What is ‘launching soon’? White House official page posts strange, unexplained videos amid US‑Iran war | World News

White House Official Page Posts Strange Videos Amid US‑Iran Conflict/ X As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, a pair of unexplained videos posted by the White House late on March 25 has triggered widespread confusion online, with viewers trying to connect the timing to ongoing military operations, diplomatic signals and…

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Un Slavery Reparations: US, UK, EU push back on UN slavery reparations, despite acknowledging historical injustice | World News

transatlantic slave trade Captive Africans being transferred to ships along the Slave Coast for the transatlantic slave trade, c. 1880. / Image: Brittanica The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, in a move supporters say is aimed at…

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns oil could hit $150 amid Iran‑US war, causing a ‘global recession’ | World News

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns oil could hit $150 amid Iran‑US war, sparking a ‘global recession’/ Image: BBC Amid an escalating conflict involving Iran‑Israel‑US tensions, now more than three weeks in, with Washington deploying more than 4,000 Marines to the region and weighing further troop movements even as talk of a ceasefire surfaces, oil markets…

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‘Maybe they’ll see worse’: 2008 crisis expert names four risks that could bring down global financial system | World News

Richard Bookstaber, author of A Demon of Our Own Design, warns today’s financial system faces dangers even greater than 2008./ Image: Institute for New Economic Thinking Richard Bookstaber, the financial analyst and author who spent decades working inside hedge funds and the US Treasury before writing the book that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis, says…

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Germany Skilled Worker Shortage: ‘Wouldn’t be in business today without India’: Why Germany is “desperate” for millions of Indians to save its economy | World News

As elderly staff members retire and young candidates move to other sectors and roles, Germany has been facing a shortage of skilled workers so dire that the country is trying to alleviate the problem by calling for help outside its own borders. About 6,000km away from the mainland, in India. The movement began when Handrik…

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Alien abduction data for every US state revealed: New York jumps to third as govenment registers alien websites | World News

The Empire State recorded 8,314 UFO sightings since 1974, or one for every 1,003 residents. Delaware holds the top spot.New York has climbed two places to rank third among the most likely states in the United States for alien abductions, according to Casino.ca’s annual ranking published to mark National Alien Abduction Day on 20 March….

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How Trump’s ‘careless’ Pearl Harbour joke in Oval Office shook eighty years of US-Japan diplomacy | World News

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) In the Oval Office on Thursday, Donald Trump made a joke about Pearl Harbour to the Japanese prime minister’s face. It lasted seconds. It undid…

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2026 Annual Threat Assessment: 16,000 missiles, a vengeful Iran, and an AI race America cannot afford to lose: 2026 threat assessment, explained | World News

US Annual Threat Assesment 2026 The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment warns of a five-fold increase in missiles aimed at the American homeland, an Iran seeking revenge for the killing of its supreme leader, and a China racing to dominate artificial intelligence, while crediting Donald Trump, by name, for sealing the southern border and pulling two…

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