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TikTok has said legislation ‘would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans’.The United States Senate has approved legislation that would ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless it divests from its Chinese parent company. The vote on Tuesday clears the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Joe Biden, who has backed the measures, although the legislation is expected to be challenged in the courts. The proposal, which would give Chinese company ByteDance nine months to sell the platform, was included in a larger $95bn package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel.…

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his three-day trip on Wednesday as the neighbouring countries said they would increase bilateral trade to $10bn a year over the next five years, from the current $2bn. Pakistan’s foreign office said the two sides additionally agreed to cooperate in the energy sector including trade in electricity, power transmission lines and the Iran-Pakistan gas…

The Texas-based company reports profits of $1.1bn in the first quarter, down from $2.51bn a year ago.Tesla reported a 55 percent drop in profit amid fierce competition in the electric vehicle market, but shares rallied on plans to accelerate the production of more affordable models. The Austin, Texas-based company on Tuesday reported profits of $1.1bn in the first quarter, down from $2.51bn a year ago.But shares of Tesla soared by 11 percent after CEO Elon Musk said that production of new, more affordable vehicles would begin in the second half of next year “if not late this year”. The models…

The United States Senate has passed a long-delayed multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, paving the way for new weapons deliveries to Kyiv as soon as this week. The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the measure, held up for months by right-wing Republicans and part of a four-bill package, by 79 votes to 18 late on Tuesday night in the US. “I will sign this bill into law and address the American people as soon as it reaches my desk tomorrow so we can begin sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week,” President Joe Biden said in a statement…

NewsFeedPro-Palestine protests are growing in momentum, while also being accused of threatening the safety of students at US university campuses.Published On 23 Apr 202423 Apr 2024 Source link

Major General Aharon Haliva acknowledged failure to warn of the October 7 attack.More than six months after Hamas carried out an assault on southern Israel, the Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned. In his resignation letter, Major General Aharon Haliva noted that authority comes with responsibility – and acknowledged the military intelligence directorate under his command had failed to warn of the October 7 attack. It comes as public outrage against perceived Israeli government and military failures gains momentum. What message does this send while the war on Gaza continues? Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Daniel Levy – President of the…

The attack comes after Hezbollah said Israeli forces killed one of its fighters in southern Lebanon.The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has launched drone attacks on Israeli bases north of the city of Acre in retaliation for the killing of one of its fighters, marking the deepest attack into Israeli territory since the Gaza war began. Hezbollah launched “a combined air attack using decoy and explosive drones that targeted” two Israeli bases halfway between Acre and Nahariyya, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The Iran-backed group said it acted in retaliation for an earlier Israeli attack killing one of…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken was alerted in December of alleged human rights abuses by Israeli soldiers. What is being done about them? Israeli military units could be sanctioned by the United States for the first time over allegations of human rights abuses. Those allegations made their way to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in December, according to a report from the US news outlet ProPublica, but they hadn’t been acted on until now. In this episode:  Episode credits: This episode was produced by Sonia Bhagat and Chloe K Li with our host, Malika Bilal. Li…

Israel’s war on Gaza entered its 200th day on Tuesday with fears mounting of an Israeli ground assault in the overcrowded south of Gaza. The Israeli army carried out intense shelling overnight of the Gaza neighbourhoods of Tuffah, Shujayea and Zeitun. Shelling and loud explosions were heard in southwest Gaza and Khan Younis in the south, while air raids struck near the Bureij refugee camp and artillery fire hit the Nuseirat refugee camp. The military said it struck several Hamas positions in south Gaza, with its warplanes hitting about 25 targets including military observation and launch posts. Israel’s military offensive…

Mass graves, crippled hospitals, thousands of civilian deaths and near-total destruction of infrastructure haunt Gaza as Israel’s war on the besieged Palestinian coastal enclave entered its 200th day on Tuesday. Israel launched its brutal military offensive on October 7 following a deadly attack by Hamas fighters. Some 1,139 people were killed and about 240 people were taken captive by the Palestinian fighters. Nearly 85 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced and more than 14,000 children have been killed in the offensive which critics have dubbed a war of vengeance. Here are some numbers that highlight the unprecedented…