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JAPAN TO COURT TESLA ON NISSAN INVESTMENT – A high-level Japanese group is hopeful that Tesla will become a strategic investor A high-level Japanese group, which includes a former prime minister, has drawn up plans for Elon Musk’s Tesla to invest in Nissan following the collapse of its merger talks with Honda Motor. The proposal, led by former Tesla board member Hiro Mizuno, is being supported by ex-premier Yoshihide Suga and his former aide Hiroto Izumi, the report said, citing unnamed sources. The group is hopeful that Tesla will become a strategic investor since they believe it is keen to…
HAMAS RETURNS FAKE HOSTAGE BODY IN PLACE OF SHIRI BIBAS – Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for replacing Shiri Bibas’ body with an unidentified woman Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated today that Israel would make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed. The statement came after Israeli specialists said that one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas terrorists on Thursday, February 20th was an unidentified woman and not Shiri Bibas, whose two sons, Kfir and Ariel were handed over and identified. Netanyahu accused Hamas of acting “in an unspeakably cynical…
NEW YORK GOVERNOR UNABLE TO OUST MAYOR ADAMS – Hochul proposes new oversight measures New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has been unable to use her power to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has proposed new oversight mechanisms over the mayor’s office in an announcement. Adams, a former police captain, was indicted last September on corruption charges, accusing him of receiving foreign donations to his election campaigns and luxury travel from Turkish nationals. Adams pleaded not guilty and stated that he would not resign. Hochul, who said she was “deeply troubled” by the accusations against Adams, further stated…
U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS KASH PATEL AS FBI CHIEF – Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Kash Patel, to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the country’s top law enforcement agency. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. However, two Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined the opposition in an ultimately futile attempt to prevent the confirmation. Patel, a law degree holder from Pace University who worked as a federal prosecutor, now replaces Christopher Wray to head the 38,000-strong Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SOUTH KOREA’S YOON FACES IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AT TOP COURT – The Court will decide whether to remove him from office permanently or reinstate him South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at the country’s Constitutional Court for his impeachment trial which has entered its final phase. The court is reviewing parliament’s impeachment of Yoon on December 14 and will decide whether to remove him from office permanently or reinstate him. Greeted by a barrage of camera flashes as he walked into the courtroom on Thursday, Yoon calmly walked over to the defence’s seat before proceedings began. The court will hear…
ELON MUSK’S AI COMPANY ROLLS OUT GROK 3 – Musk says the new model outperforms its predecessor Elon Musk has released the new Grok 3 model. Musk stated that Grok-3 across the board is in a league of its own. The new Grok 3 is technically powered by real-time training pipelines and adaptive learning algorithms that adjusts neural weights for constant evolution. Grok 3 also wields advanced tools: it can parse X user profiles, analyze posts, and even process uploaded content like images or PDFs, leveraging multimodal AI to extract meaning from diverse inputs. Musk also stated that the new…
US BOMBER JOINS SOUTH KOREA DRILL – Responding to North’s nuclear threats and missile testing South Korea’s defence ministry said that it held a joint air drill with the United States with at least one B-1B strategic bomber taking part. The drill was to show extended deterrent capabilities by the U.S. in response to threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme, the ministry said in a statement. Earlier on Thursday, North Korean state media criticised the U.S. for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a “threat to regional peace”. The…
PUTIN SIGNALS READINESS FOR TALKS – As Ukraine Seeks Security Guarantees Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed readiness to return to negotiations on the Ukraine crisis on Wednesday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the same day reiterated Ukraine’s desire to secure guarantees for its security and end the conflict with Russia this year. Russian and U.S. delegations held talks on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was the first face-to-face interaction between senior U.S. and Russian officials since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Local media reported on Wednesday that Putin answered media questions during a visit…
HAMAS HANDS OVER BODIES OF 4 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING 2 YOUNGEST – Bereaved have to endure disgusting scenes all for Hamas propaganda Hamas handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Gaza’s Khan Younis. A representative of the ICRC signed documents alongside a masked fighter on a stage that was set up for the highly propagandised handover. The bodies are said to include those of the youngest hostages – an infant and his four-year-old brother – taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023, murderous attack on southern Israel. Hamas released…
US SENATE CONFIRMS LUTNICK TO LEAD COMMERCE DEPARTMENT-Senator John Thune says Lutnick is an outcome-driven leader The U.S. Senate voted 51-45 on Tuesday 18 February to confirm President Trump’s nominee Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, to run the Commerce Department. The Commerce Department, which has 47,000 employees, is responsible for U.S. export controls, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, weather forecasting, fisheries, economic data, and investment promotion in the United States. It also has oversight for the $52.7 billion CHIPS and Science semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program, and a $42 billion program to expand high-speed broadband to areas with little or no…
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