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‘Not American enough’: Vivek Ramaswamy faces backlash over daughter’s ‘Hindu’ name Savithri | World News

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has faced a wave of online backlash after announcing the birth of his third child, a daughter named Savithri. The criticism followed a celebratory social media post in which Ramaswamy shared a family photograph from hospital, introducing the newborn by name and thanking supporters for their messages and prayers.Savithri […]

NHS introducing ‘close-relative marriage’ nurse role in UK draws backlash | World News

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has advertised a pilot role known as a “close-relative marriage nurse/midwife” at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Bradford. The listing attracted widespread attention after screenshots began circulating on social media.The job was posted by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a two-year pilot role based in […]

‘Why are you here then?’: Indian-origin race discrimination commissioner calls Australia ‘stolen land’, faces backlash

Indian-origin Giridharan Sivaraman, who serves as the race discrimination commissioner of the Albanese government in Australia, said the country should not celebrate January 26 as Australia Day as it isthe day when colonization began displacing the First People from their own country. Australia is a stolen land and there is nothing to celebrate on January […]

Internal rift: Vinod Khosla vs Keith Rabois after pro-ICE post sparks backlash at venture firm

Billionaire Vinod Khosla and the Managing Director of Khosla Ventures, Keith Rabois, clashed after Rabois backed federal immigration agencies following the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, which led to massive outrage in the country.Rabois’ comments came in response to an X post by right-wing political analyst Richard Hanania, who asked, “Who has shot more people […]

Tom Homan wins over Minnesota leaders Tim Walz and Jacob Frey as JD Vance stumbles amid ICE backlash

US President Donald Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis days after Vice President JD Vance failed in his mission to quell growing backlash to violent immigration operations in the city.Homan arrived on Tuesday, three days after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on January 24. The trip was scheduled after the […]

‘I will erase your voice’: Chilling remark from ICE agent fuels backlash amid ongoing protests over Minneapolis shooting

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent warned a legal observer on Tuesday in Minnesota, saying that if “you raise your voice, I will erase your voice.”“Are you serious? You said if I raise my voice, you will erase my voice?” the observer asked incredulously.“Yes, exactly,” the agent responded.Within the last three weeks, agents […]

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino removed amid backlash over Pretti shooting; Kristi Noem also said to be at risk: Report

Gregory Bovino was removed from his role as the “commander at large” for the US Border Patrol and was set to return to his former job in California, where he was expected to retire soon, the Atlantic reported on Monday, citing a Homeland Security official and two people with knowledge of the change. Earlier on […]

‘Spent $3.25 million hiring H-1B workers’: Texas university draws backlash over foreign hiring and claims of ‘importing labour’ | World News

Texas A&M University is facing backlash after fresh claims that the public university spent around $3.25 million on H-1B visa fees and related immigration costs between 2020 and late November 2025, sponsoring hundreds of foreign workers for a wide range of roles. The figures have sparked criticism online, with some questioning whether the institution is […]

“He wants to be like Kanye so bad”: Kai Cenat faces backlash online after being called “performative” at Paris Fashion Week

Aadhaar enters US SSN debate: Far-right political writer Curtis Yarvin sparks backlash with anti-India slur | World News

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 […]