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Princess Diana: Quote of the day by Princess Diana: “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” | World News

Some quotes stay popular because they sound clever. Others survive because they feel emotionally true, even years later. This line from Diana, Princess of Wales, belongs firmly in the second category. It does not try to impress with complicated language or dramatic philosophy. In fact, part of its power comes from how ordinary it sounds […]

‘Are you from India?’: Viral video shows random racist attack on couple in US, they don’t lose calm

A video of an Indian couple facing a random, racist attack in the US is going viral. A video from the US has been doing the rounds, where an Indian couple was asked by a stranger, presumably in his car, if they were Indian, and then told them to go back to India. The date […]

Random Musing: Don Tzu and art of war (only winning, no losing) | World News

A few years ago, a video had gone viral of an Indian man thrashing a youngster and taunting him: “May may banayega tu (Will you make memes)?”. The answer to that existential question is Yes, because everyone is making memes now, from the White House, which has been serenading us with super-edits set to the […]

Random Musing: Does Sam Altman think of humans as batteries? | World News

“Who Let the Dogs Out” — a track that inspired insouciant children across the world to bark at ungodly hours — is widely considered one of the most irritating songs of all time, so much so that Rolling Stone magazine deemed it the eighth most annoying song of the 1990s, even though it was released […]

Don’t come to Florida for FIFA World Cup: Human rights groups issue travel alert, warn about random ICE arrests

Immigrant activists, civil rights groups and local leaders of Florida issued an alert for thousands of travelers planning a trip to Florida for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026. They said the conditon of Florida is so deplorable that international travelers should ask themselves if a soccer match is worth the risk of being kidnapped […]

Horoscope Tomorrow, February 7, 2026: Pay attention to what feels real; it’s not random

Aries (March 21-April 20) Tomorrow, you will benefit from taking a break before being reactive. You want to act fast, but a brief pause before speaking will allow you to select your words wisely. Think about what you are feeling before responding – this will help reduce the likelihood that you will create either emotional […]

Random Musing: Did ‘The Matrix’ foreshadow Jeffrey Epstein? | World News

The year 1999 was a standout year for Hollywood movies. Perhaps the imminent threat of Y2K really released people’s creative juices. In that year, we got the Star Wars prequel classic The Phantom Menace, the misunderstood manifesto of machismo Fight Club, the creepy precursor to Kevin Spacey’s behaviour in American Beauty, the kid who could […]

Random Musing: A brief history of the Church of England (as it gets its first woman Archbishop of Canterbury) | World News

In Yes Minister, when Jim Hacker finds out that Italian terrorists have access to British-made weapons, Sir Humphrey Appleby tries to mollify him by pointing out it’s not their department’s problem. British weapons in the hands of foreign terrorists were outside the Ministry of Administrative Affairs’ jurisdiction. Probably a Defence Ministry problem, or a Foreign […]

Random Musing: British Broadcasting Calumny – why the UK’s public broadcaster is under siege | World News

There’s a hilarious scene in Casablanca when the Nazis order Rick’s Café to be shut down on any pretext, and the morally flexible prefect of police, Captain Renault, says: “I am shocked, shocked to learn that gambling is going on here,” before pocketing his own earnings with a sotto voce thank you. Much like Renault, […]

Random Musing: Why Zohran Mamdani will find it hard to be another Barack Obama | World News

Since Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States — and the patron saint of slightly deracinated global liberals who feel increasingly alienated as global politics lurches right — liberals have been waiting for the next Obama: the Aragorn who will again lead the righteous army and rid America of the evil […]