Author: Fatimah Idera

Spain experienced widespread phone and internet blackouts on Tuesday, just weeks after a massive power failure plunged the country into darkness. The outage, which began around 2 am, affected landline and mobile services across the country, with fixed-line internet services being the most impacted. According to Downdetector, 18 per cent of users reported no signal, while 10 per cent experienced a total outage. The regions affected by the blackouts include the Basque Country, Andalusia, Aragon, and Extremadura, with major cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Valencia also impacted. Emergency call operators faced significant disruptions, with some callers being cut off…

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to join the congressional debate over his sweeping tax bill, as House Republicans struggle to maintain their fragile majority ahead of a crucial vote. Trump will attend a Tuesday morning meeting with the 220-member House Republican caucus, including hardline conservatives who previously stalled the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and Republicans from New York seeking help with raising the deduction cap for state and local taxes. Read also: House Republicans take full U.S. control as Trump returns to White House House Speaker Mike Johnson anticipates extensive discussions within the conference over the next 48 hours,…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services terminated $60 million in federal grants to Harvard University, citing the institution’s failure to address antisemitic harassment and ethnic discrimination on campus. The Trump administration has frozen or ended federal grants and contracts for the university worth nearly $3 billion in recent weeks. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has sought to overhaul U.S. academia, which he believes has been gripped by anti-American, Marxist, and radical left ideologies. The administration accuses Harvard of considering ethnicity in student applications and allowing discrimination against Jews amid pro-Palestinian protests. “Due to Harvard University’s…

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump’s administration to strip temporary protected status from approximately 350,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, granted under his predecessor Joe Biden. This decision is part of Trump’s hardline approach to immigration, aiming to ramp up deportations. The court granted the Justice Department’s request to lift a San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Edward Chen’s order. Chen’s order had halted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision to terminate deportation protection for Venezuelans under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. However the court’s brief order was unsigned, typical for emergency requests. However, it left open the…

Wendy McMahon, President and CEO of CBS News, is stepping down due to disagreements with the company’s direction. In a memo to staff, McMahon stated that the last few months have been challenging and that it’s clear she and the company don’t see eye-to-eye on the future. “It’s time for me to move on and for this organization to move forward with new leadership,” she wrote. This decision comes amid a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against CBS, alleging the network edited an interview with Kamala Harris to favor the Democratic Party in the November election. Trump initially sought $10…

Britain’s largest gas storage facility, Rough, is facing potential closure unless the government agrees to help fund its £2 billion redevelopment. The facility, owned by Centrica, represents half of the UK’s natural gas storage capacity and could be decommissioned without state support. Chris O’Shea, Centrica’s CEO, warned that Rough would shut down, and the site would be dismantled, resulting in the loss of resilience in the UK’s energy supply. The facility, which lost £100 million last year, currently holds enough gas to meet Britain’s needs for six days, half of the nation’s total capacity. If upgraded, Rough could provide up…

Former President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has attributed the United States of America’s losing its top credit rating to Joe Biden’s policies.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Sunday that the federal government will present a budget in the autumn. This announcement comes days after Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne indicated that the new Liberal government would have an economic update later in the year rather than an annual budget in the near term. Carney’s statement followed a press conference in Rome, where he attended Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration at the Vatican. “There is not much value in trying to rush through a budget in a very narrow window – three weeks – with a new cabinet,” Carney said, explaining the delay.…

Elton John has strongly condemned the UK government’s proposal to relax copyright laws, allowing tech firms to train artificial intelligence models on the country’s music and creative output without ensuring proper compensation. This move aims to make Britain an AI superpower under Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership. However, prominent industry figures, including John, Paul McCartney, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Ed Sheeran, are urging the government to reconsider, citing the potential harm to young artists’ livelihoods. The proposed law would require creators to opt out if they don’t want their work used, rather than obtaining permission or receiving payment. John expressed…