Adnan Rasheed 
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s latest push to abolish the Senate filibuster in order to end the ongoing government shutdown has been met with firm and immediate resistance from Republican senators, many of whom have long defended the 60 vote threshold as a vital safeguard for minority party rights and legislative stability. In late … Read more
MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin began a two day visit to China on Monday, underscoring growing efforts by Moscow and Beijing to deepen their economic and technological cooperation despite sustained Western sanctions and global trade headwinds. The Kremlin described the visit as “very important,” with Mishustin expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping … Read more
BEIJING — China’s factory activity slowed in October, falling short of market expectations as new export orders dropped sharply amid renewed trade tensions with the United States, according to a private survey released Monday. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, eased to 50.6 in October from 51.2 in … Read more
NEW YORK — As Wall Street’s fascination with blockchain technology deepens, gold one of the world’s oldest stores of value is finding a new digital home. The recent surge in gold prices has fueled growing interest in tokenized gold, a blockchain based asset designed to mirror the value of the precious metal while offering the … Read more
WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump said Saturday he has directed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria, citing alleged killings of Christians in the West African nation. The statement, shared on Trump’s social media platform, marks one of his most forceful public threats of military involvement in Africa since leaving … Read more
The world’s accelerating investment in artificial intelligence has sparked an unprecedented surge in datacenter construction, with global spending projected to reach $3 trillion by 2028. These sprawling facilities housing the servers that power tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Veo 3 are becoming the backbone of a rapidly expanding AI economy. While major technology companies … Read more
CAIRO — In the 2010 Egyptian film Bittersweet, the protagonist Masry returns home after two decades in the United States, only to find that life in Cairo still runs on “tea money” small bribes paid to grease the wheels of bureaucracy. When an official at a passport office demands “tea with 100 spoonfuls of sugar,” … Read more
CAIRO — After more than twenty years of planning, construction and delays, Egypt officially opened the Grand Egyptian Museum in a glittering ceremony near the Giza Pyramids, marking the completion of one of the most ambitious cultural projects in the nation’s modern history. The lavish event, attended by European and Arab royals, presidents and dignitaries … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping sparked laughter during a state visit to South Korea after joking about a potential “backdoor” in Xiaomi smartphones he gifted to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. The remark, made during a bilateral meeting following the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju on Saturday, underscored the ongoing geopolitical undercurrents surrounding … Read more
In a pairing that few would have predicted, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and American pop icon Katy Perry have stepped into the public eye as a couple. The two were seen hand in hand leaving the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris last weekend, celebrating Perry’s forty first birthday. While their romance may appear … Read more
