Saturday, March 25, 2023

US President

Biden unveils USD 6.9 trillion budget; raises taxes on rich

US President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a USD 6.9 trillion annual budget for the year 2024, which proposes a hefty tax on the rich, massive spending on social measures and investment on building key infrastructure.The budget was termed...

3 UFOs shot down not part of China’s balloon ops

The three high-flying objects which were shot down over the American and Canadian airspace this month were not related to the Chinese spy balloon programme, but most likely tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions, according to US...

Biden approves $1.8 bn to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden pledged to his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to offer military aid, mentioning in particular the Patriot surface-to-air missile battery he just approved for Ukraine in a new tranche of security assistance totaling $1.85 billion....

Dwayne Johnson reveals final decision about running for US President

Hollywood Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has dismissed the idea that he will run for US President, much to the disappointment of fans.Despite saying last year that he would enter the race for the White House if he had enough...

Meta AI chatbot says Zuckerberg ‘too creepy’ and Trump will always be US president

Meta (formerly Facebook) just unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) conversational chatbot asking the public to give feedback. The initial reports are scary as the chatbot named BlenderBot 3 thinks Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is "creepy and manipulative"...

US President Joe Biden to host special ASEAN summit

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will host a special summit of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian countries here this spring, indicating the importance he attaches to his Indo-Pacific policy amidst China’s aggressive moves...

US President Joe Biden cuts off Russia from Western financing over Putin’s actions

US President Joe Biden has announced a set of sweeping sanctions targeting Russia’s ability to do business with the West, asserting that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s decision to order troops into parts of eastern Ukraine was “a flagrant...