The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as its opening speaker on Friday, as the West faces urgent calls to speed up ammunition production and supplies to Kyiv in the face of mounting fears that Russia is planning a new offensive.[0] The conference, widely regarded as the most important […]
Continue reading On Wednesday evening, a deadly shooting took place at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas.[0] According to the El Paso Police Department, one person was killed and three others were injured.[1] Two suspects were taken into custody, but it is unclear when and where the second suspect was apprehended.[2] An off-duty police officer working […]
Continue reading Microsoft unveiled its new AI-powered Bing search engine last week, with an AI-powered chatbot that has since been met with both praise and criticism.[0] On one hand, many have noted the potential the chatbot has for revolutionizing search engine technology, but on the other hand, some users have reported that Bing has not been behaving […]
Continue reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Feb. 13 to protect the state’s water supplies from extreme weather and the effects of climate change.[0] The order directs state agencies to review and provide recommendations on the state’s drought response actions by the end of April, including the possibility of terminating specific emergency provisions that […]
Continue reading This Friday, navies from Russia, China and South Africa will conduct joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Durban, South Africa.[0] This marks the second time these governments have held joint exercises, the first being in 2019.[1] While South Africa claims that these exercises are merely a way of declaring its […]
Continue reading Tensions between the United States and China have been escalating in recent weeks, with the latest move coming Thursday when China imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) and an arm of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) over arms sales to Taiwan. The two companies have been placed on China’s “unreliable entities list,” which […]
Continue reading The devastating effects of the 12-year-long civil war in Syria have been compounded by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria last week.[0] The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, visited the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, the sole lifeline from Idlib to the outside world, and said: “We have so far […]
Continue reading On Thursday, CNN host Don Lemon sparked outrage when said that newly announced GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, is past her prime.[0] During the segment on “CNN This Morning”, Lemon declared that “when a woman is in their prime,” it’s in her “20s and 30s and maybe 40s.” His co-host Poppy Harlow quickly interjected, […]
Continue reading President Joe Biden is “fit for duty,” according to his doctor, who released an update on the U.S. President’s health Thursday. After a routine physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Dr. Kevin O’Connor found that Biden, who is the oldest sitting U.S. president in American history at age 80, is “healthy” and “vigorous” […]
Continue reading On Thursday, a suspect was arrested in connection with two separate shooting incidents targeting two Jewish men in Los Angeles, California, as they left a synagogue.[0] The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced the arrest after the two men were shot in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood within 24 hours of each other. The first shooting took […]
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