First-Time Home Buyer initiative aims to ease property ownership for UAE residents/Representative Image TL;DR: Dubai Land Department (DLD) launched the First-Time Home Buyer Programme on 2 July 2025, offering priority access, flexible payment plans, and up to 10% discounts on properties up to AED 5 million. Residents aged 18+, Emiratis or expatriates with valid Emirates […]
Image: Instagram@/languageguy1 A hotel in Miami is under fire for allegedly hiring an Indian to be a receptionist and to check in guests virtually. The video, which is now going viral on social media, has sparked backlash, fueling concerns over job outsourcing amid heightened anti-immigrant sentiment.Originally posted by Pete Langs (@languageguy1) on TikTok and Instagram, […]
More than 3,200 unionised Boeing workers in the St. Louis area and Illinois walked off the job on August 4 after overwhelmingly rejecting a second contract offer from the aerospace giant. These workers, who are responsible for assembling key US military aircraft like the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets, argue that the proposed agreement falls […]
A North Korean military guard post, left, and loudspeaker are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo) South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea messages along the border on Monday, according to the country’s defense ministry.The move is part of President Lee Jae-myung’s efforts to […]
The new National Anti-Narcotics Authority has been established to replace the existing General Department of Anti-Narcotics in the Ministry of Interior In a landmark move to reinforce its national drug control strategy, the UAE has established a new federal body, the National Anti-Narcotics Authority, through a decree-law issued by President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al […]
Australian police charge Chinese national with ‘foreign interference’ SYDNEY: Australian police said Monday they had charged a Chinese national with “reckless foreign interference”, accusing the woman of spying on local Buddhists for Beijing.Assistant police commissioner Stephen Nutt said the unnamed woman had been covertly gathering information on the Guan Yin Citta Buddhist association in Australia’s […]
Hong Kong cancels passports, bans financial support for 16 overseas activists (AI Image) HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Monday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and cancelling passports for most of them.The […]
Hidden deep within the Amazon rainforest, the Shanay-timpishka in Peru, more famously known as the Boiling River, is one of Earth’s most extraordinary natural wonders. This river is no ordinary body of water—it maintains extreme temperatures so high that they can reach 210°F (100°C), enough to boil living animals alive and inflict severe burns within […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has dismissed speculation that he has personal loans against his Tesla stock but simultaneously voiced deep concern about his future control over the electric vehicle giant. Responding to discussions around his current shareholding and voting power, Musk warned that activist investors could potentially oust him, jeopardizing Tesla’s ambitious plans in AI […]
A boat collided with a minke whale along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey, on Saturday, fatally injuring the animal and throwing one passenger overboard. Video circulating on social media shows the vessel rocking sharply after the impact, moments before a passenger is thrown overboard. The 20-foot whale appeared to swim away briefly […]
