EXPLAINER Stargate: What is Trump’s new $500bn AI project? AI giants join forces for a massive project aimed at growing technology in the United States. Video Duration 02 minutes 18 seconds play-arrow 02:18 Trump announces $500bn ‘Stargate’ venture to build up AI infrastructure By Al JazeeraPublished On 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 US President Donald Trump…
“Dangerously cold temperatures” and record snow have blanketed large sections of the US Gulf Coast.
Why has US President Trump removed sanctions on Israeli settlers? The Israeli far-right has celebrated Trump lifting sanctions imposed on some settlers by his predecessor Joe Biden. A view of the illegal Israeli settlement Shilo near the Palestinian town of Turmus Aya near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 9, 2024 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters] By Al…
EXPLAINER Trump ‘scraps’ birthright citizenship: Who will it affect? Trump’s supporters say the programme has been misused as several Democrat-led states file a legal challenge. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, January 20, 2025 [File: Matt Rourke/AP] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 22 Jan 202522…
Trump administration orders DEI employees to be put on leave The US president is pursuing an aggressive push against diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office ordering a sweeping dismantling of federal DEI programmes [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters] Published On 22 Jan 202522 Jan…
Israel’s army chief has resigned over security and intelligence ‘failures’ of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct 7 2023.
Over a million people flee to South Sudan as Sudan conflict grinds on: UN The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Internally displaced women wait at the food distribution center in Bentiu, South Sudan [File: AFP] Published On 22 Jan 202522…
EU must boost defence spending to counter Russia’s threat, says Kallas The top EU diplomat has said that EU members do not spend enough on defence. Video Duration 01 minutes 03 seconds play-arrow 01:03 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy questions Trump’s commitment to Europe & NATO Published On 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 Russia is posing an existential…
Deadly Israeli raid in Jenin leads to mass displacement, destruction Israeli forces continue operation in occupied West Bank city, a day after 10 Palestinians were killed. Israeli military vehicles take part in an Israeli raid in Jenin [Ammar Awad/Reuters] Published On 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 Israeli forces have continued their deadly raid in Jenin…
The defence of Elon Musk’s salute is a symptom of a much deeper problem There is a renewed attempt in the US, Europe and beyond to minimise and sanitise the horrors of Nazism. Andrew Mitrovica Al Jazeera columnist Published On 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 Elon Musk gestures at the podium inside the Capital One…