Ayra Starr wins MOBO Best African Act, making her the first female to win such in 16 years
Nigerian music star, Ayra Starr, has made history after becoming the first woman in 16 years to win the Best African Music Act at the 2025 MOBO Awards.
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Trump turns against Zelensky – and towards Russia.
President Trump has spent the day attacking Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a “dictator” and deepening the rift between the two leaders.
Trump’s appeal on birthright citizenship order rejected by court.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined an emergency request from the Justice Department that sought to pause a lower-court judge’s order. Four separate judges have blocked the order,
Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia, saying it could have made a deal
Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh for the first high-level, face-to-face talks between the two countries since the invasion, and agreed to appoint teams to start negotiating the end of the war.
USDA Admits Mistakenly Firing Bird Flu Officials, working to Rehire Them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired “several” agency employees who are working on the federal government’s response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil.
Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet said on Tuesday that he had filed charges with Brazil’s Supreme Court against Bolsonaro and 33 other people, including some former ministers and an ex-navy chief.
Delta plane crashes and flips upside down at Toronto airport.
Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, crashed while landing at a snowy Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada around 2:15 p.m. local time
Argentina opposition calls for impeachment of Javier Milei after cryptocurrency collapse.
He shared a link to buy it, causing its price to shoot up. But within a few hours, he deleted his post and the cryptocurrency nosedived in value, losing investors most of their money.
Musk’s DOGE Cuts $900 Million from US Education Department’s Research Office
After announcing $101m would be slashed from 29 DEI training grants on Monday, the Doge account on Twitter/X said that Musk’s team terminated 89 contracts worth a total of $881m on Tuesday.
Powerful rainstorm brings mudslides, street flooding, rescues across Southern California
Around 8 inches of mud slid over the famous roadway in the Hollywood Hills, closing it, but homes above the slide were determined to be stable, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.