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Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa – On a rainy Saturday in South Africa’s capital Pretoria, several hundred white Afrikaners gathered outside the embassy of the United States. “President Trump and Elon Musk, please help the farmers chase away the [African National Congress] ANC takeover of South Africa,” read a large banner hoisted above the crowd gathered to “thank” the US president for championing their cause against their government. On February 7, Donald Trump signed an executive order offering asylum to white Afrikaners and cutting aid to South Africa. The US said it made the decision after Pretoria signed a law…
Cambridge, Massachusetts (AP) — When a high school basketball coach cut her off from the team senior year, Bailey Gessina Man Daniel rejected that rejection, or the fact that she was born on one arm, and played the game Ended her dream of doing so, LeBron James, a young idol, fell in love with her 15 years ago.That determination made the 22-year-old security guard at Leslie University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first NCAA Division III women’s basketball player to win one arm in a college game, according to her coach, Martin. I said that.”I just shot the ball in anticipation…
This is an important development on the 1,093rd day of the full-scale invasion of Russia’s Ukraine.The situation for Friday, February 21st is as follows: Fineting The Ukrainian air force fired 87 drones, with more than 70 possible lost to electronic measures, and Russia responded to an overnight attack in which 160 drones were fired, causing the country’s military to I stated. Two ballistic missiles also targeted Odesa. The Russian army has recovered more than 800 square kilometers (309 square miles) from the Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian general told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. The…
Elon Musk has pledged to “fix” X’s fact-checking tool in response to opinions that contradict President Donald Trump’s claim that Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy is deeply unpopular in his country. Row behind Trump’s attack on Zelensky on Thursday, Musk claimed that the “Community Note” feature of his social media platform was “game” by the government and traditional media. Musk argued about his work with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) while reposting an anonymous right-wing X account that questioned the reliability of Ukrainian vote outfits. “If Zelensky was actually loved by the Ukrainians, he would vote. Musk said in X,…
Three empty buses exploded on Thursday evening, but Israeli police found two more uninduced bombs.Israel is preparing for “intensive” operations on the occupied West Bank after bombs exploded on three empty buses in Israel’s central parking lot. Israeli security services say the Thursday evening bombing, which did not cause casualties, was the work of an armed group, according to Israeli media. “Following the attempt to commit a massive bus bombing chain, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just completed his security assessment,” the Israeli Prime Minister told social media. “The Prime Minister ordered [military] Performing intensive operations against the Jewish and…
Just hours after Grok 3 won the top spot from ChatGpt on the Apple App Store, Openai’s rapid growth has seen the world’s most popular AI, despite the growing competition from China’s Deepseek and Elon Musk’s Xai Grok It suggests that the company is not slowing down. In an interview with CNBC, Openai’s Chief Operating Officer Brad LightCap shared that Openai had reached 400 million active users per week as of February. This is a 33% jump from the 300 million reported in December, a figure that has not been released so far. “People hear about it through word of…
While Libian’s cost-cutting measures are much closer to profitability, the company warns that 2025 could still be a challenging year. The company announced its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2024 on Thursday, plus plans to offer 46,000 to 51,000 EVs in 2025. These results could be impacted, according to a shareholder letter released by the EV maker along with the results. Libian didn’t specify what these changes were, but Trump said he’s tending to find a way to kill the $7,500 federal EV tax credit on the campaign trail. A friend of Trump administration’s friend Vivek Ramaswamy is…
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Christine Smith Orsey, it was clear that her son wasn’t doing well in school despite the educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over the words, and the other children began calling him “idiot.” Her son was on speech and occupational therapy, but Smith Orsey said his Denver Charter School resisted her request. Additional academic support. She filed a complaint with the state and then filed the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office in September. In January, the case with her son stopped. “I have to postpone the meeting with…
Despite still a tight venture capital market, new unicorns are still being created each month. Using data from CrunchBase and Pitchbook, TechCrunch has tracked the newly-built unicorns so far this year (as of the end of January). These include medical companies such as Hippocratic AI and satellite space companies such as Loft Orbital. This list is updated throughout the year, so check out the Powerhouses you’re growing this year! January Kikoff – $1 Billion: According to Pitchbook, the personal finance platform last raised a private amount valued at $1 billion. Founded in 2019, the company has raised $42.5 million so…
The US Senate votes to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing its successive streak for President Donald Trump’s government candidate. However, Thursday’s confirmation was brought about by a small margin. The all-Republican senator voted in favor of Patel in the 100-seat Senate. There were two prominent asylums from the Republican Party. Lisa Murkovsky of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine. They joined 47 Democrats against what critics called a dangerous nomination to lead the FBI. “Patel’s records show that he is dangerous, inexperienced and dishonest,” said Democrat Sen.…