US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would “probably” give TikTok 90 more days to work on a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a US ban. Trump said in an NBC News interview that he had not decided what to do, but was considering exempting TikTok after taking the … Read more
A ski lift accident in the Spanish Pyrenees on Saturday injured at least 30 people and left dozens trapped for hours about 15 meters (50 feet) above a slope in the resort town of Aston in the country’s northern Aragon region. Aragon’s regional emergency services reported that 10 people had to be hospitalized after being … Read more
Kobanî residents have been preparing food for fighters since the beginning of the fighting at the Tishrin Dam, with families or groups taking turns boiling food and delivering it to the fighters daily. Click here to see the full story in Kurdish. Source link
A man was seriously injured in a knife attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday, police said. Israel’s national ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said medical teams were providing treatment to a 30-year-old man “injured by stab wounds”. According to Magen David Adom, a passerby shot the attacker. What do we know about the incident? … Read more
Mediator Qatar said on Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, after Israel’s Cabinet voted to approve a truth-and-hostage release deal. After a meeting that lasted more than six hours on Saturday morning, the Israeli government ratified the agreement, which could bring a permanent end … Read more
At least 50 people were killed and others injured on Saturday when a gasoline tanker truck overturned and exploded in northern Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. A road safety agency official said people were trying to remove spilled fuel when the vehicle exploded. Many more to follow… jcg/rm (Reuters, DW source) Source link
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a federal law banning TikTok starting Sunday unless it is sold by its China-based parent company. President-elect Donald Trump had urged the court to put the ban on hold until he takes office on Monday and vowed to save the app. We spoke to Damien Rollison, Director of Market … Read more
Donald Trump has said that he wants the US to acquire Greenland. The US President-elect says the move is “absolutely necessary in the interests of national security and freedom around the world.” When he announced his interest in purchasing Greenland from Denmark during his first term in office, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen thought it … Read more
Bogota Colombia – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Friday he was suspending peace talks with National Liberation Army guerrillas after a day of violence between the groups in the northeast that left at least 30 people dead. The violence took place in the Catatumbo region on the border with Venezuela, where rival groups have been … Read more
Its that time of the year again. Switzerland’s unique snow-clad city of Davos is welcoming global leaders for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. This year’s event comes on the heels of a super election year that saw incumbents in many countries ousted or lose vote share as voters, battling high prices and … Read more