Elon Musk recently disclosed his plans to add payments feature to the X app (formerly Twitter) by mid-2024. The multi-billionaire tech mogul has been working towards his goal of transforming X into an ‘everything app’ — prior to Musk’s takeover of the platform, Twitter was characterised as a microblogging platform. Interestingly, Musk chose to leave out the mention of cryptocurrencies...
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Kim Jong Un Warns Of “Nuclear Attack” If Enemy “Provokes” With Nukes
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Pyongyang will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if “provoked with nukes”, state media said Thursday, while Seoul and its allies called for “dialogue without preconditions”. Kim’s comments follow a meeting between South Korea and the United States last week in Washington, where they discussed nuclear deterrence in the event of conflict...
“Countries Around Us Have Reached Moon, But… :” Nawaz Sharif Praises India
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again lauded India and said that the countries around have reached the moon but Pakistan has still ‘not risen’ from the earth. The former Pakistan PM was addressing PML-N cadre in Islamabad on Wednesday. Pointing out the dire economic situation of the country, the Pakistan Muslim League_ Nawaz (PML-N) supremo asserted that...
‘We’ve deepened our partnership with India through Quad’: US Secretary of State Blinken
The US has deepened its partnership with India in 2023 and elevated cooperation with it through the Quad along with Japan and Australia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Blinken’s remarks came at his end-of-year press availability at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday. “We’ve deepened our partnership with India. We’ve elevated cooperation through the Quad with...
Fighting terror does not mean ‘to flatten Gaza’: French president Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that fighting terrorism did not mean “to flatten Gaza”, referring to Israel’s response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants on October 7. He called on Israel “to stop this response because it is not appropriate, because all lives are worth the same and we defend them”. While acknowledging “Israel’s right to defend...
Trump ineligible to run for President in Colorado, says U.S. State’s SC
A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former U.S. President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the State’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. The decision from...
North Korea fires most powerful long-range missile after South Korea-US meeting
The launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) drew immediate condemnation from the West. It landed west of Hokkaido in Japan. It comes after South Korean and US defence officials met last week to update plans on how to respond to a nuclear attack from the North. Pyongyang had vowed to take “more offensive countermeasures” in response. The isolated state...
Giorgia Meloni says no place for Islam in Europe: ‘Distant from our values’
Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni scoffed at Islamic culture and said that there is no place for it in Europe. “I believe that there is a problem of compatibility between Islamic culture and the values and rights of our civilization,” she said. The premier added, “The Islamic cultural centers in Italy are financed by Saudi Arabia where Sharia is in...
Trump stakes 4-point lead over Biden in 2024 presidential race polls
Former US President Donald Trump has taken a lead over President Joe Biden in the national polls for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. According to a Wall Street Journal survey released on Saturday, Trump is ahead by four percentage points, standing at 47% against Biden’s 43%. This marks the first instance in this survey where Trump has been favoured in a direct comparison for the likely...
Biden is talking tougher about Israel, but continues to aid its war effort
As pressure to rein in the Israeli military mounts, President Joe Biden this week seemed tosignal that his patience is running out and that he won’t put up with an indefinite Israelibombardment of Gaza that leaves the enclave in ruins.Nations that have backed Israel in its war with Hamas are souring on the Jewish state overits “indiscriminate bombing,” Biden cautioned...
Russia has lost nearly 90% of Its troops in Ukraine war
According to a recently declassified US intelligence report, the ongoing war in Ukrainehas inflicted severe casualties on Russian forces, with an estimated 315,000 soldierseither killed or injured. This figure represents nearly 90% of the total Russian personnelat the start of the conflict, news agency Reuters reports quoting a source familiar withthe intelligence report. The report further suggests that the heavy...
Australia announces changes to visa rules, including international students
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a “broken” migration system. Under the new policies, international students would need to secure higher ratings on English tests and there would be more...