US begins three new pilot programs for fast visa service at its Kolkata consulate in India. At a time when getting a US visa is becoming tougher for Indians, experts believe the best consulate is Kolkata, as the US administration is trying out different pilot projects from its Kolkata consulate. It is not yet known…
Peel Police in Canada announced that they busted a major international extortion gang and charged 17 non-Canadians. The Peel Regional Police Monday announced they have taken down a violent international extortion ring linked to a group called ‘For Brothers’ and 17 men have been arrested and charged. None of them is Canadian and the list…
17 killed as speeding minibus crashes into parked bus in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa At least 17 people were killed and five others injured after a speeding minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday.The accident took place near Mardan district on the Swat Expressway when the…
Across several continents, some lakes appear almost unreal at first glance. Some turn pale rose during dry months, others deepen into bubblegum pink under harsh sunlight, and a few shift colour throughout the year depending on salt concentration and microscopic algae activity. The effect is not caused by pollution or minerals alone, as many people…
Pope Leo XIV on Monday presented his vision for preserving human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence by issuing his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” or “Magnificent Humanity.”The document, presented at the Vatican alongside Christopher Olah, a founder of Anthropic, highlights how the Catholic Church continues to use one of its oldest forms of communication…
Doctors battling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing growing challenges as attacks on health facilities and fleeing patients disrupt response efforts in the country’s northeast, Reuters reported.At least three such incidents have been reported so far in Ituri province, where the first Ebola cases were detected. Two attacks over the…
A newborn baby who had been missing since Friday was found dead in a wooded area near Halifax, Canada on Sunday.Police charged two relatives of the infant’s mother with concealing the child’s body and obstructing investigators.Halifax Regional Police said the infant’s remains were discovered at about 3:20 pm in woods off Old Coach Road in…
Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party over a 12-year period, in one of Scotland’s biggest political finance scandals in recent years.Murrell appeared before the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, where prosecutors said he…
NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday strongly pushed back against allegations of rising anti-India rhetoric in the United States, saying President Donald Trump remains a “big fan”of both India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing the controversy during a media interaction in Delhi, Rubio dismissed suggestions of systemic hostility towards Indians in…
Aliko Dangote’s business expansion into East Africa, now linked to proposed pipeline corridors through Ethiopia and Djibouti, is often discussed in terms of scale and strategy. But the deeper story behind these moves stretches far beyond recent headlines. It is tied to a long, uneven journey that began in a wealthy trading family, moved through…
