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Minnesota church shooting: Did Trump administration cuts weaken security? Critics blame lost funding for missed red flags

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Weeks before a gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing two children and injuring 18 others, the Trump administration cut funding for a Minnesota program intended to prevent acts of mass violence, according to documents cited by the New York Times.In July, the Department of Homeland Security […]

Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: Chicago mayor signs order blocking police role in raids; vows city won’t ‘take orders’

File photo: Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order directing city agencies and police to resist US President Donald Trump’s planned federal immigration enforcement surge, which could begin within days.The order, issued on Saturday, bars the Chicago Police Department from helping federal […]

‘He gave me this small tip’: Arshdeep Singh credits Mohd Siraj for helping him recover India vs England trauma

India’s ace pacer Arshdeep Singh was not featured in the recent five-match Test series in England, though injuries surrounded other pacers in the team, and Jasprit Bumrah was having an extra payload. Just ahead of the fourth Test against England, Arshdeep suffered a left thumb injury that ruled him out of the fourth and fifth […]

‘Complex rescue mission’: IDF recovers bodies of two October 7 victims from Gaza; Netanyahu vows to return all hostages

File photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Picture credit: AP) Israeli security forces have recovered the remains of two people killed in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed. As per The New York Times, the bodies were identified as 56-year-old Ilan Weiss and 28-year-old Idan Shtivi.The Israeli military […]

One dead, five injured as car slams into crowd in France

ROUEN: A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an altercation early Saturday, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them critically, prosecutors told AFP.The incident took place in the town of Evreux in the northern French region of Normandy at around 4:00 am […]

Germany debates who should cover costs of unhealthy eating

When Lucas Pohl boarded a flight last summer, he didn’t know it would mark a turning point in his life. The Berlin resident had always carried extra weight, but when he couldn’t fasten his seatbelt and had to ask for an extender, “something inside me broke,” the 27-year-old said. Pohl, who weighed 150kg at the […]

Australia signs deal to send immigrants to Nauru

Australia has announced an agreement with the tiny Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island. The deal affects more than 220 immigrants in Australia, including some convicted of serious crimes.Home affairs minister Tony Burke signed the memorandum of understanding on a visit to Nauru, the govt said in […]

US warship heads towards Caribbean

A US guided missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean Friday night, after the Trump administration deployed warships near the coast of Venezuela.The United States has said the deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean, near Venezuela’s territorial waters, was an anti-drug trafficking operation. “I […]

‘Expanding economic opportunities’: Ahead of SCO summit Putin backs Brics; slams ‘discriminatory’ sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that Moscow and Beijing are “united in strengthening” the Brics grouping, positioning it as a counterweight to what he called “discriminatory sanctions” hampering the economic progress of many nations. Speaking to China’s Xinhua News Agency ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, Putin stressed that […]

Sinner survives Shapovalov test in U.S. Open first round, Gauff hits stride

Jannik Sinner during his U.S. Open match against Denis Shapovalov on August 30, 2025, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP Top-ranked Jannik Sinner recovered from a set down against Canadian Denis Shapovalov 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, while Coco Gauff shook off the nerves that […]