Latest Trump highlights you need to know: Funding freeze to Laken Riley Act Here’s a roundup of the latest updates from Trump’s administration along with what to expect on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump has moved quickly since taking office on January 20, 2025, to try to slash the federal bureaucracy and remove personnel and…
EXPLAINER Fact check: What might Trump’s federal funding freeze stop? Trump’s funding freeze potentially affects programmes like school meals and cancer trials. What are the consequences? US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on board Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, United States, on…
Deadly crowd crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela: All to know About 400 million pilgrims are expected to participate in the world’s largest religious festival on Wednesday. A woman crawls under a fence after a deadly crowd crush before the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (royal bath), at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on January 29,…
EXPLAINER What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers Israel orders the UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday. Israeli soldiers inside an evacuated compound of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza City on February 8, 2024…
Trump offers federal workers buyout, promises eight months severance pay Millions of employees told those who decide by February 6 to voluntarily leave will receive eight months of salary. The Trump administration says it sent the buyout offers to more than two million people working in the federal government, which now employs more than three…
News US revokes security clearance of former military chief Milley Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also orders investigation into Trump critic Milley’s actions and military grade. Former US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley [File: Olivier Matthys/AP Photo] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025 The United States has revoked the personal security detail and security…
Deadly crush at India’s Mahakumbh religious festival
UNRWA’s director of planning talks about the struggles to supply assistance to those returning to northern Gaza
Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, what does that mean? The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic timepiece showing how close we are to ‘destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making’. The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 89 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a…
News Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. ECOWAS has become a target for the military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger [File: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025…