or projected sentence has been listed in the jail system as of Tuesday. Levy is a huge star in Latin America and has appeared in several telenovelas alongside Hollywood hits such as 'Girls Trip' and 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'.Reports indicate the incident occurred near his home in the affluent Southwest Ranches neighborhood, though specific details about the events leading to […]

[ad_1] Mohsen Mahdawi showing peace symbol after being arrested by ICE. After Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi became the second Palestinian student at Columbia with a green card who was arrested by ICE for their deportation. Mahdawi and Khalil co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia in 2023 fall. Mahdawi's arrest is one of the most dramatic one so far pulled off by ICE as he was arrested from a Vermont immigration office where he came to give an interview for finalizing his US citizenship. Instead, he was arrested, making the citizenship interview look like a trap that Mahdawi walked into on his own. There were armed, plainclothes police with their faces covered who handcuffed Mahdawi. "This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. Mr Mahdawi, a legal resident of the United States, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately […]

[ad_1] Lauren Sanchez clapped back to the trolls and said their words really get her fired up Lauren Sanchez, philanthropist and author, is aware of the caustic words people are spewing about her 15-minute space sojurn with Gayle King, Kate Perry, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn and she has a reply to it. In an interview with PEOPLE, she said all these words get her really fired up as thre are thousands of Blue Origin employees working for this because they love it. Social media users, including prominent personalities, asked what purpose the 'rich girls' trip' served apart from showing off Lauren Sanchez's fiance Jeff Bezos's money. People viciously trolled them for their reaction after touching down, saying that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were less dramatic than the six women who went to a fancy trip to […]