FAA moves to protect aircraft owners private information
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was making it easier for airplane owners to keep information private like their name and address after Congress approved legislation over privacy concerns. The FAA said that starting on Friday, private…
Musk says a great wrong is being done to Tesla staff, customers -Fox News
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that a great wrong was being done to Tesla employees and customers when asked on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” about incidents at dealerships that include arson attacks. Tesla has…
US car buyers face higher prices, less choice under Trump’s tariffs
LONDON/WHITE LAKE, Michigan – Major automakers can deal with President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. auto imports in a number of ways, but all of them lead to higher prices, fewer choices of models or limits on features for consumers,…
US aid agency sending teams to Thailand for earthquake recovery, says source
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for International Development will send some teams to Thailand to help with recovery efforts following an earthquake that hit southeast Asia, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Nikola founder Trevor Milton says he was granted a full pardon by Trump
Trevor Milton, the founder of bankrupt electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola who was convicted of fraud, has been pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, Milton said in a social media post on Thursday. Milton was sentenced to four years…
Musk says he will finish most of $1 trillion federal cost cuts within weeks
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped to shrink the government, said on Thursday he would finish most of the work to cut $1 trillion in federal spending when his tenure ends in as soon as…
US prosecutors probe tip about timing of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, WSJ reports
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are probing a claim by GSK that Pfizer delayed announcing its COVID shot’s success in 2020 until after that year’s election, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said on…
Russia’s Putin launches nuclear-powered submarine
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched a nuclear-powered submarine equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles capable of travelling at several times the speed of sound. Russian news agencies, referring to a video link from the Arctic port of Murmansk, said Putin…
Radio Free Europe says Trump administration rescinded its grant termination order
WASHINGTON – U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on Thursday that its parent agency had rescinded an order terminating its grant funding, after the news outlet sued the Trump administration over the cuts. RFE/RL’s sister organization, Radio Free Asia,…
Attack on Guyana or Exxon would be ‘bad day’ for Venezuela, Rubio warns
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -U.S. Secretary of State warned Venezuela on Thursday that it would be “a very bad day” for the South American country if it were to attack its neighbor Guyana or U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, in comments that threatened…
Trump EPA invites companies to seek exemptions from air rules by email
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration invited companies to email the Environmental Protection Agency to seek presidential exemptions from nine clean-air regulations, including mercury limits for power plants and limits on hazardous air pollutants in plastic production by March 31, the…
Dua Lipa beats lawsuit claiming she copied ‘Levitating’
NEW YORK – Dua Lipa won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit in Manhattan accusing the British pop star of copying her 2021 megahit “Levitating” from a 1979 disco song. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla said L. Russell…
US seeks to enforce transgender military ban while it appeals judge’s order
The Trump administration on Thursday asked a U.S. appeals court to allow it to enforce a ban on transgender people serving in the military while it appeals a federal judge’s order blocking the ban. In an emergency motion filed in…
Iran responds to Trump’s letter, voices readiness for indirect talks
DUBAI -Iran has sent a response through Oman to U.S. President Donald Trump’s letter in which he urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was cited as saying by the official IRNA news agency…
Trump nominee says she would not administer internet program to benefit Elon Musk
WASHINGTON -The Trump administration’s nominee to oversee a $42 billion government fund to bring high-speed broadband internet to unserved or underserved parts of the United States denied on Thursday that she would administer the program to benefit Starlink owner Elon…
EU expands sanctions against Belarus over political oppression
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s member states announced on Thursday sanctions on a further 25 individuals and seven entities over what the EU said was the undermining of democracy and rule of law in Belarus. Among those being sanctioned is…
Far-right European politicians attend Jerusalem antisemitism conference
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against “the fires of antisemitism” in Western Europe at a conference on Thursday overshadowed by a boycott by several Jewish speakers over the presence of a number of right-wing and far-right European…
French prosecutors request 18-month suspended sentence for actor Depardieu
PARIS – French prosecutors requested on Thursday an 18-month suspended sentence and a 20,000-euro ($21,588.00) fine for actor Gerard Depardieu in his sexual assault trial, Le Parisien and other media reported. Depardieu, 76, a towering figure of French cinema, is…
Rubio to discuss with Jamaica Cuban doctor program after US visa threats
(This March 26 story has been refiled to correct grammatical errors in paragraphs 1 and 2) KINGSTON – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that Jamaica and the U.S. will discuss the Cuban doctors helping the Caribbean…
Rubio says US may have revoked more than 300 visas
GEORGETOWN -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for “these lunatics” after Washington this week detained and revoked…