The UAE announces January 1, 2026, as a public holiday, with January 2 remote work/Representative Image The UAE has announced that Thursday, January 1, 2026, will be a public holiday for federal employees to celebrate New Year’s Day, while Friday, January 2, will be a remote work day for staff whose roles do not require […]
Sim J. Singh Attariwala, a well-known civil rights advocate and Director of the Anti-Hate Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, has been appointed as a Commissioner on the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission. He was appointed by District of Columbia mayor Muriel Bowser and confirmed by the DC Council. He became one of the […]
British journalist Mehdi Hasan criticised Elon Musk for his comments on Somali immigrants in the United States, saying the Tesla CEO is annoyed that African-born communities can vote while he himself, a South African immigrant who votes in Texas, shares little in common with them.Hasan made the comments after Musk weighed in on US politics, […]
Canada has taken a major step toward correcting a long-standing misunderstanding by clearly separating the sacred Hindu, Jain and Buddhist swastika from Nazi imagery in its federal anti-hate legislation. The change comes through amendments to Bill C-9, which aims to overhaul Criminal Code provisions related to hate crimes and hate symbols. Although the bill is […]
North Korea tourists are restricted to approved itineraries and escorted at all times/ Youtube Drew Binsky, Getty When North Korea reopened its borders in 2025 after five years of pandemic isolation, the world took notice. Few countries inspire as much curiosity or fear. The state keeps an iron grip on movement, information, and outsiders, and […]
America’s immigration system has always resembled a giant Rube Goldberg machine: elaborate, unpredictable and held together by paperwork, pressure and political mood swings. Students enter one end, workers fall through the lottery chute, families get stuck on conveyor belts that move once every few years, and investors poke around looking for the least painful route. […]
When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she was resigning from Congress, Brian Glenn was where he usually is: outside the White House with a microphone in hand, preparing for his next live shot. What was unusual was the deliberate distance he kept from the building. There were no Oval Office drop-ins, no questions at the briefing, […]
JD Vance seems to be sick of Gen Z shenanigans, especially today’s memes. This particular meme that JD Vance was annoyed by was the most recent ‘6-7’ meme, and it was none other than his own kids that angered the US vice president into ‘banning those numbers.‘In a post on X, JD Vance described how […]
A Pakistani military court has sentenced former inter-services intelligence (ISI) director general Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison after a 15-month-long court-martial on multiple charges, including political interference and violations of the official secrets act.The Field General Court Martial, held under the Pakistan army act, found Hameed guilty on four counts […]
New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact timeline/ Image: Space.com For decades, physicists assumed the universe would fade into darkness over a timescale so vast it barely fits in notation: around 10¹¹⁰⁰ years. But researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands now say the […]
