A Cinnabon employee who was filmed hurling racist and xenophobic abuse at a Somali couple was fired, but an online fundraiser set up in her name has raised over $20,000. The confrontation took place on Friday at the Cinnabon outlet in Wisconsin. The video was posted on TikTok and showed the worker telling the black […]
MANILA: Chinese forces fired three flares from an island toward a Philippine plane undertaking a routine patrol Saturday in the disputed South China Sea, but the incident did not cause any problem and the aircraft proceeded with its surveillance mission, the Philippine coast guard said.It was not immediately clear how far the flares that Filipino […]
Pakistan fired into Afghanistan, breaking the ceasefire, as officials are in Istanbul to resume discussions with Taliban representatives, AFP reported late Thursday evening citing military source and witnesses.“Pakistan used light and heavy weapons and targeted civilian areas,” AFP quoted the Afghan military source saying.“We have not retaliated yet, out of respect for the ongoing negotiations” […]
CDC (left), Donald Trump (agencies) Hundreds of employees at the US centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) who were laid off on Friday night have been reinstated, after officials said the terminations were triggered by an “incorrect notification,” reported CNN.According to the American federation of government employees (AFGE), around 1,300 CDC staff received layoff […]
President Daniel Noboa (left), protesters throwing stone (X@Presidencia_Ec) Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa emerged unharmed after his motorcade was assaulted by a crowd of about 500 people throwing rocks as he approached an event in Cañar province, reported AFP citing officials. Environment and energy minister Ines Manzano said a formal report has been filed alleging an […]
Jeanne Marrazzo (left), US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (right) US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has terminated Jeanne Marrazzo, a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), just three weeks after she filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration, alleging discrepancies in vaccine research.“My termination, unfortunately, shows that the […]
The director of the Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library has resigned following a dispute with the Trump administration over plans to gift a sword from the library’s collection to King Charles during Trump’s recent state visit, as reported by CBS News. Todd Arington said he was told to either “resign or be fired.” He stated […]
A routine Sunday service in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, descended into chaos when a gunman drove a pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opened fire on congregants, and set the building ablaze. Police confirmed that at least four people were killed and eight others injured before responding officers shot and […]
File photo: Michele Beckwith and US President Donald Trump Michele Beckwith, a seasoned federal prosecutor who had pursued terrorists, sex traffickers and violent gangs for over 15 years, was abruptly removed from her role as acting US attorney in Sacramento this summer following a dispute over immigration raids.Beckwith had stepped into the post in January […]
The FBI has dismissed agents who were photographed kneeling during racial justice demonstrations in Washington following the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to three people familiar with the matter, the associated press reported.The bureau had reassigned the agents last spring but has since terminated their employment, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity […]
