Monthly Archives: April 2023

Beijing promised to ‘fight back’ over Taiwan leader’s US visit. But this time it has more to lose

An anticipated meeting between Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week has sparked concerns of a repeat of the pressure campaign China launched last year when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.An anticipated meeting between Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week […]

2023 March Madness: Will UConn or San Diego State triumph in the national championship game that ‘means everything?’

After a March Madness filled with twists and surprises — all four No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Elite Eight for the first ever time in NCAA men’s basketball tournament history — it is time for the grand finale as UConn faces San Diego State on Monday for the title.After a March Madness filled […]

The four astronauts NASA picked for the first crewed moon mission in 50 years

Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for the historic Artemis II lunar flyby that is set to take off in November 2024.Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing […]

Dogecoin jumps after Elon Musk replaces Twitter bird with Shiba Inu

Twitter’s traditional bird icon was booted and replaced with an image of a Shiba Inu, an apparent nod to dogecoin, the joke cryptocurrency that CEO Elon Musk is being sued over.Twitter’s traditional bird icon was booted and replaced with an image of a Shiba Inu, an apparent nod to dogecoin, the joke cryptocurrency that CEO […]

Musk’s Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out the New York Times

Some VIP Twitter users woke up on Saturday expecting to have lost their coveted blue verification check marks in a previously announced purge by Elon Musk. Instead, Twitter appeared to target a single account from a major publication Musk dislikes and changed the language on its site in a way that obscures why users are […]