Month: February 2025

The European Union will hold an emergency summit on March 6 to discuss accelerating military aid for Ukraine and strengthening the bloc’s defense capabilities. EU member states are preparing a €20 billion package to support Ukraine, while also taking steps to boost their own defense spending, potentially relaxing fiscal rules. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-23/eu-to-hold-special-summit-on-march-6-to-discuss-ukraine-defense

Ticket sales for events at the Kennedy Center plummeted by 50% after President Trump overhauled its board of trustees. The changes came amid Trump’s claims that he aimed to make the center “great again” and eliminate “woke” culture. Trump replaced the center’s president, Deborah F. Rutter, with interim president Richard Grenell, who was previously the … Read more

Berlin, Germany – Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel has reached a new high in popularity as her party secured its best results yet in the national election. The crowd’s chants of “Alice für Deutschland! Alice für Deutschland!” highlighted the increasingly radical tone of the party and its candidate, raising concerns among observers about … Read more

The University of Arizona has apologized for a derogatory chant made by its fans towards Brigham Young University (BYU) during their 96-95 upset win in Tucson on Saturday night. The chant, which included an expletive and the term “Mormons”, was directed at BYU players as they exited the floor. Arizona athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois issued … Read more

SpaceX will launch a new batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night, marking the debut flight for its brand new Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster. The mission is scheduled to liftoff at 11:42 p.m. EST and will not produce any sonic booms in Florida. The launch, designated as Starlink 12-13, aims to … Read more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly rehired some employees it fired last week, according to sources within the agency. This move comes after a process that insiders described as abrupt and haphazard. The number of rehirees is unclear, but at least 12 former employees in one office were reinstated, along with a … Read more

Canadian rapper Drake has finally secured a win in his long-standing rap beef with Kendrick Lamar, as his joint album ” $ome $exy $ongs 4 U” with PartyNextDoor topped the Billboard 200 at No. 1. The album earned an equivalent of 246,000 album units in the US this week, marking PartyNextDoor’s first leader on the … Read more

NVIDIA’s latest GeForce RTX 5080 GPU has been confirmed to have missing ROPs, a problem that was previously only reported for the RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti models. The issue affects a specific variant of the RTX 5080, with one user reporting only 104 ROPs instead of the expected 112. The problem has been … Read more

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries recently tweeted about the enduring power of faith in the face of politics, but his statement has sparked concerns over “spiritual bypassing.” This term refers to using spiritual ideas and themes to sidestep unresolved issues or concerns. The tweet was seen as weak compared to the aggressive actions of … Read more

The Trump administration has blocked work on key climate research projects and barred federal scientists and diplomats from attending a major global climate conference in China, according to three officials. These actions have sparked criticism of the administration’s approach to addressing climate change. Experts warn that this could hinder progress on the next major IPCC … Read more