BANGKOK — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least two people in Bangkok and burying an unknown number when a high-rise building under construction collapsed, and prompting Myanmar to declare a widespread state of emergency. The midday temblor with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city,…
It was supposed to be a “re-debut” show. The popular K-pop group known as NewJeans had planned a comeback under the new name “NJZ” to mark a new direction following months of contract dispute with their management company ADOR, a subsidiary of industry juggernaut HYBE. But the sold-out headliner performance at ComplexCon in Hong Kong…
President Donald Trump has made good on his promise of revoking security clearance for former President Joe Biden. Issued late on Friday night, a memo titled “Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals,” laid out Trump’s instructions for Biden, several members of the Biden Administration, and other political rivals to have…
NEW YORK — Handcuffed and shackled, Mahmoud Khalil was rushed from New York to Louisiana last weekend in a manner that left the outspoken Columbia University graduate student feeling like he was being kidnapped, his lawyers wrote in an updated lawsuit seeking his immediate release. The lawyers described in detail what happened to the Palestinian…
Questions about the state of the economy intensified this week as the U.S. stock market fell on Monday yet again—just one day after President Donald Trump declined to dismiss the idea that a recession could happen. In a Sunday interview with Fox News, Trump was asked whether he believes that a recession might happen this…
March 11 was a day of reckoning. Fresh off a plane at the Manila international airport, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was flanked and detained under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. “This is deeply personal for me,” said former Philippine senator Leila de Lima, a Duterte…
Bartiromo, who Trump just appointed to the Kennedy Center Board, sat down with the President for the interview that aired on March 9 and was filmed during the past week. Here are some of the key topics Trump shared his views on: Recession fears Consumers and experts alike have shown concern about a possible recession,…
Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation. The email—which boasted the subject line “What did you do last week?”—was sent…
A mid-level probationary worker with the U.S. Department of Agriculture read the letter in disbelief. It was from the USDA’s human resources department explaining he no longer had a job. The letter said the decision had been made “based on your performance.” But it didn’t make sense to him. “There’s no way to tie me…
Elon Musk was visibly bursting with excitement after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. At a celebratory rally on Monday at Capitol One Arena in Washington, he pumped his fist in the air and bellowed a “Yes!” to the raucous crowd. But another gesture soon after has sent observers questioning whether Musk was expressing just joy, or…