50-year-old Rajinderpal Basran, an Indian-origin businessman in Canada, has been arrested and charged with arson with intent to defraud in connection with a fire that burned down his sports bar, Halftime Huddle, in Leader, a town near Saskatoon. The suspicious fire took place on October 26, 2025, which destroyed his sports bar and restaurant when […]
A South Carolina woman was shot and her body set on fire after she was lured to what police said was a fake puppy sale, authorities said.Two suspects, Iryanna Jarissa Fleming, 19, and Daquinn Taheen Thomas, 31, were arrested on January 23 and charged with murder, first-degree arson and possession of a weapon during the […]
Hated by All Sides? Vivek Ramaswamy’s Medicare Take Unites the Internet Against Him A short clip shared on social media this week has reignited the perennial American debate over government-run health care programs after Republican political figure Vivek Ramaswamy appeared to agree with interviewer Ezra Klein that Medicare and Medicaid were “mistakes,” particularly Medicaid. The […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
