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What Elon Musk's Twitter tactics may bode for US government![]() ![]() San Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic job cuts and other shake-ups he instituted on buying Twitter may offer a preview of what government workers can expect. Musk, the world's richest person, is leading President Donald Trump's federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Treasury's closely guarded payments system handles the money flow of the US government, including $6 trillion annually for ... read more |
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![]() Budapest (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Hungary is planning to outlaw NGOs that receive funds from the United States, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday, taking inspiration from US President Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign aid. ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 India's Hindu-nationalist ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated a landslide victory Saturday in key elections in the capital province Delhi, with the former chief minister suffering a crushing defeat. ... more ![]() ![]() Yangon (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup. ... more ![]() ![]() Istanbul (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Turkey's military said Friday it had dismissed five trainee officers and three of their superiors for pledging allegiance to the founder of modern Turkey in front of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ... more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 Donald Trump confirmed that his inauguration as US president on Monday will move indoors due to expected freezing weather, undercutting the Republican's hopes for a grandiose spectacle to kick off his second term. ... more ![]() ![]() New York (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 Over 360 media workers were behind bars in the final month of 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported Thursday, highlighting China and Israel as jailing the highest number. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Thursday survived his first vote of no confidence in parliament after the motion, brought by the leftist opposition, failed to gain traction with the far right. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 US President Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a "dangerous" oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 16, 2025 President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered a two-year extension of a program allowing Hong Kong residents living in the United States - many of whom fled repressive Chinese rule - to stay beyond the expiry of their visas. ... more |
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'Disaster': China's asylum seekers fear Trump deportation threat![]() ![]() New York (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 Fear drove them out of China - over oceans and continents, through rainforests and mountains, seeking safety and opportunity in the United States. Now, as Donald Trump's second presidency looms, Chinese asylum seekers are once again afraid. Trump, who takes power again on January 20, has vowed mass deportations backed by the military, putting the promise at the heart of his rhetoric targeting illegal immigrants on the campaign trail that helped catapult him to victory. That has left the fate o ... read more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move "really shameful" after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries. ... more |
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![]() Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's army chief who was elected president on Thursday, is a political neophyte whose position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions helped end a two-year deadlock. ... more ![]() ![]() Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun, the frontrunner in Thursday's vote for president, is a political neophyte but is expected to benefit from his position as head of one of the country's most respected institutions. ... more ![]() ![]() Vienna (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 Tens of thousands of people protested across Austria on Thursday against the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe)'s possible return to power after it was tasked with trying to form a government. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 Tech giant Meta has rolled back restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, a sweeping move advocacy groups fear will fuel hate speech. ... more ![]() ![]() Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 A jailed Hong Kong activist on Wednesday told five top judges to stop their "complicity" in a "police state", an unusually direct rebuke that highlights a growing credibility crisis for the city's courts. ... more |
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