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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 […]

‘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 […]

Greenland: EU troops deployment draws Trump’s ire; later admits it was ‘bad information’ | India News

US President Donald Trump, who got irked over the deployment of troops by the European Union in Greenland, later admitted that it was a “bad information”, CNN reported citing a senior UK official. The admission came during a phone call with UK counterpart Keir Starmer. “President Donald Trump conceded in a weekend phone call with […]

Greenland standoff: Denmark says US ambition to take control remains intact; Nato military presence draws Russia warning

People protest under the slogan “Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders” in front of the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark (Picture credit: AP) Denmark has said Washington’s ambition to take control of Greenland remains unchanged, even as European Nato countries began deploying military personnel to the strategic Arctic island, a move that has drawn a sharp […]

‘His own wife isn’t white’: Christian nationalist author says interracial marriages are not ‘ideal’, draws ire

Christian nationalist commentator and pastor Dale Partridge faced backlash after saying interracial marriage is not “ideal.”However, he praised his own marriage to a Mexican American woman as loving and successful, which the internet called hypocritical.Partridge shared his views in a lengthy post on X, where he said he agreed with fellow Christian nationalist Joel Webbon, […]

‘Canadians are dying’: Mark Carney’s $2.5 billion aid to Ukraine draws backlash online

On Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an additional $2.5 billion in economic assistance for Ukraine. The move has been positioned as a part of the wider international efforts to support the war-torn country. Carney said the funding would help provide more international financing at a critical moment in the conflict, when speaking alongside […]

‘Nepotism never fails’: Indian-origin FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam draws flak over H-1B hiring

Among one the most raging issues being discussed in the US and across the globe right now, is the future of the H-1B visa and the workers who have arrived in the land of dreams on it. Ever since Trump took over with his second term, illegal migration and H-1B have been top targets of […]

Height gap draws attention: 5’2 Meloni’s reaction greeting 6’8 Mozambique President goes viral – watch

Screengrab from viral video (Video credits/X@GiorgiaMeloni) A brief moment from a diplomatic meeting in Rome has taken social media by storm after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s reaction to meeting Mozambique President Daniel Francisco Chapo was caught on camera.The video, dated December 11, shows Meloni greeting the towering Mozambican leader at Palazzo Chigi. As she […]

‘I don’t know’: Brown University president draws flak for cluelessness after shooting; ‘Her yearly salary is $3.1 million’

Brown University president Christina H Paxson came under social media fire after the video of her acknowledging that she did not know anything about the mass firing at her university, even six years after the shooting happened, went viral. At least two people were killed and nine were injured after a gunman went on a […]

Kuwait’s biggest festival rocked by scandal: 15 arrested for allegedly rigging Ya Hala draws | World News

Kuwait arrests 15 over Ya Hala raffle scandal involving bribery, forgery, and prize manipulation/Representative Image Kuwait is facing a high-stakes scandal that threatens public trust in commercial promotions. Fifteen men and women have been arrested over allegations of rigging the “Ya Hala Draws,” part of the widely popular Kuwait Shopping Festival. Authorities say the scheme […]