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US Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency

Zeldin, a former Republican congressman from New York, is a longtime Trump ally and served on Trump's defense team during his first impeachment

Blocking all funding to 'woke programmes', says US State Department

Prioritising the welfare of American citizens, the US State Department released an official statement where it stated that no foreign is entitled to those benefits

No evidence to prove that US designated $50 mn to buy condoms for Hamas

Trump and his spokesperson were referring to a grant or grants that USAID awarded to a group called the International Medical Corps worth $102.2 million to provide medical and trauma services in Gaza

Trump inks order to plan 250 yrs of US, punish those who vandalise statues

Trump signed an executive order establishing a White House task force to plan what he says will be a grand celebration worthy of the momentous occasion of 250th anniversary of American Independence

One in five females in South Asia avoid daily tasks during periods: Study

Researchers, including those from the University of Melbourne, Australia, also found that girls aged 15-19 years are the most affected, with over 17 per cent not participating in regular activities

White House revokes Trump's memo freezing federal money after confusion

Administration officials insisted that despite the confusion, their actions still had the intended effect by underscoring to federal agencies their obligations to abide by Trump's executive orders

Leader of Syria's rebels who toppled Bashar Assad named interim president

The appointment of Ahmad al-Sharaa, a rebel once aligned with al-Qaida, as Syria's president in the transitional phase, came after a meeting of the former insurgent factions in Damascus

Trump signs Laken Riley Act, allows pre-trial detention of illegal migrants

Trump said that he will sign an executive order to prepare a facility at Guantanamo Bay to house deported migrants, during the signing of the Lake Riley Act

US Fed leaves policy rate unchanged, says unemployment rate is low

Fed officials say they largely believe the progress in lowering inflation will resume this year, but have now put rates on hold as they await data to confirm it

ASML sees biggest surge since 2020, AI boost drives record orders

Net bookings were driven by demand for ASML's most-advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, machines, for which €3 billion of orders were placed in the period

Smartphone AI apps now a $2 billion market led by OpenAI's ChatGPT

Among other notable findings in the report, more than half of ChatGPT's mobile users are aged between 18 and 24, and the vast majority of AI users are male. Revenue across various categories of AI app

Fed to hold rates steady as it awaits more data, clarity on Trump's move

Investors and many economists still expect the Fed to reduce interest rates later this year, but the watchword for policymakers for now may be caution until they are more certain inflation will fall

DOJ drops charges against 2 Trump co-defendants in classified records case

The United States of America moves to voluntarily dismiss its appeal with prejudice, prosecutors wrote. The government has conferred with counsel for Appellees Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira

Apple, SpaceX link up to support Starlink satellite network on iPhones

Medium resolution images, music & audio podcasts should work with the current generation Starlink direct-to-phone constellation.The first users received text messages from T-Mobile

Hamas to release 3 Israelis, 5 Thais in upcoming hostage swap: Official

It is not clear if Trump could force Egypt or Jordan to agree, but he has in his first days in office and on the campaign threatened hefty tariffs against American allies to get his way

Trump offers buyouts to federal employees resisting in-person work

The buyouts were offered in an email to federal employees that also warned that the administration was seeking a "more streamlined and flexible workforce"

Germany cuts 2025 economic growth forecast to 0.3% after two-year slump

Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also Germany's economy minister, said in a statement that the global crises of recent years have hit our industry- and export-oriented economy particularly hard

Tried LSD as teenager but won't recommend it, Bill Gates in Source Code

Microsoft billionaire, Bill Gates opens up about his childhood and teenage time in his upcoming memoir, Source Code, which will be his first series of autobiographical books

8 months' pay to quit? Trump's offer to 2 million federal workers explained

The Trump administration expects up to 200,000 workers- about 10 per cent of the federal workforce- to accept the deal, potentially saving $100 billion

DeepSeek was not built for $5 million: Bernstein challenges AI firms' claim

Bernstein said that this figure is misleading and does not reflect the true costs involved in research, experimentation, and infrastructure