Trump Orders National Guard to D.C. to ‘Reestablish Law and Order’

Trump Orders National Guard to D.C. to ‘Reestablish Law and Order'

Gofrixty [12 August 2025] – President Donald Trump earlier announced his decision to send the National Guard and restore law and order in Washington DC. He acted quickly, calling in federal and local authorities to seal off the city ad protect citizens from further violence. He emphasized that it would be necessary to restore order quickly. He also ordered the National Guard to assist local law enforcement agencies with crowd and traffic control, property protection and curfews where appropriate. The governor’s administration must ensure resident safety and to avoid any more…

Financial Times websitePakistan’s fresh approach to Trump ‘rattles’ India

Financial Times websitePakistan’s fresh approach to Trump ‘rattles’ India

Gofrixty [12 August 2025] – Pakistan has stepped up diplomatic efforts to woo former US President Donald Trump, causing concern in India: FT Islamabad, too, engaged with the incoming Trump administration to deepen bilateral relations and win favor in regional geopolitics. In a piece for The Financial Times, David Pilling argues that Pakistan is hoping to wield Trump leverage and attempt to counteract India’s dominance in South Asia. Pakistan officials reached out to Trump’s team directly, expressing their determination in the war on terror and peace in Afghanistan. As a result,…

5 Al Jazeera Staff Killed in Gaza: Israel ‘War Crime’ Outrage

5 Al Jazeera Staff Killed in Gaza: Israel 'War Crime' Outrage

Gofrixty [11 August 2025] – Earlier, five Al Jazeera employees were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. ” The network accused Israel of a war crime and violation of international humanitarian law. The journalists were in a building housing the AP and other media offices in Gaza City, which was hit by Israeli airstrike. Nearby buildings were destroyed and dozens were injured in the attack, witnesses said. In response, Al Jazeera demanded the perpetrators be brought to justice — and called for an impartial investigation. Israel was also slammed by…

Dial-up Internet Service of AOL Will Be Cut Next Month

Dial-up Internet Service of AOL Will Be Cut Next Month

Gofrixty [11 August 2025] – AOL is preparing to discontinue its dial-up internet service next month, marking the end of an era that has aptly spanned 34 years. The company made the announcement on Friday, revealing that September 30th, 2025 will represent the last day OC6 service will operate. AOL: We evaluate all of our products and services on an ongoing basis; The company dropped dial-up from its latest review. AOL these great dial-up, internet in a box days of the 90s and early 2000s when everyone surfed off this.…

Pakistan Airports Authority faced Rs4bn in losses due to airspace closure for India: NA told

Pakistan Airports Authority faced Rs4bn in losses due to airspace closure for India: NA told

Gofrixty [9 August 2025] – Islamabad reported a cash shortfall of Rs4 billion after airspace was barred to India. The restriction, which ran for several months, led foreign carriers to cancel international flight routes and resulted in fewer over-flight revenues generated by airlines. The regulator said that airlines had to reroute flights around Pakistan, leading to a “substantial increase in operating costs” for carriers and decreasing the number of aircraft using Pakistani airspace by 40-50 percent. This reduction in traffic impacted the revenue charged by airlines for overflight permissions directly.…

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House

Gofrixty [9 August 2025] – The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met at the White House and signed a historic pledge to end decades of conflict. President Donald Trump hosted the ceremony and announced that both nations will immediately start full diplomatic relations, open borders, and begin trade. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan shook hands in the East Room and declared their commitment to a “permanent peace.” They vowed to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Trump called the deal “a new…

What are ‘Candy’ nicotine pouches and how do they target children?

What are ‘Candy’ nicotine pouches and how do they target children?

Gofrixty [8 August 2025] – High strength nicotine pouches in the style of children’s sweets are being sold by retailers in the UK. Packaged to look like mock-ups of sweets from popular brands, for instance under the guise of “Millions”, the pouches are typically sold for about £7.50. Nicotine content is 17 mg per pouch, labelled to be “extra strong” Their candy-like packaging makes their products appear to be benign treats. The brand responsible for Millions sweets has denounced this use of their branding and began the necessary legal proceedings…

Trump Will Meet Putin Soon — Even Sans Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting

Trump Will Meet Putin Soon — Even Sans Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting

Gofrixty [8 August 2025] – Former President Donald Trump announcement that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘very soon’ whether or not Putin agrees to see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump brushed aside the notion of a Putin-Zelenskyy summit preceding his own summit. “No, he wont have to,” Trump said when asked if Putin should sit down with Zelensky ahead of an American-Russian summit.“ Trump made it clear what he wanted — violence in Ukraine to end. He argued that neither leader wants war and said he can…

One of the UK’s largest-ever emergency mobile alert drills to be conducted next month

One of the UK's largest-ever emergency mobile alert drills to be conducted next month

Gofrixty [7 August 2025] – Next month the UK government will conduct one of the largest emergency alert drills in its history. The nation’s smartphone warning Monday will be used to test the federal countymobile alert system aimed at rapidly spreading emergency warnings. The exercise will take place across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with millions of phones to being tested. You can configure devices to ring loudly (even in Silent mode) and display a test warning message at a set time. This is an operation coordinated by government agencies…

New Zealand Air Force Search And Rescuing on Antarctica

New Zealand Air Force Search And Rescuing on Antarctica

Gofrixty [7 August 2025] – Each week a high risk rescue mission was launched by the New Zealand Air Force to move an unwell researcher from Antarctica. Against the odds regarding notorious weather, freezing temperatures and midwinter darkness, the crew managed to log over 2,000 miles until finally getting to arrive at Scott Base-hidden in freezing comparative darkness. It all started when a scientist working on luinn, a long-term climate examining operation, fell seriously ill. Medical staff in New Zealand though decided an immediate evacuation was warranted. The next morning,…