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Inside crowded convention halls, hotel conference rooms and late-night Zoom classes, one man has quietly become one of the most powerful figures in American competitive spelling. Scott Remer charges families up to $180 an hour to prepare children for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and is widely believed to be the country’s only full-time elite…

In a quiet field in northern Luxembourg, something glinted beneath the soil that did not belong to the present. At first, it looked like just another odd fragment of metal, easily overlooked in a landscape already layered with history. But what lay beneath the ground near Holzthum village soon began to suggest a far older…

A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenie has asserted that Tehran holds the legal right to manage the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important oil shipping routes, as nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States enter a crucial phase.Mohsen Rezaei, a former chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…

Hasan Piker is facing federal scrutiny after the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control reportedly issued subpoenas connected to his March 2026 Cuba trip. Authorities are investigating whether participants violated U.S. sanctions laws through financial or travel-related activities involving Cuban government-linked entities. HasanAbi denied wrongdoing, saying, “we stayed at the right hotel btw.” The…

The mother of the man shot dead by Secret Service officers near the White House has said she was left shocked after learning about the incident online, insisting her son “was never violent”.A woman identified as the mother of 21-year-old Nasire Best told The Washington Post she discovered news of the fatal shooting through social…

A woman defended Luigi Mangione and sparked outrage after claiming she would kill her own mother if she became a healthcare executive like slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.32-year-old Lena Weissbrot made the remarks on Instagram after reports identified her mother, Reina Natero, as an executive at CVS Health who oversees prescription drug insurance coverage rules.Weissbrot…

Thousands of H1-B visa holders in US may no longer be automatically required to leave the country while applying for permanent residency, after US immigration authorities issued a clarification on a controversial new policy introduced by the Trump administration.The clarification came days after the Trump administration released a major policy memo that narrowed the circumstances…

For thousands of Indian tech workers in US, losing a job now means more than just unemployment. It can also trigger a 60-day countdown that may decide whether they can continue living in the country with their families.As AI-driven restructuring sweeps through Silicon Valley, layoffs at companies such as Meta, Amazon and Oracle are leaving…

Britain’s anxious young adults struggle with modern workplace demands, warns UK govt advisor A UK government advisor warned that rising anxiety, depression and reliance on technology are making it harder for young people to adapt to the modern workforce.Alan Milburn is set to tell the government and businesses that flexible working arrangements and proper mental…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged broadcaster TNT Sports to make next weekend’s UEFA Champions League final between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain free-to-air for viewers across Britain.In a letter addressed to TNT Sports executives, Starmer said he was “saddened” that football fans in the UK would, for the first time in more than three…