Source: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reshma Kewalramani, born in Mumbai and now CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, has earned a coveted spot on Fortune’s 2025 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. Ranked at number 62, she is the only Indian-origin woman CEO of a major US biotechnology company to make this year’s list. While global […]
US President Donald Trump (Image credits: PTI) US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has ordered a rare mid-decade census aimed at excluding illegal immigrants from the national count. The move comes as both parties ramp up efforts to reshape congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.“I have instructed our Department of Commerce […]
David Lochridge, a former employee of Oceangate, has reiterated longstanding safety concerns following the release of a US Coast Guard report that identifies significant failures by the company as the primary cause of the 2023 Titan submersible disaster. “I always hoped that what happened wouldn’t happen. But I just knew if they kept carrying on […]
China, once infamous for its rigid one-child policy and harsh penalties for violators, is now reversing course in a dramatic way by offering financial incentives to encourage childbirth. Facing a historic population decline and the lowest birth rate since the 1940s, the government is rolling out cash subsidies and tax breaks to boost family formation. […]
Four people were killed when a medical transport plane they were onboard crashed while attempting to land at Chinle Municipal Airport in Arizona’s Navajo Nation, authorities confirmed.The twin-propeller Beechcraft 300 went down on Tuesday during its landing approach in the eastern region of the state, according to both local police and the Federal Aviation Administration […]
US President Donald Trump (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, while speaking about the impact of his administration’s immigration policies on the agricultural sector, claimed undocumented migrants are more “naturally” inclined to perform hard labor — a statement that many have condemned as racist and dehumanising.During an interview with CNBC, addressing the […]
Saudi Arabia authorities executed two people on Monday for “terrorist crimes,” bringing the total number of executions to 17 over three days. The latest deaths follow the execution of 15 other individuals- mostly foreign nationals- on Saturday and Sunday for drug offenses, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, cited by CBS News.Thirteen of those […]
If you have a pet you can no longer keep, one zoo in Denmark is offering an unusual option.Aalborg Zoo is asking the public to donate small pets — not for rehoming, but to be used as food for its captive predators.Aalborg Zoo, located in northern Denmark, said in a Facebook post that the move […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump (File Image) US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a new way for Russia to avoid the sanctions, and that is to get a deal “where people stop getting killed.” Trump on Friday warned Russia with new sanctions over the Ukraine war. He said, “Russia — […]
US President Donald Trump said that he is willing to “release everything” that the government has, related to infamous child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the same time, he also expressed disapproval for a possible pardon for Sean “Diddy.”Speaking to Newsmax host Rob Finnerty on Friday, Trump addressed growing calls for transparency surrounding Epstein’s past […]
