Several people, including a young girl, are missing after a landslide struck a popular camping site at the base of Mauao, Mount Maunganui, in New Zealand’s North Island on Thursday morning, triggering a major emergency response.The slip occurred around 9.30 am (local time) at the Beachside Holiday Park, about 230 km south-east of Auckland, sweeping […]
A Texas Republican running for attorney general has come under intense online scrutiny after a social media post warning that Texas counties could turn into “Delhi, Calcutta and Hyderabad” while attacking Indian immigration and H-1B visas sparked backlash. The post drew further attention after a Community Note pointed out that one of the candidate’s biggest […]
A video of an eight-year-old boy breaking down in tears as he describes the anti-immigrant harassment he faced while playing football has gone viral online, prompting debate about bullying and the language children absorb from those around them.The clip, shared by CBS News on January 21, shows the boy, identified as Max, speaking to his […]
Every morning before sunrise in Nuuk, when the streets are still quiet and the sky is only beginning to lighten, Jens Kjeldsen turns up outside the small wooden US Consulate building with a simple but striking message. In the biting mid-winter cold, he stands with three flags, Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, protesting against […]
Walter woke up in a body bag/ Pic: (Youtube) A Mississippi family thought they were preparing to say goodbye to a loved one. Instead, they were called in the middle of the night with words they never expected to hear: he was still alive. Walter Williams, a 78-year-old farmer and grandfather of 15, had been […]
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to join his so-called “Board of Peace.”“He was invited, he’s accepted. Many people have accepted,” Trump told reporters in Davos, Switzerland, referring to his loosely defined group of world leaders.When asked about criticism that he is reaching out to non-democratic figures, […]
Far-right political writer Curtis Yarvin has triggered backlash online after pulling India’s Aadhaar biometric identity system into a debate about the weaknesses of the US Social Security Number (SSN). Yarvin quote-posted a thread praising Aadhaar’s fingerprint-and-iris-based verification model as a stronger way to link identity to a real person, but his comment drew condemnation for […]
Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado wants not only her own country to be freed from dictatorship but also Cuba and Nicaragua, with social media comments saying the Latin-American leader is pushing warmongering. Her own country was raided by the US military recently, in which their leader, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife were […]
A Florida therapist was stabbed to death after an enraged former patient forced his way into her office during an evening session, authorities said. Rebecca White, 44, was attacked late Monday at her Orange County practice when Michael Smith, 39, arrived unannounced, demanding to speak with her, WESH reported.According to investigators, White asked Smith to […]
Canadian former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and pop star Katy Perry turned Davos into a very unexpected flirtatious event this week, cheekily winking at each other as the politician took the stage at the World Economic Forum. The 41-year-old pop star slipped into the crowd at The Female Quotient lounge on Tuesday, keeping things low-key […]
