Chicago protest over ICE raids (Picture from X @TylerLaRiviere) As immigration raids continue under the Trump administration, Chicago has joined a wave of cities protesting the federal crackdown. On Tuesday, more than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in the city’s Loop to oppose the nationwide actions by ICE.Protests began outside the immigration court on East Adams Street […]
A wave of 24 coordinated bombings and gun attacks killed at least 7 people and injured 28 others in southwestern Colombia on Tuesday, as authorities blamed dissident guerrilla fighters for what security experts are calling a “well-coordinated offensive.”Police posts, municipal buildings, and civilian areas in Cali — Colombia’s third-largest city — and nearby towns including […]
Expats can now apply for Dubai government jobs with salaries up to Dh40,000 ($10,880) (Representational Image) In a move that signals openness, opportunity, and long-term vision, Dubai’s government is actively hiring skilled expatriates across a spectrum of high-impact roles, offering not just jobs, but careers with purpose, stability, and highly attractive salary packages.While the UAE […]
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday denied a claim by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that she encouraged protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids, calling the allegation “absolutely false.”Responding via social media, Sheinbaum shared a video from her daily press briefing the previous day, in which she had explicitly urged Mexicans in the […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom accused US President Donald Trump of treating National Guard troops with “disrespect” after viral images showed them sleeping on the floor in cramped conditions following their deployment to Los Angeles amid intensifying immigration protests. The dispute has escalated into a legal battle, with Newsom’s office filing a lawsuit against the Trump […]
Livia Albeck-Ripka, a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles, describes how she was one of the reporters struck by crowd control munitions. Experts say that some aggressive measures used by the authorities in the Los Angeles protests have violated their own policies, federal policies and injunctions put into place after the George Floyd […]
Monaco joins the EU’s ‘high-risk’ list alongside nine other jurisdictions, while UAE is removed In a significant development for its global financial standing, the European Union on Tuesday announced the removal of the United Arab Emirates from its money-laundering “high-risk” list. This decision reflects growing international recognition of the UAE’s intensified efforts to combat financial […]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act if protests in Los Angeles escalate into what he defines as an “insurrection.” The comment comes amid ongoing demonstrations now entering its fourth day against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” […]
President Donald Trump ordered 700 US Marines and 2,000 additional National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Tuesday in response to escalating immigration protests—despite vocal opposition from California’s governor and city leaders. The move has triggered a legal battle over state rights and drawn sharp criticism over what many call a dangerous federal overreach. State […]
Parminder Singh, a former Managing Director at Google and Twitter, shared a light-hearted yet insightful anecdote on X about a chance encounter with Sundar Pichai years before he rose to become Google’s CEO.Singh recalled attending a Google office party in Mountain View where he was introduced to “an unassuming person who led the Chrome project.” […]
