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A Tesla Cybertruck is parked in front of a showroom on March 20, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesPolice said Monday that multiple “incendiary” devices had been placed at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas.FBI agents responded to the showroom after the Austin Police bomb squad identified the devices on Monday morning.The incident appears to be the latest targeting of a Tesla location. The electric vehicle company has faced criticism and a spate of vandalism over CEO Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration.Musk is overseeing DOGE, the administration’s effort to drastically slash federal spending and employee headcount.The…
Listen to article Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for urgent national consensus and special attention to the security situation in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, describing both as critical for the country’s stability, Express News reported. Speaking at the Governor House Punjab in Lahore on Monday, Bilawal expressed deep concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the two provinces. He stressed that the entire nation, along with all political parties, must unite to confront the threat of terrorism. “All parties must come together for the sake of the country and the nation,” he said. “If the opposition…
A Bangladeshi court ordered the seizure of cricketer Shakib Al Hasan’s assets in the latest legal headache for the sports star over his allegiance to the country’s former leader. Shakib is a former lawmaker from the party of autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who was overthrown in a student-led uprising last year and fled by helicopter to neighbouring India. His links to Hasina made him a target of public anger and he was among dozens facing murder investigations for a deadly police crackdown on protesters during the uprising. He has not been charged over those allegations but is currently being prosecuted…
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesPatients, doctors and investors will soon learn a lot more about a new, more convenient treatment that could shake up the booming weight loss drug market.Eli Lilly plans to release initial results from several late-stage clinical trials on its experimental once-daily obesity pill, orforglipron, this year. The company has said it expects to unveil data from five studies in patients with Type 2 diabetes and two trials in people with obesity in 2025. Analysts expect the pill to…
On March 3, Tucker Carlson, an American political commentator popular among MAGA conservatives and the global far right, held an odd and disturbing interview with South African right-wing activist and deputy CEO of Afriforum, Ernst Roets. Afriforum is a right-wing South African NGO dedicated to advancing the interests of Afrikaners – descendants of mainly Dutch colonial settlers who formalised the segregationist system of apartheid in 1948. The discussion, titled “Man charged with treason for speaking to Tucker about the killing of whites in South Africa,” lasted more than an hour and featured a dangerous mix of conspiratorial perspectives, inaccuracies, half-truths…
EXPLAINEROngoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of the Congo.The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises. Ongoing violence and instability have forced millions to flee their homes, with at least 7,000 people killed in recent months and many more injured. The violence this year has largely been driven by armed groups, particularly M23 rebels, who have intensified their offensive in eastern DRC. In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, before…
Mark Uyeda, a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2023. Mike Blake | ReutersDays before Republicans took the helm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January, the agency’s five commissioners held a closed-door vote on whether to sue Elon Musk.Since 2022, the agency had been investigating whether the billionaire, a close ally of incoming President Donald Trump, had violated securities laws by disclosing too late his purchase of shares of Twitter, now known as X, prior to acquiring the company that year.Four…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari on Sunday conferred Pakistan’s civil awards on 69 personalities, including foreigners, in recognition of their outstanding services in various fields, at an investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan e Sadr. The ceremony was attended by federal ministers, Senate chairman, parliamentarians, members of the civil society, diplomats, media and a large number of people. The awards were decorated on distinguished personalities in recognition of their services in health, education, literature, journalism, public, research, diplomatic matters and economy. Those included former prime minister and founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was…
Over the past few months, thousands of people returned to their homes in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, where they faced threats from unexploded ordinances and lack of access to water, food, and safe shelter. Many were forced to handle war debris, which may pose long-term health risks. Our new research from Fallujah, Iraq published today by the Costs of War project at Brown University reveals just how dangerous this debris can be. Two decades after the US-led invasion and almost a decade after the occupation of the city by ISIS, the enduring health effects of war are still evident. Our…
US accused of raising pressure amid Trump’s calls to annex semi-autonomous island, while Denmark raises security.Greenland’s prime minister has criticised a planned trip by a high-profile United States delegation as a “provocation”. The visit this week to the semi-autonomous Danish territory by the US second lady, accompanied by the White House national security adviser, earned criticism from across Greenland’s political spectrum on Monday. The trip comes amid ongoing claims by President Donald Trump that the US wants to annex the island. The delegation, which will visit a US military base, will be led by Usha Vance – wife of Vice…