Author: Editor-In-Chief

Story in developmentStories under development, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the attack was a “declaration of revenge” and that “many” combatants were killed.A week after two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed in the Syrian city of Palmyra, President Donald Trump said the U.S. military is “very seriously attacking ISIS (ISIL) strongholds in Syria.””As ISIS brutally murdered brave American patriots in Syria…I hereby announce that the United States is taking very serious retaliation against these responsible murderous terrorists, as promised,” President Trump posted on his Truth social platform on Friday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listPresident Trump…

When Elizabeth Ruane and her family spent a semester in Lüneburg, Germany, her life revolved around Marktplatz, one of the main squares in the northern German town. “In Marktplatz, there was this massive community market and anything you could want was there. It was a place everyone went to. You’d say, ‘Let’s meet at the market.’ There were so many ‘coming together moments’ that you don’t see very often in the United States.” It’s a long way from “Insta-carting your groceries for the week,” added Ruane, a mother of two who lives in Olympia, Washington. Jessica Ketcham fell in love…

Beau Greaves narrowly missed out on becoming the second woman ever to win a match at the World Darts Championship with a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Darryl Gurney at Alexandra Palace.Greaves won the PDC Women’s Series, earned her PDC Tour card and defeated Luke Littler in the World Youth Championship semi-finals during a memorable season that saw the 21-year-old come close to a famous victory over the 22nd seed. She won more legs, scored more 180s and posted a higher average than her opponent, and Greaves twice fought back from set down to take their first round encounter to a…

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced it will end the visa lottery program that allowed the suspect in the Brown University shooting to enter the United States.According to the U.S. government, the lottery awards about 50,000 immigrant visas each year.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut President Trump has long opposed the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as the Domestic Violence Program. On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she had directed the lottery to be canceled immediately.She also identified the suspect as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a Portuguese national who obtained a green card, a permanent…

Ace Aguirre noticed something strange after taking two bites of oatmeal on the morning of November 4th. Mud seeps onto the living room floor of a bungalow in Kotkot, a village in Cebu province in the Philippines. The moments that followed will be etched in Aguirre’s memory forever. His living room furniture is floating. For a few scary minutes, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to pry the front door open. My son was praying to God as the water rose up to his chest. The girl, who can’t swim, was perched high on a pillar as water…

Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun admitted Thursday that he has launched a new startup, the worst-kept secret in the tech world, but said he has no intention of running the new company as CEO. His startup is called Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) and has hired Alex LeBrun, co-founder and CEO of medical transcription AI startup Darling Nabla, as its CEO. Mr. Nabla revealed Mr. LeBlanc’s new job in a press release, and Mr. LeCun confirmed it in a short post on LinkedIn. “Yes, AMI Labs is my new startup. I’m the executive chairman. And Alex LeBrun is transitioning from CEO…

U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office to sign an executive order at the White House on December 18, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Evelyn HochsteinReuterPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana, loosening long-standing restrictions on marijuana and marking the most significant shift in U.S. cannabis policy in more than half a century.The order, finalized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, would move marijuana from Schedule I classification, the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act along with heroin and LSD, to Schedule III classification, which includes substances with accepted medical…

Dina Powell McCormick, a member of President Donald Trump’s first administration, has resigned. meta board of directors.Powell McCormick, who worked at Goldman Sachs for 16 years, notified Mehta on Friday of his resignation, according to an SEC filing. The filing did not give a reason for McCormick’s resignation from the Meta board, but said her resignation was effective immediately.Mr. Mehta has no plans to change his role on the board, said a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to protect confidentiality. Powell McCormick is considering the possibility of taking on a strategic advisory role at Meta, but nothing…

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has dismissed reports naming him as a potential successor to Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola, calling them “100 per cent speculation”.On Thursday, The Athletic reported that the Italian is being considered as one of Guardiola’s potential replacements if he leaves the club in the summer. Guardiola’s current contract with City runs until 2027, but the club are reported to have contingency plans in place should the six-time Premier League champion decide to leave. Maresca was one of Guardiola’s assistant managers during the treble-winning 2022/23 season, before going on to win the Sky Bet Championship with Leicester…

Cursor, an AI coding assistant, announced it has acquired Graphite, a startup that uses AI to review and debug code. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Axios reported that Cursor paid “well above” Graphite’s final valuation of $290 million. This valuation was set when the five-year-old company raised $52 million in Series B funding earlier this year. This partnership makes strategic sense. The code output generated by AI is buggy, requiring engineers to spend a lot of time fixing it. While Cursor offers AI-powered code reviews through its Bugbot product, Graphite’s specialized toolset provides a unique feature called…