SpaceX said it has acquired xAI, merging Elon Musk’s rocket company with his artificial intelligence firm. • The deal creates a private company valued at more than $1 trillion, combining rockets, xAI’s Grok chatbot, and the social media platform X. • The combined company is expected to move toward an initial public offering around June, […]
A Palestinian technocratic committee being groomed to manage Gaza’s civilian affairs after the war has quietly shifted its public branding, swapping its own newly minted logo for one that closely mirrors the emblem of the Palestinian Authority. The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), established last month as a postwar alternative to Hamas, […]
Allegations of medical abuse inside Iran’s detention system are growing, with opposition-linked media and human rights activists warning of a “growing pattern of deaths” among people arrested during recent mass anti-regime protests. According to a report by Iran International, detainees swept up in the government crackdown are being injected with unidentified substances while in custody, […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday compared demonstrators to ISIS and accusing Washington and Israel of orchestrating what he repeatedly called “sedition.” Writing in English on X, Khamenei claimed protesters “burned people alive” and “beheaded people,” asserting they committed “the very same atrocities that Islamic State committed.” He framed violence as the defining […]
A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought. The findings, published Monday in Nature Neuroscience, may help doctors and researchers better understand cognitive development in infancy. “It really tells us that infants are interacting […]
A man identified as Anosh Ahmed is accused of defrauding the federal government of $900 million through healthcare billing schemes in Chicago and reportedly fled to Serbia while still retaining much of the stolen money.
Trump on Cuba: “They’re not getting any money from Venezuela and they’re not getting any money from anywhere. It’s a failed nation. Mexico is going to cease sending them oil… We are dealing with the Cuban leaders right now.”
Trump on the partial government shutdown: “I spoke with Speaker Johnson, I spoke with Leader Thune, and I think they’re pretty close to a resolution. We were at 5.6% GDP, and we lost a point and a half because of the 43-day shutdown.”
A moving and emotional scene unfolded at the major gathering of the Shuvu educational network in Jerusalem, as HaGaon HaRav Binyamin HaTzaddik Finkel, the Mashgiach in Mir Yerushalyim, warmly welcomed former captive and Shuvu graduate Bar Kuperstein. The powerful moment took place as danced with Kuperstein to a song with the words “U’fduyei Hashem Yeshuvun”.
TRUMP: “For years, American businesses have risked running out of critical minerals during market disruptions. Today, we’re launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American businesses and workers are never harmed by any shortage.”
Reuters reports that Iranian officials fear a U.S. strike could trigger widespread protests inside Iran, threatening regime stability. • Officials warn that public anger fueled by economic hardship and existing unrest could rapidly escalate if Iran is attacked. • Iranian leaders are described as more concerned about internal upheaval than physical damage from a strike, […]
A long-standing Wall Street belief that the global obesity-drug market would climb to about $150 billion over the next decade is now being called into question, as U.S. prices for GLP-1 medications from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly begin to decline.
