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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has publicly criticized the current Democratic leadership for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. Pelosi's comments have sparked a heated debate within the party, highlighting ongoing tensions over U.S.-Israel relations and the broader direction of Democratic foreign policy. Pelosi, who served as Speaker from 2007 to 2011...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the child who contracted Australia's first human case of a "severe" subtype of bird flu was likely exposed during a trip to India last month. The WHO said on Friday, local time, that genetic sequencing showed the avian influenza virus was H5N1 — a strain that circulates in South-East Asia and has been detected in previous human infections and in po...

In a recent phone call, President Joe Biden extended a formal apology to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the delays in U.S. aid caused by prolonged congressional deliberations. The apology comes amid heightened tensions and ongoing conflict in Ukraine, as the country continues to defend itself against Russian aggression. The delays, primarily stemming from prolonged budget negotiations...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has officially disclosed a series of trips funded by GOP donor Harlan Crow in his 2022 financial filings. These disclosures reveal that Crow paid for Thomas's transportation, meals, and lodging during four trips last year. Thomas noted that some of these trips, particularly those involving private jet travel, were undertaken due to security concerns following...

The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President  Donald Trump ’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN.Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official said. Two of the three pistols he was licensed to carry were turned over to the NYPD on March 31,...

The NBA, which came into its national TV rights renegotiations hoping for a decade-plus-long deal worth around $75 billion, has reportedly achieved its goal.  The Wall Street Journal has reported that the league is very close to signing three major 11-year TV deals that will collectively pay it $76 billion.  Starting with the 2025-26 season, Disney and its ESPN division will reportedly pay an aver...

Nvidia Corp. plans to roll out a new family of AI chips every year, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said Sunday. Speaking Sunday at a keynote address ahead of the Computex trade show in Taiwan, Huang said Nvidia NVDA, +4.90% expects to launch the Blackwell Ultra chip in 2025, and the next-generation Rubin chip platform in 2026, featuring new GPUs and a new, Arm-based CPU called Vera. “Our company has...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging election result, after the party lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, won 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament in Wednesday's election, down from 230 in the previous assembly. Mr Ramaphosa still described...

One person has been killed and at least 24 others injured in a mass shooting in the US state of Ohio. The incident happened just after midnight local time (05:00 BST) in the city of Akron. Officers at the scene, near Kelly Street and 8th Avenue, discovered dozens of bullet casings and a gun, according to local media reports. No one has been arrested or identified as a suspect and an investigation...

 Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history. Sheinbaum, the favored successor of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, vowed to continue on the direction set by the populist leftist leader. But the cool-tempered scientist offers a sharp contrast in style — and a break with Mexico’s male-dominated polit...