The Atlantic magazine has found itself in Elon Musk’s crosshairs after it fact-checked a fake image he shared that depicted an article with a headline that never actually ran in the publication.   On Tuesday evening, Musk reshared a fake image on X that showed an article from the magazine reading “Trump Is Literally Hitler.” The

This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened more than two dozen countries to discuss a “new world order” free from Western hegemony and the global dominance of the U.S. dollar.  From Tuesday to Thursday, some two dozen members will descend on Kazan, Russia, for this year’s BRICS Summit — offering Putin his biggest global platform

A racist comment former President Donald Trump is reported to have made about murdered soldier Vanessa Guillén is drawing backlash from some Hispanics, but it could be tempered by her sister’s support for Trump and the current political divide among Latinos.  The Atlantic magazine reported that Trump, when he was president, complained about the cost

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is trading barbs with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk. During a rally in Madison, Wisconsin with former President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the Democratic vice presidential candidate jokingly referred to Musk the “running mate” of former President Donald Trump. “Seriously, where is Sen. Vance after he got asked the

Key developments on Oct. 23: Zelensky preparing action plan for Ukraine to withstand war, source says North Korean troops are in Russia, US defense secretary confirms Ukraine has stabilized situation in Toretsk, but Russia is concentrating troops in town’s east, military says UK to allocate $155 million for naval coalition to protect Ukraine’s ports France’s

Topline A rare down week for the stock market got dimmer Wednesday, as an $11 billion hamburger selloff and big-ticket losses for big technology stocks pushed U.S. equity indexes to their worst day in six weeks. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Getty Images Key Facts By mid-afternoon,

Russian President Vladimir Putin awkwardly stood alone and waited, on camera, for his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to arrive for a photo-op at a BRICS summit hosted in Putin’s own country. After arriving to a Xi-less room, Putin shuffled his feet in front of the Chinese and Russian flags for a few painful seconds until

Joe Biden struggled to remember basic words or even stand up at campaign fundraisers over a year prior to dropping out of the presidential race, with witnesses describing him as “frighteningly awful” and a “senile grandfather,” Bob Woodward’s bombshell book “War” reveals. At a Silicon Valley fundraiser in September 2023, guests were extremely concerned by

China and India should manage their differences properly, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, in their first face-to-face meeting since the bilateral relationship was badly strained by a deadly border clash four years ago. “It is important for both sides to have more communication and cooperation, properly handle differences

Xi Jinping has transformed China, and China’s transformation has in turn changed the world. Since Xi took charge in 2012, China has grown enormously in geopolitical power, with its global influence finally catching up to its eye-watering growth in the first decade of the 21st century. In pursuing what he terms the “China Dream,” Xi

President Joe Biden and his administration hit a major milestone this October.  The administration has now forgiven student debt balances for over 1 million borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, the Department of Education announced on Oct. 17. Though PSLF has been around since 2007, only 7,000 borrowers in total had qualified and

Bill Gates said he donated millions to a pro-Harris super-PAC, three sources told The New York Times. He reportedly donated $50 million to Future Forward’s nonprofit arm, which doesn’t disclose donors. The billionaire didn’t confirm or deny this, but told the Times this election was “different.” Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email President Joe Biden has declared that Donald Trump should be “locked up” – before quickly correcting himself. The president made the controversial remark while at the Democratic Party‘s Concord, New Hampshire,

Harris to hold CNN town hall on Wednesday while Trump headlines rally in Georgia US vice-president Kamala Harris will hold a town hall with undecided voters on CNN on Wednesday, after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rejected an offer to debate the Democratic nominee for a second time, reports Reuters. Trump will headline a rally

BRICS Summit 2024 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders on Wednesday posed for a family photo at the Kazan Expo Center, ahead of the 16th BRICS Summit. BRICS Summit 2024 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold their first bilateral talks in 5

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  There is growing intelligence that North Korea has been readying itself for a more direct role in Russia’s war in Ukraine, a move that could reverberate far beyond the frontlines of the war raging in Europe. Both Ukraine and South Korea have claimed that North Korean troops were dispatched to

South Korea should be wary of intelligence manipulation for political reasons or hasty retaliatory action against the North for its alleged involvement in the Ukraine war, critics warn, with Washington yet to confirm if Pyongyang had deployed troops to join their Russian counterparts. The comments come as Seoul reportedly considered sending a team of intelligence

In the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race, one person seems notably absent from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign: President Joe Biden. Since ending his reelection bid in July, Biden has largely stayed off the campaign trail, leaving Harris to carve out her own path and focus on distinguishing herself from the sitting president’s

Last Updated: October 23, 2024, 09:51 IST Washington D.C., United States of America (USA) Gates has expressed concern about the implications of a second Trump presidency. (Photo Credit: X) Bill Gates secretly donated $50 million to support Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, expressing concern over a potential second Trump presidency. Bill Gates, one of the richest