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Ted Cruz dismisses ‘weather modification’ conspiracy theory amid Texas flood crisis, says: ‘Internet can be a strange place’

Ted Cruz dismissed conspiracy theories that some secret agency is manipulating weather. Bizarre conspiracy theories have surfaced on social media as Texas is reeling under a massive flood after Republican leader Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she will be introducing a new bill that would tackle weather modification. This is based on conspiracy theories that […]

Tropical Storm Chantal: Strong winds and weather warnings in place; storm strengthens ahead of landfall in Carolinas | World News

Tropical Storm Chantal: Strong winds and weather warnings in place; storm strengthens ahead of landfall in Carolinas (Pic credit: (NOAA via AP) Tropical Storm Chantal gained slight strength as it moved closer to the southeastern coast of the United States on Sunday, prompting weather warnings across parts of South Carolina and North Carolina. The storm […]

Operation Rising Lion: How Israel tricked Iran’s military leaders to gather in one place before strike – explained

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran (Pic credit: AP) As Israel draws its long-running shadow war into open conflict with Iran, one of its security officials said that Jerusalem successfully tricked top commanders of Iran’s air force into gathering for a meeting. “We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about […]

‘His heart is in the right place’: Vance defends Musk calling him emotional, says Trump’s response measured

JD Vance during interview with Theo Von (Screen grab from X @VP) US vice president JD Vance sought to ease growing tensions between US President Donald Trump and billionaire, Elon Musk, calling the Tesla CEO’s recent outbursts emotional but well-intentioned.In an interview with comedian Theo Von released Friday, Vance said of Musk, “I think his […]

Dubai inmates competed from behind bars to secure fifth place in virtual chess championship | World News

A team of inmates from Dubai Police Central Jail took fifth place at the first online edition of the Asian inmate chess championship. Photo: Dubai Police via The National A team of inmates from Dubai Police’s Correctional and Penal Institutions has earned fifth place in the first-ever Asian Inmate Chess Championship, a virtual tournament overseen […]

Mira Nair’s son Zohran Mamdani slammed for his statement against Narendra Modi, critics say no place for Hindu hate

New York mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, Mira Nair’s son, has been accused of Hindu hatred. Indian-origin New York politician Jenifer Rajkumar slammed Mira Nair’s son Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayoral candidate from the Socialist Party, for a recent statement against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an open forum. At the forum, he was […]

Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worship | World News

Photo: AP ABU DHABI: President Donald Trump wraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated. As part of the accords, the UAE and some other countries in the Middle East recognised […]

Kash Patel announces arrest of 200 child sex predators; ‘There is no place we won’t hunt you down’

Kash Patel announces Operation Restore Justice under which over 200 child sex predators have been arrested. FBI director Kash Patel Wednesday announced US administration’s Operation Restore Justice in which over 200 alleged child sex predators were arrested in the last week. “For the last week, the FBI and DOJ have been quietly surging operations across […]

‘No place like home’, says singer Katy Perry after return from Blue Origin space flight

Picture credit: Blue Origin Pop star Katy Perry became one of the few civilians to travel to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft on Monday. In a post on X after her return, Perry wrote, “There’s no place like home,” accompanied by a heart and an Earth emoji, signalling her relief and gratitude for […]

Hands Off Protests: ‘Hands off!’ protests against Donald Trump, Elon Musk today: Time, place, reason all you need to know

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The United States is now bracing for a major wave of anti-Trump and anti-Musk protests under the “Hands Off!” banner. Organisers say more than 1,200 events are planned across all 50 US states on Saturday, in what’s being described as the largest coordinated protest since Donald Trump began his second […]