[ad_1] Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one […]
[ad_1] There’s a warning embedded in the best sci-fi films about humans falling for artificial intelligence: Her, Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049. The message is always the same—once the fantasy becomes real enough, we don’t just believe it. We fall in love with it. We follow it. We vote for it.But for President Donald J. […]
[ad_1] (Picture Courtesy: Facebook) As jury selection begins today in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, all eyes are on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the first steps of a high-stakes legal process are unfolding.Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to […]
[ad_1] Lucy Powell, the UK’s Leader of the House of Commons, is facing intense backlash after comments she made during a BBC Radio 4 debate appeared to belittle concerns over grooming gangs—an issue that has long scarred British politics and policing.Speaking on the BBC’s Any Questions? programme, Powell reacted to political commentator Tim Montgomerie’s mention […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (AI) NEW YORK: President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote […]
[ad_1] Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu (Photo: PTI) COLOMBO: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said on Sunday, claiming it broke a previous record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.Muizzu, 46, began the marathon press conference at 10:00 am (0500 GMT) on Saturday, and it continued for 14 […]
[ad_1] TOKYO : Japan and China are accusing each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands that Beijing also claims. Japan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it has protested to Beijing after a Chinese helicopter that took off from one of China’s four coast guard boats had entered […]
[ad_1] Australian Labor party leader Anthony Albanese (Image: AP) Sydney, May 04, 2025 -Australia’s left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a “disciplined, orderly” government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil.Residents clapped as the 62-year-old and his fiancee Jodie Haydon visited his old inner Sydney haunt, Cafe Italia, […]
[ad_1] Presentative Photo (Photo:AP) BANGKOK: Massive planned US duties on solar panels made in Southeast Asia could be a chance for the region to ramp up its own long-stalled energy transition, experts say.Earlier this month, Washington announced plans for hefty duties on solar panels made in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.The levies follow an investigation, […]
[ad_1] Washington: A US appellate court on Saturday ruled against allowing Voice of America staff to return to work, throwing its resumption of operations into question after President Donald Trump shuttered the broadcaster in March.Voice of America (VOA), a US government-run news service for international audiences, has been off the air since Trump ordered the […]
