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‘He is 18 years old but a kid’: LA high school senior was walking his dog when ICE took him into custody – Who is Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero Cruz?

A Los Angeles high school senior was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week, allegedly leaving his dog loose on the street during the arrest. The student, identified as 18-year-old Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero Cruz, was detained in Van Nuys on Friday, August 8, according to Newsweek citing GoFundMe campaign […]

‘Will wipe him out’: Israeli minister mocks jailed senior Palestinian leader convicted in 2002; sparks outrage

Newly surfaced footage on social media shows far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir mocking prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti inside his cell.The Palestinian Authority denounced the video, with Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh calling it “the epitome of psychological, moral and physical terrorism.”The footage marks the first sighting of Barghouti, 66, in years, who is currently […]

Banish evil spirits: Indian-origin astrologer arrested in NYC for scamming senior citizen, bank raised alarm

Indian-origin astrologer arrested in NYC for scamming a senior citizen promising to banish evil spirits. Hemanth Kumar Muneppa, a 33-year-old Indian-origin astrologer, was arrested when a bank raised an alarm that a senior citizen was probably getting scammed, as the 68-year-old woman went to the bank to withdraw $42,000. This was to meet the astrologer’s […]

HHS secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr fires two top aides; senior Trump official ousted, interim chief appointed

US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (Image credits: AP) US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has dismissed two top aides of the department, marking a sudden leadership shift just months into his tenure.Chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for Policy Hannah Anderson […]

Exchanged views on issues of common concern’: Senior US, China diplomats hold phone call

US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau (left), Chinese foreignj minister Wang Yi (AP) Beijing and Washington sustained high-level engagement on Thursday through a call between senior diplomats, indicating that both sides are keeping diplomatic channels open after reaching a trade truce earlier this month. US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau and China’s executive […]

Who was Gerald E. Connolly? Senior Democrat and Virginia lawmaker dies at 75

Gerald E. Connolly, a senior Democrat from Virginia and a top member of the House Oversight Committee, has died at 75.He passed away peacefully on Wednesday at home, surrounded by family, following a battle with oesophageal cancer.Connolly passed away at his home, according to a statement issued by his loved ones. The family did not […]

Hegseth orders 20% cut in senior generals across the Pentagon

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a 20% cut to the number of four-star generals and admirals across all military branches. The move, which applies across all military branches, comes amid wider efforts to reduce the federal government’s size and restructure its leadership along ideological lines. The directive, revealed in a memo signed by […]

NY plane tragedy for Indian-origin family: High School senior Anika Groff didn’t join parents, siblings on doomed flight

Anika Groff (left) with her sister Karenna Groff Anika Groff is the only surviving member of the Groff family as all other family members were killed in a plane crash in upstate New York on Saturday. The private plane was on a trip to the Catskills for the birthday celebration of Anika’s sister Karenna Groff, […]