The fight pits two of the internet's best-known tech giants against each other

The snub also followed a decision last year by Brazil's Supreme Court to block Elon Musk's X platform for 40 days for failing to comply with a series of court orders against online disinformation.

Since reentering the White House, Trump has focused heavily on harsh migration measures.

Ferocious flames devoured hillsides near Castaic Lake, spreading rapidly to cover more than 9,400 acres (3,800 hectares) in just a few hours.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia against coercive actions in Asia, in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at sea.

Twelve people were killed yesterday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said.

Guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but for Mahmoud Abu Dalfa, the agony is not over. He is desperately searching for the bodies of his wife and five children trapped under the rubble of his house since the early months of the war.

Russia said yesterday it had taken control of a village in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, a westward push that is piling additional pressure on Ukrainian forces across the sprawling front line.

A Palestinian official reported shooting and explosions in the flashpoint West Bank town of Jenin yesterday as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid that the military described as a “counterterrorism” operation.

US President Donald Trump escalated his campaign against diversity programmes on Tuesday by pressuring the private sector to join the initiative, ordering aviation officials to review diversity hires and telling government DEI employees they would be placed on paid leave.

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump’s “worrying” threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the interoceanic waterway.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said yesterday they had released the detained crew of the ship Galaxy Leader, held since November 2023, after Gaza ceasefire came into effect.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday indicated he may impose fresh sanctions on Russia if President Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

On China, Trump reiterated his threat Tuesday to impose a 10 percent duty

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has denied that any other nation was interfering in the canal

Trump issued measures Monday, after being sworn in as president for the second time, to suspend the arrival of asylum seekers and expel migrants in the country illegally

The Republican also defended his sweeping pardons of US Capitol rioters, including key figures from the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups who were released from jail on Tuesday.

Netflix shares jumped more than 14 percent to top $993 in after-market trades.

Tens of thousands of Californians forced in recent years to live without a safety net

Finkelman headed Israel's southern military command, which is responsible for Gaza