new video loaded: Venezuela Releases Political Prisoners, With Conditions Since Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the United States, Venezuela has released hundreds of political prisoners and approved a new amnesty law, although the restrictions on those freed have raised questions about whether this signals real change. Our international correspondent Simon Romero describes what’s happening. By Simon […]
FILE- Raphael Arnault, elected member of far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) arrives at the National Assembly, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) A fatal street clash in Lyon has triggered one of the most explosive political controversies in France in recent years, placing a first-term lawmaker at the centre of […]
Is Sydney Sweeney Really ‘MAGA Barbie’? Hollywood Star Speaks Out on Political Label Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney has become the centre of an unexpected political conversation after addressing recurring online speculation about her views and identity, a discussion that she says she never asked to be a part of. Known for roles in Euphoria, The […]
In a tragic event that has ignited public outcry, federal immigration officials in Minneapolis were involved in a deadly shooting. Footage circulating online challenges the narrative that the individual was an imminent danger, with eyewitnesses asserting he had been subdued prior to the gunfire. This incident has prompted widespread protests and renewed demands for the […]
President Donald Trump has filed a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive Jamie Dimon, accusing the bank of cutting off his accounts for political reasons after he left office in 2021.The civil suit, lodged in Miami-Dade County court in Florida, claims the United States’ largest bank abruptly closed several accounts linked […]
Far-right political writer Curtis Yarvin has triggered backlash online after pulling India’s Aadhaar biometric identity system into a debate about the weaknesses of the US Social Security Number (SSN). Yarvin quote-posted a thread praising Aadhaar’s fingerprint-and-iris-based verification model as a stronger way to link identity to a real person, but his comment drew condemnation for […]
Indian-origin political consultant and Democratic think tank Neera Tanden reacted to reports of racial profiling by US immigration (ICE) authorities in Minnesota, saying Asian Americans are still not seen as truly American — even if they are born in the country.Tanden posted on X: “My Asian brothers and sisters, they do not see us as […]
US vice president JD Vance publicly defended an ICE agent who shot dead Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, and he blamed immigrants, including Somali immigrants, for welfare fraud and rising child-care costs, in remarks and social media posts made the day after the shooting.In a series of posts on X, Vance posted several posts, defending […]
Sharif Osman Hadi (File photo) The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday submitted its chargesheet in the Sharif Osman Hadi case, naming 17 people in connection with the killing of the Bangladesh student leader.Addressing a press conference in Dhaka, Md Shafiul Islam, additional commissioner of the DMP’s Detective Branch, said Hadi was killed out of […]
Entrepreneur and investor Chamath Palihapitiya has warned that California is facing a deepening political and fiscal crisis as major founders and companies continue to leave the state. In a widely circulated post, Palihapitiya argued that the departures have already cost California tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue, with the total potentially rising […]
