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Sources claims Kremlin wary, as Poland reports that US military aid flow to Ukraine is already back up to speed.Russia has remained tight-lipped regarding Ukraine’s acceptance of a United States ceasefire deal. The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was waiting for a briefing from the United States following the talks with Ukrainian officials before it would comment on its stance on the proposed ceasefire. However, there are signals suggesting that Moscow is wary, while US military aid to Kyiv has quickly resumed. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that it’s important not to “get ahead” of the question of responding…
In this photo illustration, the Spotify music app is seen on a phone on June 04, 2024 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesSpotify is minting music millionaires.Nearly 1,500 artists generated over $1 million in royalties from Spotify in 2024, the company said Wednesday in its annual Loud and Clear Report.Spotify said more than 80% of the artists in that pool didn’t have a song reach the app’s Global Daily Top 50 chart. To reach that million-dollar threshold, an artist would need to have around 4 to 5 million monthly listeners, or 20 to 25 million monthly streams.”Spotify…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told top food executives on Monday that he wants “the worst ingredients” out of food and is willing to take action to get rid of them.Removing artificial dyes from the food system is an urgent priority of the Trump administration, and Kennedy said he wants to do…
Listen to article Train services from Quetta to other regions of the country have been halted following a terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express. According to railway authorities, no trains will operate from Quetta today until further notice due to security concerns. It is important to note that yesterday, the Jaffar Express, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar, was attacked by militants, and 500 passengers were taken hostage. As of now, 27 terrorists have been killed in the clearance operation, and 155 passengers have been rescued. The train, which departed Quetta at 9:30 AM, came under fire from unknown armed individuals as it…
In April 2024, students across the United States were mobilising to demand an end to their universities’ complicity in the genocide in Gaza, I wrote an article explaining why I saw the emergence of these protests, and especially those at Columbia University’s New York City campus, as a turning point in the global movement for Palestinian rights and liberation. Now, almost a year later, the federal government is fiercely cracking down on these protests, and punishing the brave souls who played a leading role in them, to protect Israel from scrutiny and conceal its undeniable complicity in its genocide. This…
African Union urges member states and international community ‘not to recognise any government or parallel entity’.The African Union says that the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risks severing the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of fighting. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been locked in a brutal conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 2023, in a war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and uprooted more than 12 million people. The war, initially sparked by disagreements over the integration of the RSF into the army, has torn the country…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesTesla shares rose for a second straight day in early trading Wednesday after the stock recorded its worst day since 2020 earlier in the week.Shares were last up nearly 6%, building on a 3.8% gain from Tuesday.The electric vehicle stock plunged 15.4% on Monday for its worst session since September 2020 as investors sold popular technology shares…
Listen to article A vehicle was struck by a police mobile allegedly belonging to the motorcade of Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori near the Sindh Assembly at Kabbotar Chowk in the Aram Bagh area of Karachi. The crash severely damaged the car, leaving the driver, identified as Athar from Liaquatabad, with serious injuries, Express News reported. The victim, identified as Athar, was travelling with his brother to Burns Road for a sehri when their car was struck by the speeding police vehicle. He was promptly taken to Jinnah Hospital for treatment. Eyewitnesses claimed that Governor Tessori was passing through the area along with his…
When I arrived to study in the United States, the terrifying spectre of deportation was the last thing on my mind. As a Brit – a citizen of “the First World” – I was supposedly the beneficiary of the “special relationship” between the US and the United Kingdom. As awful as it was, deportation happened to asylum seekers from Mexico or Haiti, in a world far removed from the snow-capped hills of Ithaca in upstate New York, home to Cornell University where I study. Or so I thought. In January, as I taught a class on African American literature, I…
The consequences of the call by the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, for the group to disband are still reverberating – not just in Turkiye but also in the wider region. Shifting alliances in Syria – exemplified by the recent agreement between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government – confirm that Ocalan’s message is not isolated or purely domestic but offers a crucial opportunity that could redefine everything from Turkiye’s security policies to the future positioning of Kurdish actors, shaping the next phase of regional power dynamics. Ocalan, in a statement delivered…