No more minting ‘wasteful’ pennies, Trump tells Treasury
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been told to stop minting one-cent coins, or pennies as they are widely called, by US President Donald Trump in an announcement on…
Sri Lanka hit by nationwide power cut
Power is being gradually restored across Sri Lanka after a nationwide outage left buildings including hospitals having to rely on generators. Officials say it may take a few hours to…
Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid and have joined the European Union’s network. Plans for the move – which have been…
PlayStation Network outage ‘beyond frustrating’ for users
The PlayStation Network has been experiencing a multi-hour outage that began on Friday evening. According to Sony’s PSN status page, account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and…
Missing Alaska plane found with three confirmed dead – US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead. The coastguard said…
Trump says he is revoking Biden’s security clearance
US President Donald Trump has said he is revoking Joe Biden’s security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings, after his predecessor did the same to him four years ago.…
Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it ‘illegitimate’
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. The measure places…
US military plane carrying deported Indians lands in Punjab
A US deportation flight carrying about 100 Indian nationals accused of entering the country illegally has landed in the state of Punjab. The military aircraft, which left Texas late on…
Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador’s mega-jail?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could not have been more complimentary about the deal he struck with the president of El Salvador on Monday. The Trump administration’s top diplomat…
‘There was blood everywhere’ – witnesses shocked after Sweden school shooting
“There was blood everywhere,” 16-year-old Linn told reporters at the scene of what has been described by Sweden’s prime minister as the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. Eleven…