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Meet the Roblox creator behind Free Republic of Verdis, the ‘world’s smallest country’ with 400 citizens and its own passports | World News

In one of Europe’s most unusual geopolitical developments, a young digital designer has turned an unclaimed border region into a self-proclaimed nation. Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old originally from Australia, declared himself president of the Free Republic of Verdis, located on a 125-acre patch of land wedged between Croatia and Serbia along the Danube River. This […]

Czech Republic president meets Dalai Lama in Ladakh | World News

Czech Republic president meets Dalai Lama in Ladakh (Pic: X/@DalaiLama) Leh, Czech Republic president Petr Pavel on Sunday met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Ladakh, an official said. This is for the first time that a sitting head of a state has visited India to meet his holiness Dalai Lama, who had reached Leh […]

Night of music turns deadly: Jet Set club roof collapses mid-concert killing 98 and injuring 160 in Dominican Republic

Night of music turns deadly: Jet Set club roof collapses mid-concert, killing 98 and injuring 160 in Dominican Republic Source link

‘Islamic Republic has reached its end’: Exiled royal Reza Pahlavi urges uprising in Iran; calls Khamenei ‘a frightened rat’

Reza Pahlavi and Khamenei (R) Exiled Iranian royal Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran, issued a dramatic call to action on Tuesday, urging Iran’s military, police, and state employees to join a nationwide uprising against the Khamenei-led Islamic Republic, declaring that its “fall has begun.“In a sweeping address to the Iranian people, […]

Haiti slams ‘xenophobic’ deportation drive by Dominican Republic

Representative Image (AI-generated) Haiti accused the Dominican Republic on Thursday of committing xenophobic acts and violating the rights of Haitian migrants, especially pregnant and nursing women, amid its growing deportation drive.The government of Dominican President Luis Abinader has stepped up deportations in recent months to Haiti, despite the nation’s mounting insecurity from gang violence.Nearly 20,000 […]

Republic Airways flight aborts takeoff to avoid collision at LaGuardia airport due to apparent miscommunication between controllers

Watch: Republic Airways flight aborts takeoff to avoid collision at LaGuardia airport due to apparent miscommunication between controllers (Video credit: ABC) A close call occurred at LaGuardia airport when two planes had a recent near-miss following an apparent miscommunication between controllers.On May 6 at 12:35 am, American Eagle flight AA4736, operated by Republic Airways, had […]

At night, crime and fear stalk Democratic Republic Congo’s M23-run areas

Representative Image (AI-generated) BUKAVU: Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at dawn, lying in the steep streets of the capital of South Kivu province, which has been in the hands of the anti-government group since mid-February after it launched […]

Watch: Chilling footage shows the moment roof collapsed in Dominican Republic killing 184

The death toll in the catastrophic nightclub collapse in the Dominican Republic has risen to at least 184, as desperate families continue to wait for news about missing loved ones. The incident occurred on Tuesday.Video footage circulating on social media showed he moment just before the roof collapsed, crushing hundreds of nightclub-goers under tonnes of […]

In Nepal’s classrooms, youngsters wonder if republic has delivered

KATHMANDU: They were still in the womb or a crib when Narayanhiti Palace became a crime scene. On the night of June 1, 2001, gunfire echoed through the marble halls, leaving nearly the entire royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, dead. Gyanendra Shah, the king no one expected, took the throne days later. […]