World News Live Today February 18, 2025: Southwest Airlines' first-ever layoff to impact 15 percent of corporate ranks
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Feb 18, 2025 11:26 PM IST
US News Live : Southwest Airlines' first-ever layoff to impact 15 percent of corporate ranks
- Southwest Airlines has long boasted of never having an involuntary layoff over a history stretching back more than five decades.
Feb 18, 2025 11:06 PM IST
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Feb 18, 2025 10:58 PM IST
US News Live : Elon Musk's team may access US Education Department systems, judge rules
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Feb 18, 2025 10:50 PM IST
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Feb 18, 2025 10:37 PM IST
US News Live : Ashley St Clair's ‘gold digger’ dig at Zelenskyy backfires amid Elon Musk's 13th baby claims; ‘Terrible timing’
- Ashley St. Clair, who created buzz claiming that she gave birth to Elon Musk's thirteenth child last year, posted a picture of Zelenskyy on social media.
Feb 18, 2025 10:04 PM IST
World News Live : PM Modi, Qatar Amir condemn terrorism, pledge stronger cooperation
- Narendra Modi and Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani unequivocally condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including cross-border terrorism.
Feb 18, 2025 9:55 PM IST
US News Live : Where's my tax refund? IRS 2025 tracker and schedule details
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Feb 18, 2025 9:47 PM IST
World News Live : Iran's Khamenei calls US Gaza plan ‘stupid’ and 'will lead to nowhere'
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US government’s plan to remove the existing Palestinian population from Gaza is ‘stupid’ and ‘will lead to nowhere.’
Feb 18, 2025 9:24 PM IST
US News Live : Elon Musk quips ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is real as President Donald says ‘they’re trying to drive us apart’
- Elon Musk likened the left's so-called “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to rabies in a joint interview with the US President Donald Trump
Feb 18, 2025 9:20 PM IST
US News Live : Gabby Petito documentary: Where are the Laundries now? All about Brian Laundrie's parents Christopher and Roberta
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Feb 18, 2025 8:40 PM IST
US News Live : ‘Tons of inconsistencies’: Suchir Balaji's family ‘disagrees’ with suicide claim in final autopsy
- Suchir Balaji's mother has dismissed the findings of the final autopsy report after the San Francisco County Medical Examiner ruled her son's death a suicide.
Feb 18, 2025 8:23 PM IST
World News Live : Russia, US hold landmark talks to restore ties | Key takeaways
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Feb 18, 2025 8:12 PM IST
US News Live : Hamas to release six living Israeli hostages, bodies of four others including two kids; Who were Ariel and Kfir?
- A top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four others on Thursday.
Feb 18, 2025 7:52 PM IST
US News Live : Did Ivanka Trump just hint at tumultuous relationship with dad Donald? ‘There are only two people…’
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Feb 18, 2025 7:50 PM IST
US News Live : Lincoln fire: Crews battle house blaze near Woods Park, Nebraska
- A fire broke out at a home near Woods Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Tuesday. Videos from the scene showed firefighters battling the four alarm blaze.
Feb 18, 2025 7:48 PM IST
US News Live : Trump congratulates US military after airstrike that killed ‘terrorist leader’ working with Al-Qaeda
- Following a US airstrike in Syria targeting an Al-Qaeda affiliate, Trump commended the military's efforts.
Feb 18, 2025 7:09 PM IST
World News Live : China to fly back 200 nationals from Thailand's scam-running compounds
- Around 200 Chinese nationals will be flown home from Thailand as part of a crackdown on scam operations along the Thai-Myanmar border
Feb 18, 2025 7:07 PM IST
World News Live : Meghan Markle unveils new name for her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard, ‘This new chapter is an extension of…’
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Feb 18, 2025 6:59 PM IST
US News Live : Nancy Mace lashes out at ‘disgusting human being’ Bella Hadid, fumed netizens ask her to ‘Look in the mirror'
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Feb 18, 2025 6:08 PM IST
World News Live : Crash, fireball, flip: New video shows Delta Airlines' eventful landing
- A Delta Airlines jet flipped onto its roof during a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson Airport. Despite severe weather, all 80 passengers survived.
Feb 18, 2025 6:04 PM IST
US News Live : DOGE declares $4.7 trillion in federal payments 'almost untraceable', sparks public outcry and memes; ‘Gone like a puff’
- DOGE said it is "almost impossible" to track down nearly $4.7 trillion in federal payments because the Treasury Department did not impose a tracking code.
Feb 18, 2025 5:56 PM IST
US News Live : Ashley St. Clair felt ‘terrified’ after Elon Musk shunned her, friend says
- Reflecting on St. Clair's decision to publically declare Musk as the father of her child, Morris said that it was not a “Meghan Markle-esque plea for attention”
Feb 18, 2025 5:53 PM IST
World News Live : Elon Musk has no official decision-making role, White House clarifies
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Feb 18, 2025 4:55 PM IST
World News Live : What is Polymicrobial Respiratory infection that Pope Francis is battling?
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Feb 18, 2025 4:50 PM IST
US News Live : Elon Musk enjoys comparison to Genghis Khan as Laura Loomer says ‘I’d rather die childless than…’
- Elon Musk welcomed his comparison to Genghis Khan after comedian Shane Cashman quipped that the Tesla CEO has the “same family values” like Mongol warlord.
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