The head of “60 Minutes” told the show’s staff on Monday that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit brought by President Trump against their network, CBS, according to people with knowledge of the remarks. The comments by Bill Owens, the executive producer who oversees the long-running news program,…
When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal experts dismissed the litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news outlet. Now Mr. Trump is back in the White House, and…
Two days ahead of his inauguration as the 47th United States President, Donald Trump on Saturday took the cryptocurrency market by storm after he announced the launch of his official meme coin — $TRUMP. Unveiling the new meme coin along with a link to purchase it on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump wrote:…
Deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that there were attempts to assassinate her and her sister moments before they fled Dhaka on August 5 last year amid violent student-led protests. In an emotional audio clip posted by her Awami League party on Facebook, Hasina said it was only due to God’s grace that she…
The flight recorder of the Jeju Air passenger jet that crashed last month, killing 179 people, stopped recording for its last four minutes, South Korean officials said on Saturday, a significant setback for investigators. Data extracted from the so-called black box, consisting of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder, is generally crucial…
NEW DELHI: A devotee who survived the deadly stampede at Tirupati recounted the horrific incident saying people went uncontrollable, walking over others and pushing each other. D Venkata Lakshmi, who was waiting for hours to get tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam recalled, “for five minutes we thought all of us were dead.” I have been…
Federal Reserve officials cut interest rates as expected last month. But minutes from their December meeting suggest that the decision was a close call — and that there is no guarantee policymakers will lower rates again anytime soon. The minutes of the central bank’s Dec. 17-18 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that most Fed officials…
As we bid adieu to 2024, the Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, along with her colleagues on the International Space Station (ISS), will have an extraordinary opportunity to welcome the New Year – 16 times. While orbiting Earth at roughly 400 kilometres above, the Expedition 72 team will observe 16 distinct sunrises and sunsets as they…
MUMBAI: Four of the six Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members expressed hawkish views on policy easing, making a Feb rate cut dependent on new governor Sanjay Malhotra and his incoming deputy. During the Dec 4-6 meeting, 2 out of 6 members voted for a rate cut, with external members Nagesh Kumar and Ram Singh in…
Sunil Gavaskar (Getty Images) Forty-three years ago on this day, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar began a Test innings that went into the history books for the 708 minutes, which comes to energy-sapping 11.8 hours, he spent on the crease to score 172 runs in Bangalore.The knock against England in the second Test of the 1981…