Harris becomes first woman to deliver commencement address at West Point
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday became the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the graduation ceremony at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, warning graduates they were "an increasingly unsettled world where long standing principles are at risk."
2023-05-28 01:57
US-Led Pacific Group Reaches Deal on Supply Chain Resilience
Fourteen countries in US-led Indo-Pacific trade talks agreed on supply chain coordination, the most substantial progress so far
2023-05-28 01:50
Ukraine war: Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin issues warning of escalation in Ukraine
Andrei Kelin tells Laura Kuenssberg Russia has "enormous resources" but UK and US weapons are to blame.
2023-05-28 01:22
Anger, sleep issues, depression: How PTSD took control of this soldier's life
Kyle Prellberg served two combat tours as a sniper for the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2012, he was wounded by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade that struck his vehicle, and he was sent home to the US. That's when the war inside his head began.
2023-05-28 01:18
Donald Trump Jr shares doctored Office clip showing Ron DeSantis wearing a woman’s suit
Donald Trump Jr has shared a seemingly AI-generated clip of Ron DeSantis edited into the role of Steve Carell’s Michael Scott in The Office in a clip in which the character is mocked for wearing a woman’s suit. “Imagine when next time it’s not an obvious spoof from The Office but an attempt to depict itself as legitimate and much more nefarious,” CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted. “Don Jr among others has shared this video. I don’t think any of us are ready for this next election online,” Alex Thompson of Axios said. Democratic consultant Tim Hogan added that “Folks, we simply are not ready for the 2024 GOP primary memes”. “Rhonda Santis is a perfect drag name, just saying,” Mr Hogan tweeted. Philip Germain at the Lincoln Project added: “I am once again asking for Steve Carrell to play DeSantis on SNL.” “I for one welcome the onslaught of election-season deepfakes,” Jesse Walker of Reason magazine wrote. As the mockery continued of Mr DeSantis’s glitch-ridden campaign launch, the Florida governor began to push back. He slammed his main rival for the 2024 GOP nomination, former President Donald Trump, claiming he “is a different guy” than when he first ran for president. Mr Trump is leading all other Republican candidates for the party’s presidential nomination, with Mr DeSantis running in second place, according to polls. Mr DeSantis officially embarked on his own bid for the White House earlier this week in a chaotic Twitter Spaces event with billionaire Elon Musk. The governor told radio host Matt Murphy that he was running to the right of Mr Trump and portrayed himself as more conservative, according to USA Today. “It seems like he’s running to the left and I have always been somebody that’s just been moored in conservative principles,” said Mr DeSantis. “So these will be interesting debates to have, but I can tell you, you don’t win nationally by moving to the left, you win nationally by standing for bold policy. We showed that in Florida. I never watered down anything I did.” And Mr DeSantis claimed that Mr Trump is not the same person who first ran for office. “I don’t know what happened to Donald Trump – this is a different guy today than when he was running in 2015 and 2016 and I think the direction that he’s going with his campaign is the wrong direction,” Mr DeSantis said. And he attacked Mr Trump over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic while in office. “I think [Trump] did great for three years, but when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020 that destroyed millions of people’s lives,” Mr DeSantis said on a podcast. “And in Florida, we were one of the few that stood up, cut against the grain, took incoming fire from media, bureaucracy, the left, even a lot of Republicans, had school open, preserved businesses.” Read More Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups DeSantis accuses Trump of ‘moving to the left’ as he tells ex-president: ‘You’ve changed’ Ron DeSantis news – live: Don Jr shares AI-doctored clip of The Office showing DeSantis wearing woman’s suit Ivanka and Jared split over attending Trump 2024 launch – follow live Why was Donald Trump impeached twice during his first term? Four big lies Trump told during his 2024 presidential announcement
2023-05-27 23:55
Bulgarian Government Deal Hits the Rocks Over Leaked Wiretaps
Bulgaria’s long-awaited coalition deal may face collapse, prolonging a years-long political crisis, as the Balkan country’s biggest party
2023-05-27 23:48
Indiana funeral director found with dozens of rotting bodies guilty of theft
Randy Lankford will be sentenced in June for failing to complete funeral services he was paid for.
2023-05-27 23:48
Turkish election: Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu clash in final push for votes
The last hours of Turkey's presidential race turn sour as the candidates argue over refugees.
2023-05-27 23:28
Wes Anderson, Ken Loach among contenders for Cannes Film Festival's top prize
CANNES Veteran directors Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders are among those in the running for the
2023-05-27 22:54
Hundreds of expelled Germans set to leave Russia
The expulsions follow increasingly strained relations between Russia and Germany over Ukraine.
2023-05-27 22:20
ECB Near ‘Top of Ladder’ on Rate Tightening, Makhlouf Says
The European Central Bank is in the final stretch of its historic cycle of interest-rate increases, according to
2023-05-27 22:20
Chaos at UK airports as nationwide border system fails
A nationwide border system issue has hit electronic gates at British airports, causing chaos for holidaymakers and passengers arriving into the country.
2023-05-27 20:55