At Last, the $460 billion Federal Spending Bill Passes!
On Friday, March 8th, the US Senate passed the $460 billion bill to allow the government to release funding to federal agencies. President Joe Biden had to sign the bill into law before midnight, in order to beat the official Friday deadline. The bill had delayed for months in the House of Representatives, owing to […]
Is the Global Internet Connectivity at Risk of Disruption?
During this first week of March 2024, internet services in Pakistan and India, as well as some areas of East Africa, were destabilized. Some sources indicate that parts of Europe were also affected. The reason for this unsettling development was that some fiber optic cables within the depths of the Red Sea were damaged by […]
America Excited That Sweden Has Joined NATO
Yesterday, March 7th 2024, Sweden became officially part of NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Nordic country is the 32nd member of this alliance that is composed of USA, Canada, and some European countries. For many years, Sweden has co-operated with NATO in keeping peace across the continent, but the Swedish government submitted […]
Biden Delivers the 2024 State of the Union Address
The State of the Union address is an annual event in the US. The 46th US President, Joe Biden, has today, March 8th 2024, delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address at Capitol hill. US presidents have continued to observe this tradition of in-person SOTU address, since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson in […]
Elon Musk Not Donating Money to Support Trump’s Campaign
There was suspicion that Elon Musk was going to donate campaign funds to the Trump campaign. This was after he was seen visiting Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Elon Musk is the dollar billionaire, owner of the electric car company, Tesla, and X, the media platform formerly known as Twitter. Elon Musk issued a media statement […]
It’s Biden versus Trump in the 2024 Presidential Race!
Nikki Haley has bowed out of the 2024 Presidential race, after losing to Donald Trump in the Republican primaries. Trump was Haley’s only rival in the race for nomination. It was clear by Super Tuesday that Trump was going to win most of the states, and he did. Nikki Haley’s only win was in Washington […]
No End in Sight to the Disastrous 2yr-Russia-Ukraine War
Fears Abound the War Could Spread Wider Two years have lapsed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the same month the big neighbor attacked Ukraine in 2014. Fears are rife that this war could spread to other countries in the region. Russia and Ukraine were once states under the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, […]
Donald Trump Wins in the Supreme Court!
On Monday, March 4th 2024, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Donald Trump in the Republican primaries’ case. Trump should now be legally on the election ballot for 2024. The Supreme Court deliberated on the case for more than two hours, before handing Trump his big win. In the much-anticipated ruling, the Supreme […]
Donald Trump’s Legal Team Hopeful for a Win and Trump to Be on the GOP Presidential Ballot
Donald Trump’s legal team has so far managed to keep his presidential candidacy alive. Three states have barred their respective electoral boards from including Trump’s name on the ballot for Presidential primaries. These are Colorado, Maine and Illinois. However, Trump’s lawyers have lodged appeals to the Supreme Court, and so, Trump remains on the ballot […]
Another Political Blow for Donald Trump as GOP Candidate
Illinois becomes the third US state to put the candidacy of Donald J. Trump in jeopardy, after a court ruling on February 28th, 2024. Trump is seeking to become America’s 47th president, having failed to win a second term in 2020 when he lost to former Vice-President, Joe Biden. According to Judge Tracie Porter, the […]