The Washington Post publisher on Friday announced its decision not to endorse a candidate in this year presidential election.Will Lewis, the post publisher in a statement stated: “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election, we are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”The Post reported the decision not to endorse was made by the newspaper’s billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, citing two sources briefed on the matter.According to CNN, the Post’s editorial page staffers had drafted an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and it...
ISRAEL LAUNCHES STRIKES ON IRAN MILITARY SITES WEEKS AFTER MISSILE ATTACK
Weeks after the Islamic Republic’s massive ballistic missile barrage on the country, Israel launched its long-awaited retaliatory strike against Iran early Saturday, with the military saying the “precise strikes” by the Israeli Air Force targeted strategic military sites — specifically ballistic missile manufacturing sites and air defense batteries.The Times of Israel reports of explosions near Tehran began to emerge around 2:15 a.m. local time, with the Israel Defense Forces quickly releasing a statement confirming that it was attacking, in response to “months of continuous attacks from the Iranian regime against the State of Israel.”The strikes were carried out in several...
INDIAN AIRLINES RECEIVE BOMB THREAT: GOVERNMENT ASKS META, X TO SHARE DATA
The government has asked social media platforms Meta and X to share data about hoax bomb threat messages to airlines and has started identifying those behind such activities, even as more than 80 flights received the threats on Thursday.According to Mint: “Sources in the know said the government has also asked top multinational technology conglomerates to cooperate with it in helping identify those behind such hoax calls, saying this involves public good.“In 11 days, more than 250 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats. Most of the threats were issued through social media.”The government has reportedly traced some of the culprits...
14-YEAR-OLD ‘FALLS IN LOVE’ WITH AI CHATBOT ’DAENERYS TARGARYEN’, KILLS SELF; MOTHER SUES CHARACTER.AI
The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer has filed a lawsuit in Orlando, Florida federal court against Character.AI for the murder of her son.Sewell had died by suicide allegedly after having a conversation with Daenerys Targaryen AI chatbot. He had fallen in love with the AI chatbot, but shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun in February this year.The chatbot Daenerys Targaryen was named after the leading character from the drama series Game of Thrones.Sewell’s mother, Megan Garcia, has claimed that her son became addicted to the artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI service, and then became deeply attached to a chatbot it...
PHOTONEWS: OBAMA AND HARRIS AT THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN
“Let’s do everything we can from now until Election Day to help elect @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz knock on doors, make calls, and encourage everyone you know to vote. Together, we can leave no doubt about who we are and what America stands for.” Barrack Obama Photo credit: X/BarrackObama
BIAFRAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST SLAMS DG WTO FOR REPLYING ALLEGED PHOTO SHOPPED TWEET, CLAIMS IT GENERATED ENGAGEMENT FOR BIAFRA MOVEMENT
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in tweet on Thursday debunked giving a purported loan of $57.5 billion to Biafra government.On Wednesday, a post from Simon Ekpa, head of Biafra group living in Finland had appeared on X stating: “the World Bank and IMF have agreed to loan the sum of $57.5 billion to Biafra Republic Government in exile to form our government after December 2nd 2024 after declaration of Biafra. I thank our sister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for helping me to facilitate the loan.”However the WTO DG in clearing her name refuted being a part...
HE DOESN’T SEE BEING COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AS A SOLEMN SACRED RESPONSIBILITY — OBAMA WARNS VOTERS AGAINST TRUMP
The former president of the United States, Barrack Obama at the Georgia election campaign for the Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, warned the citizens against voting for Donald Trump.The first black former president describes Trump as ‘looney’, stating he is set against using the military authority to punish the “enemy within” and not to serve in the interest of the American people.He reasoned that Trump presidency will be more dangerous this time than the former if voted in power as he would be surrounded by people who are hell bent on doing his bidding, who are not bold enough to...