Giving a ray of hope towards ending hostilities in the 24-days-old Middle East war, President Donald Trump said he will "postpone any and all strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure" for five days following "productive conversations" regarding a "complete and total resolution" to the conflict. "I am pleased to report that the united states of America, and the country of Ira
All-time high greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth's atmosphere continues to drive heat records on land and sea, with long-lasting consequences for humanity, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Monday. Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN's weather agency said that the planet's climate is "more out of balance than at any time in observed history." "Between 2015 and 2025,
The Trump Administration has unveiled a comprehensive national legislative framework that addresses the most pressing policy topics that Artificial Intelligence presents. This framework addresses six key objectives: Protecting Children and Empowering Parents, Safeguarding and Strengthening American Communities, Respecting Intellectual Property Rights and Supporting Creators, Preventing Censorshi
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have announced its tenth consecutive month of zero releases at the border, continuing its trend of historically low border crossings. February data also showed that CBP recorded its highest single month of drug seizures since...
The pilot and co-pilot of a passenger plane have died after it collided with a firefighting truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night. A Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada hit a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle at around 11:40 p.m. ET, reports...
The International Energy Agency chief has warned that the world is facing the worst energy crisis and that the global economy is facing a major threat as a consequence of the ongoing Middle East war. Speaking at a media event at the National Press Club of Australia on Monday, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the situation is worse than the two oil crises in the 1970s, and the gas market cr
The United States Central Command says Iran's Qom Turbine Engine Production Plant has been destroyed in U.S. air strikes. The Qom Turbine Engine Production Plant produced gas turbine engines for attack drones and aircraft components used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. On Monday, CENTCOM published on X images of the power plant before and after the air strikes, which it says was ca
Three people have been charged for allegedly conspiring to divert high-performance computer servers assembled in the United States and integrating sophisticated U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China. Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, a U.S. citizen, and Ting-Wei "Willy" Sun, a citizen of Taiwan,...
In North America and Western Europe, young people are much less happy than 15 years ago. Over the same period, social media use has greatly increased. Many people blame social media for this fall in happiness, according to findings published in the 2026 edition of the World Happiness Report. Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in well-being among young people in English-
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Education have announced the Federal Student Assistance Partnership to enhance the administration of Federal student aid programs, mitigate the continuing fallout and cost to taxpayers from the previous Administration's mismanagement of the...