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California to change election maps to counter Texas, governor says
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - California unveiled plans to redraw its electoral districts Thursday, as Democrats push back on what they say is Donald Trump's effort to rig next year's Congressional elections to safeguard his slim Republican majority.
Ex-aide Musk drops bombshell on Trump
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill has careened into an Elon Musk-shaped brick wall, complicating its passage into law and risking a schism between the most powerful man in the world and the wealthiest.
Musk blasts Trump mega-bill, days after farewell
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk on Tuesday hammered US President Donald Trump's proposed spending bill as a "disgusting abomination" as tensions between the pair burst into the open following the tech billionaire's White House exit.
Nine killed as driver plows into Filipino festival in Canada
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - Canada said Sunday that a man staged a deliberate attack by driving his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival and killing nine people, but the assault was not considered to be terrorism.
Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agencies
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — The campaign by United States President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the US bureaucracy spread on Friday, firing more than 9,500 workers who handled everything from managing federal lands to caring for military veterans.
Musk takes slash-and-burn style to Europe
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/01/2025
» Having worked successfully to get his candidate elected in the United States, Elon Musk is setting his sights on Europe.
Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» BERLIN - The German government faced growing questions Sunday about whether more could have been done to prevent the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200.
US govt shutdown looms as Trump, Musk kill funding deal
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States was staring down the barrel of a holiday-period government shutdown Thursday as a late-hour intervention by Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatened efforts in Congress to keep the lights on through the New Year.
Astronaut, 'Earthrise' photographer, dies in plane crash
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/06/2024
» WASHINGTON - William Anders, the US astronaut whose "Earthrise" photograph from lunar orbit captured humanity's humble place in the cosmos, punctuating the 1960s' race to the moon with one of the most recognised images of the 20th century, has died. He was 90.
EU launches 'illegal content' probe into Elon Musk's X
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - The EU announced "formal infringement proceedings" against Elon Musk's X platform on Monday, under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel.