‘It’s a big country, they’ll handle it’: Trump calls Ahmedabad plane crash ‘one of the worst in aviation history’; offers US support

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Thursday reacted to the Ahmedabad plane crash, calling it “a horrific crash” and offered immediate American assistance if needed.Speaking during a press briefing, Trump said, “The plane crash was terrible. I’ve already told them (India), anything we can do… It’s a big country, a strong country.. they’ll […]

Earthquake strikes Taiwan: 5.9 magnitude quake jolts country; no major damage reported

[ad_1] A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck parts of Taiwan on Wednesday.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was recorded at 11:00:28 (UTC). The quake’s epicenter was located approximately 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, at a depth of 31.1 kilometers (19.3 miles), with coordinates 23.330°N latitude […]

Country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

[ad_1] PARIS: Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Elysees with smoke curling from his defiant lips, capturing a generation’s restless rebellion.In France, cigarettes were never just cigarettes – they were cinematic statements, flirtations and rebellions wrapped in rolling paper.Yet beginning […]

‘I envision a country like my dad came into’: What Indian-origin Saikat Chakrabarti said on H-1B

[ad_1] Indian-origin Democrat leader Saikat Chakrabarti said he is in favor of expanding H-1B visa program. Indian-origin Saikat Charabarti who announced his run in the 2026 Democratic primary for California’s 11th Congressional District, has recently expressed his opinion in favor of the H-1Bvisa program. He said he thinks the US should have more H-1B visas […]

What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s move to ease sanctions on Syria could mark a turning point for the war-scarred country, potentially opening the door to long-awaited reconstruction and economic revival.The announcement came after Trump met interim Syrian PresidentAhmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, marking the first meeting between a US leader and a Syrian head of state […]

Israeli foreign minister says country fully endorses US aid plan for Gaza

[ad_1] Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar (Image: AP) Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar said Sunday that the country has fully endorsed US President Donald Trump‘s aid plan for Gaza, laid out by the American envoy to Israel.Israel has blocked aid from entering the Palestinian territory since early March, a move aid groups say has led […]

Trump administration says, will offer $1,000 to illegal aliens in US to voluntarily leave the country

[ad_1] President Donald Trump led US-administration on Monday announced that it will pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants who will voluntarily return to their home countries, as part of its broader deportation efforts.It will also cover travel costs, and people who use the CBP Home app to say they plan to return home will be “deprioritized” […]

Who is Ethan Shaotran? DOGE member who dropped out of Harvard to serve his country, says ‘most campus hates me now’

[ad_1] Ethan Shaotran, a Harvard student and AI researcher, has made headlines after dropping out of college to serve in the US government under President Donald Trump. Shaotran is now part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, where he works alongside a team of six young engineers, most between the […]

Why do Canadians vote on Mondays? Here’s the 10-point explanation as country enters a high-stakes election

[ad_1] As Canadians voted in a high-stakes election overshadowed by US President Donald Trump‘s provocations, many asked a simple question: Why Monday?While Canadians lined up to decide whether to back new Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberals or swing right to Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, Trump stirred controversy from afar, suggesting Canada should just become […]

Pak defence minister admits his country harbours terror organisations, says it is to do ‘the West’s dirty work’

[ad_1] LONDON: Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has admitted on Sky News that Pakistan harbours and funds terror organisations, saying that it has been “doing the West’s dirty work for decades”.He also said the Pakistan-based terror groups are “not multiple organisations” but “one single organisation religiously organised with different faces”.When asked by Sky’s Yalda Hakim […]