Author: Press Room
An Africa court has put a stop to a United States plan to establish a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to a rare type of Ebola virus instead of flying them home where it could increase the risk of a U.S. outbreak. The suspension by the High Court of Kenya follows a backlash by medical workers and activists over the U.S. plan to deal with the rare virus spreading in the northeastern Congo. Kenya shares a border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Wednesday an official told the Associated Press that the U.S. was planning to send…
The United States goods trade deficit narrowed more than expected in April, driven by a surge in exports that more than offset a sharp rise in capital-goods imports. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the goods trade deficit fell to $82.4 billion in April from $85.3 billion in March, below the $86.5 billion economists had forecast. Exports of goods rose 4.0 percent for the month to $219.7 billion, outpacing a 1.9 percent rise in imports to $302.1 billion. Capital-goods imports rose 5.6 percent in April and were up 40.1 percent from a year earlier—an increase so large, and so concentrated…
President Trump has come to the defense of New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart after the player came under attack by left-wingers for daring to introduce the president at a rally last week. Dart appeared at a Trump rally on May 22 at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, and was immediately lambasted for it by leftists on social media. One of his teammates, Abdul Carter, even went public to express his distaste for the rally appearance, saying he was so shocked by it that he thought it was AI, not real. Now, President Trump is defending the quarterback.…
Sam Altman’s Open AI is building a monopoly on human knowledge, Zach Vorhies has warned AI megacorporations like OpenAI and Anthropic have scraped every word of human knowledge from the internet, and the US government is helping them sell it back to the public, Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies has told RT.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman caused controversy last month during an appearance at BlackRock in Washington DC, when he described his company’s vision of “a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”In Altman’s future, AI companies will essentially charge…
Israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered ceasefire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which allows Israel to control no more than 53% of the enclave.The 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Instead, sporadic fighting has continued, with Israeli forces steadily pushing deeper into the enclave.”We now control 60% of the territory…
LONDON (AP) – A Greek national was set to appear in court Friday on charges that he helped the intelligence service of a foreign country, believed to be Iran, target a journalist working in London. The allegations against Ioannis Aidinidis, 46, relate to attempts to target a journalist for Iran International, a Persian-language media outlet that has traditionally been critical of the country´s Islamic government, London´s Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement. “We know this may cause concern for many people here in the UK, and particularly those working in Persian-language media,´´ Commander Helen Flanagan said. “We continue to…
A widely followed measure of business activity in the Chicago region roared back in May, surging to its highest level in more than four years and delivering one of the strongest monthly gains on record — a clear sign of accelerating momentum in American manufacturing. The Chicago Business Barometer, produced by MNI Indicators and ISM-Chicago, jumped 13.5 points to 62.7 in May, firmly returning to expansionary territory after slipping below the neutral 50 mark in April. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion compared with the prior month. The monthly gain was the joint second-largest since the index was established in…
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), who is a biological man living as a woman, is the subject of a new documentary in which he boasts “Soon, we win.” Delaware voters elected the state senator to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2024, and it was the first time a transgender person was elected to the U.S. Congress, Breitbart News reported at the time. A trailer for the documentary, called State of Firsts, shows McBride claiming Republicans were going to “try to ban me from the restroom,” adding, “It’s not just that they don’t want me in bathrooms. They don’t want…
Soccer authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) affirmed on Wednesday that its national team and support staff will be able to abide by all public health protocols to participate in the FIFA World Cup scheduled to begin on June 11 and hosted by America, Canada, and Mexico. Both the United States and Canada have imposed restrictions on Congolese travelers, as well as visitors from neighboring countries such as South Sudan and Uganda, in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in rural DRC. Ebola is a viral disease that causes fever and extensive bleeding, often leading to death. The variant…
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iranian oil sales in a bid to choke off funding for Iran’s military apparatus. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the sanctions as part of Operation Economic Fury, the fiscal element of the Operation Epic Fury military action against Iran. “The Treasury Department will continue to increase pressure on Iranian oil sales to deprive the Iranian regime and its military of the financial resources it needs to threaten U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East,” Bessent said. “We will not allow the Iranian government to increase its oil revenue for…