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Watch: Hairstylist cuts 11-year-old girl’s braids after late fee dispute; pregnant mother injured in scuffle

A hairstylist at Draft Picks Barbershop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was fired after cutting off an 11-year-old girl’s braids when her mother refused to pay a $25 late fee. The incident, which escalated into a physical altercation, left the pregnant mother with a hand injury.According to the family, the mother and daughter arrived for their […]

South Korean truth commission halts probe into adoption fraud, hundreds of cases in limbo

SEOUL: The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, a decision stemming from internal disputes among commissioners regarding which cases warranted recognition as problematic. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirmed human rights violations in just 56 of the 367 […]

Ex-President Moon of South Korea Is Indicted on Bribery Charge

Former President Moon Jae-in of South Korea was indicted on a bribery charge on Thursday, becoming the latest ex-leader to face a criminal trial in a country where subjecting former leaders to criminal investigations has become a recurring pattern. Mr. Moon, who left office after his five-year term ended in 2022, faces the corruption charge […]

Pahalgam Terror Attack: Hindu America Foundation slams Western media for ‘whitewashing terror attack’ on Hindus | World News

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has sharply condemned what it calls a “shameful and deliberate erasure” by major Western media outlets in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, where 26 Hindu tourists were executed in cold blood by terrorists affiliated with The Resistance Front—a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy backed by Pakistan.“Let’s get […]

British man lynched by mob after arrest in remote Ecuadorian Amazon village

A British national was killed by a mob in Ecuador after being dragged from a police station in a remote Amazonian village, according to local media and authorities.The man, named locally as Michael Hann, 34, was taken into custody on 20 April in the riverside village of Playas del Cuyabeno, near the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. […]

Philippine typhoon victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope

A student looks at a display of memorabilia from the 2015 visit of the late Pope Francis at the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP) TACLOBAN: Fourteen months after the deadliest storm in Philippine history, Pope Francis stood on a rain-swept stage to deliver a message of hope to the battered […]

‘Elon was shouting and rambling’: Musk-Bessent clash over IRS turns heated at White House

A heated confrontation between Elon Musk and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly unfolded last week in the White House over IRS reform. The disagreement took place in the halls of the White House and reportedly became so intense that both men were face to face and shouting, with president Trump nearby. The core of […]

15-Year-Old Arrested After Stabbing Classmate at Virginia High School: Student Hospitalized | World News

Virginia school stabbing: 15-year-old arrested after fight leaves classmate hospitalized A 16-year-old Virginia high school student was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed at school by a 15-year-old fellow student.In a press conference held after the West Potomac High School incident in Alexandria, officials with the Fairfax County Police Department confirmed that the victim […]

Donald Trump cracks down on colleges, equity programs in new executive orders: What it means

US President Donald Trump in a new executive order signed Wednesday (local time) targeted the college accreditation process, a key mechanism through which universities gain access to federal financial aid, intensifying his administration’s ongoing conflict with elite academic institutions such as Harvard University, The Hill reported.The order, which has not yet been publicly released, was […]

Navigating trade tightrope: US juggles tariff politics and global market trust

A growing split in US economic messaging is evident, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for international cooperation collided with president Trump’s renewed threats of trade tariffs and a hardline message from the White House press room.Speaking at the Institute of International Finance, Bessent reassured investors that the US remained committed to its global leadership […]