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A woman in the US state of Colorado has been convicted of the murder of her boyfriend after the latter made fun of her and expressed scepticism that she might land a job. The accused, identified as Ashley White, was found guilty of Cody DeLisa’s second-degree…
China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is expected to be 10 times the size of the Pentagon, a report in Financial Times, citing US intelligence officials has claimed. Dubbed “Beijing Military City”, the construction on the project started in mid-2024 with…
Social media users are speculating that Robert F Kennedy Jr allegedly placed a nicotine pouch in his mouth while fielding questions during his second Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Mr Kennedy, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and…
A Sam Altman-backed startup has raised nearly half a billion dollars as it aims to build the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant to solve the energy crunch issue. US-based Helion Energy received $425 million in Series F investment that included investors such as Lightspeed Venture…
You don’t want to fall into the trap of romanticising the East as Orientalists, steeped in Christianity and its binaries of good and evil, have done over the last 200 years. But a well-known Chinese invocation comes to mind as one absorbs the beginnings of the…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro became the first major casualty of Trump 2.0’s no-nonsense approach—some might argue, his unchecked ire. The US President wasted no time in showing the world that his recent fiery rhetoric wasn’t just for show. The Columbian President tried to go toe-to-toe with…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s daughter, Andrea Petro, has thrown shade at US President Donald Trump after the White House threatened tariffs on the South American country. Ms Andrea took to social media to suggest that Colombia should send ‘gringos’ (a slang term, often used to describe…
A wanted drug kingpin has been arrested after officials managed to track his wife’s social media accounts which pinpointed his location while on a luxurious European vacation. Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba aka Shock, a dual US and Costa Rica citizen, was arrested at a London airport…
Years ago, during my one and only trip to Pakistan to report on the 50th anniversary of independence for a Western media outlet, I had the pleasure of meeting some bright, articulate students at the famed Government College in Lahore. Feeling magnanimous (and admittedly swept by…
Days after TikTok was banned in the US and quickly revived by newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, users who uninstalled it are willing to spend significant amounts of money to buy a smartphone with access to the short-video app. Despite being allowed back, TikTok is still…