US Accepts Boeing Jet From Qatar For Use As Air Force One

US Accepts Boeing Jet From Qatar For Use As Air Force One

[ad_1] US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted the Boeing 747 that the Gulf emirate of Qatar offered to President Donald Trump for use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Qatar’s offer of the jet — which is valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars — has raised huge constitutional and ethical…

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GOP Believes They’re ‘Further Away’ From Passing Spending Bill as Party Splits Over Raising Tax Cap: ‘Got Worse Overnight’

GOP Believes They’re ‘Further Away’ From Passing Spending Bill as Party Splits Over Raising Tax Cap: ‘Got Worse Overnight’

[ad_1] Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns about their party’s ability to get President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful” spending bill passed after negotiations within the GOP on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were unsuccessful. “This bill actually got worse overnight. There is no way it passes today,” House Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) said in…

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LGBTQ Thai Ghost Story Turns Political In Cannes

LGBTQ Thai Ghost Story Turns Political In Cannes

[ad_1] Film director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke felt Thailand’s popular gay cinema needed to branch out and do more politics, so he enlisted one of the country’s top influencers to help. In “A Useful Ghost”, Davika “Mai” Hoorne — a model and actor with 18 million followers on Instagram — returns from the dead and haunts a…

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Trump Official Instructed Intelligence Staff to ‘Rethink’ Their Reports After Conflicting With Trump’s Statements: Report

Trump Official Instructed Intelligence Staff to ‘Rethink’ Their Reports After Conflicting With Trump’s Statements: Report

[ad_1] A top Trump administration official pressured intelligence analysts to revise a key report that contradicted the president’s public claims about Venezuelan gang activity, raising new concerns about the politicization of U.S. intelligence, according to internal emails. In February, the National Intelligence Council completed an internal assessment that found no credible evidence linking Venezuela’s government…

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Pro-Russia Ex-Ukraine MP Shot Dead Near Madrid

Pro-Russia Ex-Ukraine MP Shot Dead Near Madrid

[ad_1] A US-sanctioned Ukrainian ex-MP and senior aide to the country’s former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was shot dead near Madrid on Wednesday, a Spanish police source told AFP. Officers rushed to the scene in the upmarket town of Pozuelo de Alarcon where several people shot a man in the back and head as he…

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MOIR: Gov’t of Danielle Smith should enact more health-care reform

MOIR: Gov’t of Danielle Smith should enact more health-care reform

[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Alberta Canada Opinion Columnists The Smith government has not shied away from reform. It’s reorganized one of province’s largest employers (Alberta Health Services) with the goal of improving health-care delivery. Published May 21, 2025  •  Last updated 57 minutes ago  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering…

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Gazans Wait For Aid As Israel Faces Mounting Pressure

Gazans Wait For Aid As Israel Faces Mounting Pressure

[ad_1] Gazans waited desperately for vital supplies on Wednesday after Israel said it let in dozens of UN trucks but faced mounting international pressure to increase the aid flow and abandon its intensified military campaign. Rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory told AFP that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including a week-old…

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Cyberattack Costs UK Retailer Marks & Spencer GBP300 Mn

Cyberattack Costs UK Retailer Marks & Spencer GBP300 Mn

[ad_1] British clothes-to-food retailer Marks and Spencer on Wednesday said a cyberattack disrupting its online service is set to last through to July and hit group profit by around GBP300 million ($404 million). Marks last week revealed that some personal data of its customers had been stolen in a cyberattack that has crippled its online…

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Six Killed In School Bus Bombing In SW Pakistan

Six Killed In School Bus Bombing In SW Pakistan

[ad_1] A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the government accused India of backing. The bus driver and his assistant were among those killed in the attack in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province, on the way to a school…

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