China has reignited the contentious debate over the origins of Covid-19 by releasing a white paper that accuses the United States of politicising the issue and suggests the virus may have emerged in America before it was detected in Wuhan.The white paper, published Wednesday via state-run Xinhua news agency, comes in response to renewed allegations […]
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 […]
A third senior Pentagon official has been placed on administrative leave, amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the department. Colin Carroll is the chief of staff to US deputy secretary of defense Steve A Feinberg. The others are Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s chief […]
File photo: British MP Tulip Siddiq (Picture credit: X/@TulipSiddiq) Bangladesh on Sunday issued an arrest warren against British MP Tulip Siddiq over allegations linked to a widening corruption probe involving her aunt, the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The warrant issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), accuses Siddiq of unlawfully acquiring land through political influence, The […]
File photo: US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem (Picture credit: AP) Dozens of staffers at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including acting administrator Cameron Hamilton, have recently undergone lie detector tests as part of a widening department of homeland security (DHS) crackdown on alleged leaks of national security information, according to CNN.The polygraphs, […]
This is a representational AI image At least 20 people have died in a devastating fire at a nursing home in northern China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.The blaze broke out around 9.00 pm local time on Tuesday at a care facility in Longhua County, located in Hebei province—about 180 kilometres from the […]
Cornell University (NYT photo) In a sweeping move aimed at enforcing anti-discrimination laws on college campuses, the Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in federal funding to Cornell University and $790 million to Northwestern University, citing ongoing civil rights investigations. “The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI […]
Israeli army admits ‘mistake’ in killing of 15 medics in Gaza, organisations call for independent probe (Picture credit: AP) Israel’s military has admitted its initial account of a deadly strike that killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza was “mistaken”, following the emergence of video footage contradicting its claims. The killings occurred on March 23 near […]
Mike Waltz and Pete Hegseth are under fire for the ‘Signalgate’. The Pentagon inspector general’s office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, a memo released Thursday said. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, […]
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) senior vice-president Rabindra Mishra and general secretary Dhawal Shumsher Rana, a member of the lower house, were remanded in custody for five days by Kathmandu district court judge Taradevi Maharjan. The court permitted further investigation under charges related to crimes against the state. The duo were among 11 people presented […]
