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[ad_1] Ro Khanna said he always praised Elon Musk's innovations and he's certain that Elon Musk is against Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign students. Indian-origin Democratic Rep Ro Khanna of California spoke against the Donald Trump administration's ban on international students and said international students contribute $44 billion to the American economy, making this one of the best exports for those who care about lowering the trade deficit. Khanna said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick always speaks about lowering the trade deficit and this is the sector that can actually help. "The reality is that you have people like Elon Musk who were foreign students, I mean, they have been embedded in Silicon Valley and the companies that have been created," Ro Khanna said on CNBC. "Now you like Elon Musk?" the host on the panel asked Ro Khann to which […]

[ad_1] Edgar Chagwa Lungu (Image credit: AP) Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who served as the leader of the southern African nation from 2015-2021, died Thursday, his daughter said. He was 68. Lungu's daughter, Tasila Lungu-Mwansa, announced his death in a video posted on the official Facebook page of his political party, the Patriotic Front. She said he died in a hospital in South Africa after having been under "medical supervision" in recent weeks. Lungu-Mwansa, who is a lawmaker, did not give a cause of death. Lungu became president in 2015 to complete the term of Michael Sata after he died in office. Lungu was elected to a full presidential term in 2016, beating current Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema. Lungu later lost to Hichilema in the 2021 election. Lungu had sought to challenge Hichilema in next year's presidential election, but […]

[ad_1] Trump felt Ukraine's drone attack on Russia was 'pretty strong'. President Donald Trump admired Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend on Russia and called it 'pretty strong' and 'badass', Axios reported citing the president's aides. But the president is worried as to what comes next as Russian President Vladimir Putin told him "very strongly" that there will be a counterattack. The Axios report said Trump has been surprisingly mum about Ukraine's 'ASprider Web' operation but, in private, he marveled at the strength. One confidant told Axios that Trump told him that the attack was 'pretty strong'. Another said Trump thought it was badass. "From an international perspective, you've got a chihuahua inflicting some real damage on a much bigger dog," one adviser said. The attack would upset US's mediation process, though it has not yielded anything closer to […]

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Nearly five months into his second term, US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping new travel ban, targeting 12 countries with full entry suspensions and placing visa restrictions on seven others. The executive order, signed on June 4, revives core elements of Trump’s first-term immigration agenda and is scheduled to take effect at 12:01 am on Monday, June 9.The move follows a deadly attack in Boulder, Colorado, allegedly carried out by an Egyptian national. While Egypt is not included in the ban, Trump used the incident to justify tougher scrutiny of countries with what he called “poor vetting standards and high overstay risks.”What is a travel ban?A travel ban is a federal policy […]

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) In early April, Russia's ministry of foreign affairs unveiled the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) — a self-proclaimed international alliance of fact-checkers and media outlets.The initiative was first presented at the "Dialogue about Fakes 2.0" forum in Moscow in November 2024. At a press briefing following the April announcement, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova framed the GFCN as a counter to what she called the West's "relentless stream of fake stories and disinformation campaigns," accusing western fact-checkers of engaging in "biased pseudo-fact-checking.""This global civic initiative," Zakharova said, "will enable us to counter destructive Western actions using our own constructive agenda."But established fact-checking sites such as Facta and Maldita have raised red flags over the GFCN's Kremlin-aligned backers, opaque operations, and overtly one-sided narratives.DW Fact check takes a closer look.Who's behind the GFCN?The GFCN was co-founded by […]

[ad_1] Representative AI generated image Water scarcity is a fact of life in Malta. The island in the middle of the Mediterranean, between Italy and North Africa, has no lakes or rivers and doesn't get much rainfall. And with a hot, dry climate, a population of 563,000 — and more than six times that in yearly tourist visits — every drop counts."We have lived forever without enough water," said Thomas Bajada, a marine biologist and recently elected member of the European Parliament. But, he told DW, that scarcity has forced his country to innovate.Today, around two-thirds of its drinking water comes from the sea, desalinated water that's blended with a minimal supply of groundwater. Investment in other technical solutions, smart water meters, leakage management, and wastewater reuse, also helps keep the taps from running dry. For now, at least.One-fifth of […]

[ad_1] Nato defence ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a US push to ramp up security spending. The "capability targets" lay out goals for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment like air defence systems, long-range missiles, artillery, ammunition, drones and "strategic enablers" such as air-to-air refueling, heavy air transport and logistics. Each nation's plan is classified, so details are scarce. "Today we decide on the capability targets. From there, we will assess the gaps we have, not only to be able to defend ourselves today, but also three, five, seven years from now," Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte said. "All these investments have to be financed," he told reporters before chairing the meeting at Nato's […]

[ad_1] Zohran Mamdani, one of the candidates in the New York City mayoral election, has used the Indian card to grab the attention of the voters. Mamdani, an Indian-Ugandan-American, has released a video in which he is speaking in Hindi and promising to give rent relief, free buses, and affordable groceries. In a post n X, he shared the video with the caption, "Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come."In the video, Mamdani used some reference to few Bollywood film. It seems that he is trying to attract the Indian descendants or Indian origin to win the mayoral election, in his video Indian-American film director Mira Nair's son said, "Brothers and sisters, only 20 days are left in the election, and the choice is between me and Andrew Cuomo. If you're just turning in, this is all Andrew […]

[ad_1] The mechanical signature device known as the autopen, which received its first patent many years ago, has recently become a subject of political controversy due to US President Donald Trump's assertions about Joe Biden's alleged usage for signing pardons.Trump ordered an investigation Wednesday into whether former President Biden's administration used an autopen machine to sign key presidential documents like pardons. In a memo signed Wednesday night, Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi and the president's counsel to probe what he claimed was a "conspiracy" to "abuse the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden's cognitive decline."What is Autopen and how does it work?An autopen is a mechanical device designed to recreate authentic signatures by physically manipulating a pen. Unlike stamps or digital signature prints, these machines can accommodate various writing instruments, from ballpoint […]

[ad_1] Joe Biden and Donald Trump US President Donald Trump issued a directive on Wednesday calling for an investigation into Joe Biden's presidential actions, questioning the authenticity of his decision-making and use of an autopen for official documents, and also the "conspiracy" behind his declining cognitive health. Trump suggested that Biden's staff concealed his "cognitive decline".Biden issued a firm rebuttal Wednesday night, stating: "Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false."The use of autopen for signing legislation and pardons has been accepted by the justice department across different administrations. The Constitution clearly establishes the president's absolute pardon authority, and Trump provided no evidence to support his claims about Biden's awareness of actions taken.Trump stated in a […]