Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli resigned on Tuesday after protests over a government move to block social media turned violent. The protests spiraled into broader outrage over corruption. Demonstrations began when the government blocked platforms, including Facebook, YouTube and X. It argued that the companies had not complied with new registration and oversight rules. […]
A new Gallup poll shows Americans’ confidence in capitalism has slipped to its lowest point in 15 years of tracking. Just 54% now say they have a positive view of capitalism, down from 61% in 2010. Meanwhile, favorable views of socialism have inched up from 36% to 39% over the same period. Public figures embracing […]
After being threatened with deportation to Uganda last week, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is now facing removal to Eswatini, an African nation about the size of New Jersey. The Maryland man was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador earlier this year, and his case has since become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s deportation efforts. […]
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that allows the Secretary of State to designate foreign countries as a “State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention” and punish their governments if they are deemed to be wrongfully holding Americans. As part of the order, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is directed to sanction, put export […]
President Donald Trump, treated with artificial intelligence to look like the famously unhinged Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now,” sits in front of a Chicago waterfront set ablaze. “Chipocalypse Now,” the image reads, with the captions, “I love the smell of deportations in the morning” and “Chicago about to find out […]
The Israeli military destroyed a second high-rise residential building in the span of two days. On Friday, an Israeli missile strike leveled the Mushtaha Tower, then on Saturday, Defense Minister Israel Katz posted video of the Sousi Tower collapsing with the caption “We continue.” The IDF claimed without evidence that the Mushtaha building was being […]
Summer is generally regarded as a slower period for home sales, and given 2025’s homebuyer vs. seller trends, this summer is shaping up to be one of the worst for those looking to offload their property. According to a report published Thursday on Realtor.com, the end of August saw both a slowdown in sales and […]
It hasn’t happened since 2014. Defending women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka pulled off the repeat by defeating Amanda Anisimova, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Serena Williams was the last woman to win back-to-back at Flushing Meadows. Elite company Sabalenka joins an elite group of nine women winning back-to-backs. Along with Williams, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, […]
Check your tickets: the lucky potential winner of Saturday’s jackpot could nab $1.8 billion — the second-largest jackpot in United States lottery history. According to Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, “Excitement is building.” Should someone win on Saturday they can either get an annuitized prize estimated at $1.80 billion given […]
A video from Friday’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins has gone viral, showing a tense moment in the stands over a home run ball hit by Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader. Shortly after Bader sent the ball into the outfield stands at loanDepot Park in Florida, several fans reached for the souvenir. A […]
