In 2022, Jimmy Carr released a Netflix stand-up special he explicitly labelled a “career-ender”. Within days, a single joke from the set dominated headlines, political debate and cultural criticism in the UK. Three years on, Carr has revisited the controversy in a wide-ranging interview on the Louis Theroux Podcast, addressing the backlash, the editing of […]
It was an unusual romance. In the summer of 2024, Ayrin, a busy, bubbly woman in her 20s, became enraptured by Leo, an AI chatbot that she had created on ChatGPT. She spent up to 56 hours a week with Leo on ChatGPT. Leo helped her study for nursing school exams, motivated her at the […]
DHAKA: Minority groups in Bangladesh on Monday alleged govt failure to stop “violence, killings and persecution of minority communities” and said chief adviser Muhammad Yunus had claimed he will build a humane Bangladesh, but in reality he is an “inhumane chief adviser”. Their reaction came after the killing of Dipu Chandra Das (25), a garment […]
More than a dozen employees have walked out of the Heritage Foundation, triggering one of the most serious internal crises in the organisation’s recent history. The departures follow mounting backlash against Heritage president Kevin Roberts after he defended a controversial interview by Tucker Carlson with far-right activist Nick Fuentes, a figure widely condemned for antisemitic […]
The FBI is seeking information on Saeed Tavakoli, an Iranian national wanted for his alleged association with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The wanted man goes by the alias Sardar Ammar.According to federal authorities, Tavakoli is believed to be the chief of IRGC-Qods Force Department 11000. He is alleged to have directed covert intelligence and […]
American company FedEx has come under fire after a multibillion-dollar federal delivery contract coincided with a sharp increase in the company’s hiring of foreign workers, even as it cut hundreds of US jobs across multiple states.In December 2022, the US Transportation Command awarded FedEx a contract worth $2.24 billion for the Next Generation Delivery Service-2 […]
A late-night visit to an abandoned building made famous by the Netflix series Stranger Things ended in tragedy when a 19-year-old girl fell to her death while exploring the restricted site. The building was used as the filming location for Hawkins National Laboratory in the series. The incident occurred on December 19 at the Briarcliff […]
If geopolitics had a sense of humour, this would be the punchline. President Donald Trump has nominated a MAGA ally as the United States’ first-ever special envoy to Greenland — a job that didn’t exist until Trump’s long-running fascination with the ice-covered island refused to melt away. The move, announced Sunday, immediately set off alarm […]
US vice president JD Vance was criticised after linking American identity to Christianity while advocating restrictions on the H-1B visa program. The MAGA leader was speaking at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, where he discussed “true Christian politics.”Vance claimed that restricting high-skilled immigration was both a moral and economic move. Vance said: “Why have we worked, […]
FBI director Kash Patel is under fire for allegedly exploiting government resources to travel in specially armoured BMWs and had also demanded a new and upgraded jet. Patel is now being driven in armoured BMW X5 vehicles purchased by the bureau at his request and replacing the Chevrolet Suburbans usually used to transport FBI directors. […]
