Olivia Nuzzi has finally addressed, in her own words, the scandal that reshaped her life, career and public image. In a new, unusually introspective interview, the political journalist spoke at length about the alleged intimate text relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr during the 2024 campaign cycle — a relationship that led to her exit…
Indian-origin Nalin Haley once again showed his hardline stance on anti-immigration when he was not satisfied with the Trump administration banning immigration and naturalisation from 19 countries following a deadly shooting incident last month by an Afghan national on two young National Guard members.In a post on X, the ‘America First’ loudmouth said: “Lol that’s…
UAE hosts Gaza mass wedding, spreading hope worldwide / Image: File On this year’s 54th Union Day, the UAE marked its national anniversary not only with traditional fireworks and tributes to its Founding Fathers, but with an unexpected and deeply symbolic gesture: a mass wedding for 54 Palestinian couples in Gaza, one couple for each…
Abu Dhabi’s Tahnoon bin Zayed Scholarship will support 350 MBZUAI undergraduates starting 2025–2026/Representative Image Abu Dhabi has introduced the Tahnoon bin Zayed Scholarship in AI Excellence, a pioneering initiative to support outstanding undergraduate students at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). Starting in the 2025–2026 academic year, the scholarship will benefit around…
Oman and Saudi Arabia approved mutual certificates of origin, boosting trade, industrial projects, and supply-chain integration/Image: QNA Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have taken a significant step to strengthen their industrial and commercial ties by agreeing to recognize each other’s certificates of origin. The move is designed to facilitate the movement of goods…
On 29 July 2025, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami and providing a rare scientific opportunity. Remarkably, NASA and the French space agency’s SWOT satellite passed over the area at the time, capturing the first high-resolution spaceborne images of a major subduction-zone tsunami. Unlike traditional measurements, which…
UAE residents in 2026 can enjoy 12 public holidays, including Eid, National Day, and school breaks/Representative Image Residents of the UAE have much to look forward to in 2026, with several public holidays promising opportunities for long weekends and family time. From Eid celebrations to the National Day, a mix of fixed Gregorian dates and…
Kuwait cracks down on hawala-style money exchange / Image: File Kuwait’s Cabinet has approved a draft decree-law that criminalises unlicensed currency exchange activity and tightens penalties to curb informal trading and hawala-style operations. The move targets anyone who buys, sells, exchanges or transfers local or foreign currency for the public without a valid licence, whether…
A Los Angeles doctor who admitted supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced on Wednesday, after emotional victim impact statements from Perry’s family members who described the devastation caused by the actor’s 2023 death.Dr Carlos Plasencia is the first of five defendants to be sentenced in connection with the case, though he did not…
UAE temperatures drop amid fog warnings and rain / AI Generated Image The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) says the UAE is entering a spell of cooler, unstable weather this month driven by a northerly system, with temperatures expected to fall by about six degrees Celsius compared with November and a risk of light rain,…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a US delegation had a “very good” meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Washington’s Ukraine peace proposal, adding that the talks gave the “impression” that Putin “would like to end the war.”The comments came a day after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law met…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his attacks on Somali-American community and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, repeating a series of claims while speaking to reporters at the White House. His remarks came after he was asked about Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey saying he was proud the city hosts the largest Somali community in the United…
Over 40 US lawmakers have written to secretary of state Marco Rubio expressing concern of the “transnational repression and worsening human rights crisis in Pakistan under the military-backed government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir.“In a letter dated December 3, the lawmakers voiced concerns over “threats, intimidation, and harassment”…
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan (File photo) Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the country’s army chief and de-facto ruler Asim Munir, calling him a “mentally unstable man.” He also claimed that field marshal Munir’s policies were “disastrous” for Pakistan and accused him of intentionally “igniting tensions”…
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent launched a sharp attack on The New York Times at the paper’s own DealBook Summit in New York City on Wednesday, accusing it of running “distorted” coverage of President Donald Trump’s health while failing to confront questions about former President Joe Biden’s decline.In an onstage exchange with Times journalist Andrew…
US immigration officials began an operation in New Orleans on Wednesday to arrest immigrants in the US illegally, federal officials said, making the city the latest target of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration.The Department of Homeland Security said the operation would focus on criminal offenders released from local custody under city policies that limit…
Source: New Castle County Police A Pakistan-origin man studying at the University of Delaware was arrested after police discovered a large collection of guns, ammunition and body armour, along with a manifesto that allegedly described plans to “kill all” and seek “martyrdom” in a mass shooting on the University campus, The New York Post reported.Police…
US president Donald Trump The crash Tuesday in the crypto miner American Bitcoin Corp. was instantaneous. At 9.31am on Wall Street, just one minute after trading started, its shares were down 33%. Five minutes later, losses had ballooned to 42% and then, by 9.56am, to more than 50%.It was all so spectacular that American Bitcoin…
The US state department on Wednesday announced that the building of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, DC, has been rebranded as the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace. This marks the first time the institute has been rededicated under a sitting president’s name. The announcement was made through an official post…
An F-16 fighter jet assigned to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the service’s elite aerial demonstration team, went down Wednesday morning in a Southern California desert. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Officials said the jet went down around 10:45 a.m. during a training flight in controlled airspace. Video posted to X…
