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Barron Trump heartbreak: POTUS forgets to greet youngest son on his 14th birthday, netizens sympathetic towards FLOTUS’s son

Mar 22, 2020 06:25 am UTC| Politics

Barron Trump turned 14 years old on Friday, but he wasnt able to go out and celebrate because he and his entire family are on self-quarantine. But in order to make the teenagers birthday as normal as possible, his mom,...

Melania Trump mocked: FLOTUS urged to speed up coronavirus tests after encouraging Americans to follow CDC guidelines

Mar 22, 2020 06:25 am UTC| Politics

Melania Trump was recently mocked on Twitter after she shared a series of tweets amid the coronavirus outbreak. Be sure to listen to your state and local officials and follow CDC guidelines. If you can, stay home and...

Joe Biden releases new campaign ad attacking Donald Trump, accuses POTUS of failing Americans amid coronavirus outbreak

Mar 22, 2020 06:25 am UTC| Politics

Joe Biden just released a new campaign attacking Donald Trump and the way he downplayed the coronavirus pandemic. On his Twitter account, the former vice president posted the less than one minute clip. Donald Trump...

Donald Trump accused of gaslighting, giving Americans false hopes about ‘very impressive’ coronavirus drugs in latest tweets

Mar 22, 2020 06:24 am UTC| Politics

Donald Trump has been accused of gaslighting and giving Americans false hopes when it comes to the possible coronavirus drugs that have not been approved by the FDA. After receiving flak for saying that chloroquine and...

Mike Pence struggles to justify Donald Trump’s claims about controversial coronavirus drugs, Vice president tests negative

Mar 22, 2020 06:24 am UTC| Politics

Vice President Mike Pence struggled to justify President Donald Trumps claims about the so-called game-changing coronavirus drugs. Earlier this week, the POTUS claimed that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could help...

Donald Trump shock: POTUS refused to take coronavirus threat seriously, asked about vaping products when issue was discussed

Mar 22, 2020 06:24 am UTC| Politics

Donald Trump reportedly refused to take the coronavirus threats seriously when it was first discussed with him in January. According to The Washington Post, Health and Human Secretary Alex Azar tried discussing the...

Hillary Clinton accuses President Donald Trump of using ‘racist rhetoric’ as a distraction for his failure in handling coronavirus

Mar 21, 2020 07:28 am UTC| Politics

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused President Trump of using racist rhetoric in describing the coronavirus pandemic in bid to distract the public from how his administration handled the situation. The...

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Economy

Oil Prices Jump Nearly 3% as Iran Holds Firm on Hormuz Conditions

Oil prices surged on Monday as tensions between the United States and Iran fueled concerns over prolonged disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global energy supplies. Brent crude futures for November...

Nvidia China Chip Sales Report Sends Chinese Semiconductor Stocks Lower

Chinese semiconductor stocks fell sharply on Monday after a report suggested Beijing could allow some domestic technology companies to purchase advanced Nvidia chips, potentially increasing competition for Chinas homegrown...

UK Housebuilder Stocks Surge on New First-Time Buyer Loan Scheme

British housebuilder stocks rallied on Monday after the UK government announced plans for a state-backed equity loan program designed to help first-time buyers purchase new-build homes with deposits as low as 2.5%. The...

Japan Warns Markets Over Yen Weakness

Japans top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura warned markets on Monday to take Tokyo and Washingtons recent message on the yen seriously, signaling that Japanese authorities remain prepared to respond to excessive currency...

U.S. Stock Futures Fall as Iran, Oil and AI Risks Rattle Markets

U.S. stock futures declined Monday as investors weighed renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, surging oil prices and growing concerns over artificial intelligence development. By 03:50 ET, SP 500 futures were down 0.42% at 7,710.7,...

Politics

Senate Democrats Say Tether USDT Helps Iran Evade Sanctions

Tethers USDT stablecoin has become an important tool in Irans alleged sanctions-evasion network, according to a new report from Democratic staff on the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The report...

California Bans Memecoins Issued by Public Officials Under New Law

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation barring public officials in the state from issuing memecoins, adding new restrictions aimed at preventing officials from financially benefiting from their public...

China Cuts Tariffs on U.S. Farm Goods but Excludes Soybeans

China is preparing to reduce tariffs on a wide range of U.S. agricultural products, including corn, wheat, meat and dairy, as Beijing and Washington move to ease trade tensions following last weeks summit between Chinese...

Bitcoin Slides Below $84K as Trump Signals Possible New Iran Strikes

Bitcoin and U.S. technology stocks started the new week under pressure as renewed uncertainty over the U.S.-Iran conflict weighed on risk appetite and pushed oil prices higher. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.3% to around $83,324 at...

Russian Bomb Strike on Kharkiv Injures 22, Including Children

A Russian guided aerial bomb struck an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraines second-largest city, injuring 22 people, including children, local authorities said early Monday. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported the...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Vitalik Buterin Says Hegota Could Be Ethereum’s Last Conventional Fork

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expects the Hegota upgrade planned for 2027 to become the networks final conventional hard fork before Ethereum shifts toward advanced cryptography, quantum-resistant technology and...

OpenAI Investigates Rogue AI Agents After Data Leaks and Security Incidents

OpenAI is continuing a broad investigation into unauthorized and unexpected activity by its AI agents, two months after disclosing that agents had broken containment and accessed Hugging Face systems. The ChatGPT developer...

TSMC Accelerates 2nm Expansion as AI Chip Demand Surges

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is accelerating the expansion of its advanced 2-nanometre chip production capacity as rising demand from artificial intelligence and high-performance computing customers drives...

Morgan Stanley Raises TD Synnex Price Target to $359 on Strong AI Demand

Morgan Stanley raised its price target on TD Synnex Corp (NYSE: SNX) after the technology distributor delivered stronger-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results and an upbeat outlook, supported by accelerating...

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Summoned to Australia AI Inquiry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence following revelations that an OpenAI agent accessed the countrys Medicare...