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US envoy says Syria strategy ‘will not be like the last 100 years’ as troops pull out.The United States will shut down most of its military bases in Syria, consolidating operations to a single location, as part of a policy overhaul announced by its new special envoy. Thomas Barrack, appointed by President Donald Trump last month as the US ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy for Syria, said the shift marks a rejection of Washington’s past century of failed approaches in Syria. In an interview with the Turkish broadcaster NTV on Monday, Barrack said the troop drawdown and base closures…
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says authorities investigating whether family knew of planned ‘heinous attack’.Federal officials in the United States have taken into custody the family of a man suspected of attacking a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, over the weekend. In a video on Tuesday, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the family of Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman had been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Noem said in the video. “We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this…
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES – MAY 30: United States President Donald Trump departs at the White House to U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania in Washington D.C May 30, 2025. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s new dollar-pegged stablecoin is off to a sluggish start, with muted inflows and little organic demand, new data shows.The USD1 token — launched by Trump’s decentralized finance firm, World Liberty Financial — has so far failed to break out of a narrow speculative niche, according to Kaiko analyst Adam Morgan McCarthy.”Trump is trying to launch this stablecoin in a…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesSen. Elizabeth Warren’s office issued a report Tuesday chronicling Elon Musk’s “130 days” in President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing the billionaire of using his government perch to enrich himself and his businesses.”Musk and individuals acting on his behalf have been involved in dozens of questionable actions that raise questions about corruption, ethics and conflicts of interest,” says the report by the Massachusetts Democrat’s office.The 14-page report outlines more…
A foreign tourist shops for hats at a Shengxifu hat store in Beijing, capital of China, April 22, 2025. Shengxifu, one of Beijing’s time-honored brands, was established in 1911 and remains popular among people owing to its outstanding skills and premium quality. Its hat making technique was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. (Xinhua/Li Xin)BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — Beijing unveiled a comprehensive action plan to upgrade its inbound tourism services on Tuesday at the Beijing Inbound Tourism Development Conference, as the city reported a 57.1 percent year-on-year surge in overseas visitors to 1.46 million from January…
Listen to article At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli strike on a crowd gathered for aid in Rafah, southern Gaza, near a distribution site operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Previously, three Palestinians were reportedly killed, according to Al Jazeera and Reuters. According to Gaza’s Civil Defence agency, the killings occurred in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood near a distribution center operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in a new Israeli attack on people waiting for aid in Gaza’s Rafah at…
Billionaire Elon Musk has renewed his criticisms of United States President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill, calling it a “disgusting abomination” in a series of social media posts. On Tuesday, just days after leaving his post in the Trump administration, Musk offered yet another broadside against the legislation, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk wrote. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” His subsequent posts laid out the reasoning for his…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks as he visits Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to announce a U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia’s forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, on May 29, 2025.Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersNvidia passed Microsoft in market cap on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.Shares of the artificial intelligence chipmaker rose about 3% on Tuesday to $141.40, and the stock has surged nearly 24% over the past month as Nvidia’s growth has persisted even through export control and tariff concerns.The company now has a $3.45 trillion market cap. Microsoft closed…
Listen to article Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated that if ISI and RAW sat down and worked together, there would be a significant decrease in terrorism both within India and Pakistan. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said this while addressing a media briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. He maintained that in terms of the number of terrorist attacks, more terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan than in India. “Ultimately, the fact of the matter is that above and beyond this accusation and counter-accusation and this finger pointing, what would actually be more effective would be if…
Lee Jae-myung, the candidate for the opposition Democratic Party, is poised to become South Korea’s next president after provisional results of a snap election showed him on course for a comfortable win. The election was triggered by former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law in December. The 61-year-old Lee is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday, becoming the country’s 14th president after defeating Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party (PPP). The South Korean president serves a single five-year term without the possibility of re-election. The PPP’s Yoon was impeached and removed from office in early April for…