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‘Fire 90% of HR tomorrow’: Viral tweet by Amanda Goodall sparks corporate America meltdown

“HR Is Completely Useless”: A Viral Tweet Ignites a Brutal Reckoning for Corporate Culture A blunt tweet by workforce strategist Amanda Goodall, better known online as @thejobchick, has ignited a fresh firestorm in corporate America’s long-running love–hate relationship with Human Resources. She argued that the function produces no revenue, drains morale through excessive policies, protects […]

Switzerland holds memorial service during day of national mourning for bar fire victims

Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin, left, delivers his statement as Former Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri, left, and Emmanuel Macron, right, President of France, appear on the screen, during the official commemorative ceremony for victims of the deadly fire MARTIGNY: Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died […]

‘Dishonourable’: Singapore’s Indian-origin opposition leader under fire for ‘lying’; to face parliament debate

Pritam Singh. (Photo credit: Workers Party website) Singapore’s Parliament will discuss next week if Indian-origin opposition leader Pritam Singh should keep his role. This comes after Singh was found guilty and fined for lying to a parliamentary committee. The debate, set for January 12, was proposed by Leader of the House Indranee Rajah through an […]

Hundreds march in silence to honor victims of Swiss bar fire that left 40 dead

CRANS-MONTANA: Hundreds marched in silence Sunday to honor the victims of the New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and many severely injured. Somber mourners, many with reddened eyes, filed silently out of the chapel to organ music after the hourlong Mass at the […]

AI tool to ‘undress women’: Grok under fire for generating non-consensual sexualised images; Musk pokes fun

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has introduced a feature that allows users to create sexualised images of women without their consent,, for which it is facing widespread criticism. The tool can take pictures from the social media platform X, including images of real people, and digitally alter them to remove clothing or depict them […]

‘Bloodthirsty mob’: Family recounts horror after 3rd Hindu man set on fire in Bangladesh; seeks justice

The family of Khokon Chandra Das has described the brutal attack on him as shocking and senseless, saying they cannot understand why he was targeted. Das, a businessman from Shariatpur district in Bangladesh, is currently undergoing treatment in Dhaka after suffering around 30 per cent burn injuries. Another Hindu Targeted In Bangladesh, Wife Alleges Trader […]

Elderly residents trapped: Indonesia’s Manado retirement home catches fire; 16 killed

A fire at a retirement home in the Indonesian city of Manado on Sulawesi island killed at least 16 people, a local police official said on Monday.The blaze broke out at the Werdha Damai retirement home and was fully extinguished late on Sunday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, police official Alamsyah P. […]

Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah and why is Keir Starmer under fire | World News

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has arrived in the UK after Egyptian authorities lifted a long-standing travel ban, allowing him to leave the country following years of imprisonment and restrictions on his movement. Abd El-Fattah has spent extended periods in detention since 2013, alongside earlier arrests linked to his political activism. He was pardoned by […]

Massive highway crash in Japan: Truck collision damages 50 cars, kills 1; video shows fire and chaos

Car crash in Japan after collision of 2 trucks (Video/X@volcaholic1) A massive crash on Japan’s Kan-etsu Expressway killed one person and injured 26 as the country began its end-of-year holiday season, officials said.The Gunma Prefectural Highway Police said the pileup began late Friday in Minakami, about 160 km northwest of Tokyo. It started when two […]

Indian-origin student Manojh Lella arrested in Dallas for threatening family, trying to set his home on fire

Manojh Lella, a 22-year-old Indian-origin student at the University of Texas, was arrested Monday after police were called to his home by his family members who were frightened after Manojh threatened them. According to local reports, it was being considered as a mental health episode. Fox4news reported that family members told the cops that Lella […]