It wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. eliminated its least valuable coin. The half-cent coin was discontinued by Congress in 1857. | Photo Credit: AFP President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the … Read more
President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st State in an interview that aired Sunday (February 9, 2025) during the Super Bowl preshow. “Yeah it is,” Mr. Trump told Fox NewsChannel’s Bret Baier when asked whether his talk of annexing Canada is “a real thing” — as Canadian Prime … Read more
FILE – President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) | Photo Credit: Evan Vucci U.S. President Donald Trump stunned the world last week when he said the U.S. would “take over” Gaza, transfer Palestinians and redevelop the 360 … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The rupee on Monday (February 10, 2025) plunged 45 paise and moved closer to the 88 per U.S. dollar-level, weighed down by the strength of the American currency tariff concerns, but settled on a flat note at 87.50 (provisional) on suspected RBI intervention. The American currency gained in … Read more
Image for representation only Sri Lanka is scheduled to undergo a 90-minute power cut on Monday and Tuesday (February 10-11, 2025) following a breakdown in a coal power plant. Ceylon Electricity Board, the state power entity, decided on Monday given the shortage of supply owing to the failure at the 900-megawatt Norochcholai coal power plant … Read more
British Secretary of State for the Home Department Yvette Cooper. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the Home Office on Monday (February 10, 2025) described as a “UK-wide blitz” on illegal working in the country. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said her … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump second term will likely see the domestic and foreign policy priorities enacted in his first term as President revived and sharpened, institutions reformed further in line with his administration’s vision, and Americans’ socio-cultural response to the Trumpian paradigm. Significant changes are expected in multiple dimensions of the policymaking space. First, on the economy, … Read more
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s President accused his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday (February 10, 2025) of seeking to bring the Islamic republic “to its knees” as the country marked the 1979 revolution that toppled … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s point man for relations with the United States said on Monday (February 10, 2025) that all of President Vladimir Putin’s conditions … Read more
The shuttered Educational Bookshop is seen after Israeli police raided the long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining its owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict saying the books incited violence, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and … Read more