The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape. President Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to prepare to house tens of thousands of “criminal aliens” at the Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, the latest prong in his widening crackdown on immigration. Mr. Trump did not offer details on how the plan would take shape, but he instructed the…

President Donald Trump’s administration pulled back a proposed spending freeze that threatened to disrupt hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to U.S. programmes, a White House official said on Wednesday. The first major domestic policy reversal of the Republican president’s new term came after one federal judge had temporarily blocked the freeze and before another judge was due to hear a separate legal challenge. The proposal had thrown the…

At least 30 people in India were trampled to death, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and barrelled into bystanders during a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering on Wednesday. Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj.…

As Chinese AI application, DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security. DeepSeek’s introduction in the U.S. on Monday saw it quickly become the most downloaded free application in the country on Apple’s app store. The rollout also rocked Wall Street as investors struggled to compute the sudden appearance of a…

Billionaire founder of social media group seeks to work more closely with Trump administration Mark Zuckerberg is exploring buying a property in Washington DC, according to two people familiar with the matter, as Meta’s billionaire founder steps up his efforts to shape US President Donald Trump’s approach to the tech sector. A potential property had been identified, one of the people said. The 40-year-old already owns multiple properties in California,…

Chinese tech company Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max’s release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with their families, points to the pressure Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s meteoric rise in the past three weeks has placed on not just…

Global investors who have historically bet on China’s economic development are ditching grand narratives of long-term prosperity and instead adopting more modest views that see the market as an opportunity for smaller bets with quicker payoffs. Frustration over Beijing’s efforts to shore up faltering growth and fading investor conviction over where the economy is headed have kept stocks moving sideways, despite some initial excitement over promises of stimulus last year.…

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping directive to pause federal grants, loans and other financial aid, giving a win to advocacy groups that said it would disrupt programs that serve tens of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the Trump administration not to block funding for ongoing programs until Feb. 3 at a hearing in Washington court. Groups representing…

An Air Busan passenger plane bound for Hong Kong caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, prompting the swift evacuation of all passengers and crew members onboard. The fire reportedly broke out around 10:30 PM local time (1330 GMT) at the tail section of the aircraft, according to Yonhap News Agency. A total of 169 passengers and seven flight attendants were onboard…

President Donald Trump issued an executive order late on Tuesday night to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military. The move was no surprise. Trump spoke frequently on the campaign trail about his plans. “If you want to have a sex change or a social justice seminar, then you can do it somewhere else, but you’re not going to do it in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air…

The mystery of the unexplained drone sightings over New Jersey and along the East Coast late last year has been solved, according to White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who said she was relaying the update directly from President Trump in the Oval Office. In her first White House press briefing Tuesday, Leavitt said, “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were…

At least 56 bodies have been discovered in unmarked mass graves in northern Mexico, not far from the border with the United States, local prosecutors said Tuesday in a statement. The remains included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as clothing and bullet casings. They were exhumed earlier this week in Chihuahua state — which lies along a drug and migrant trafficking route to the…