A Paris criminal court on January 5 convicted 10 people in a case involving online posts and videos that claimed France’s first lady Brigitte Macron was born male. The court ruled that the content amounted to cyberbullying under French law.According to the judgment, the defendants shared and amplified false claims about Brigitte Macron’s identity across…
Indian American technology executive Pulkit Desai was sworn in on Saturday as mayor of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. Desai took the oath of office at the Parsippany Municipal Building on January 3, formally assuming leadership of the township following a closely contested election. He succeeds Republican incumbent James Barberio after the final vote count confirmed…
Stephen Miller, a close aide to Donald Trump and a former DOGE staffer, has reignited the immigration debate with a sweeping critique of the West’s post-war choices, arguing that modern policies have turned decolonisation into self-inflicted decline. In a post on X, Miller slammed what he described as the former government’s immigration approach, claiming Western…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AP image) China on Sunday strongly condemned the ‘unilateral bullying’ following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US forces. Beijing asserted that no country has the authority to act as the world’s “policeman” or an “international judge” amid growing global instability.Reacting to the developments in Venezuela, Chinese Foreign…
Kuwaiti teachers suspended amid misconduct probe over social media exam leak / AI Image The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education has issued a high-level disciplinary alert following a serious breach of professional standards. Minister of Education, Eng. Sayed Jalal Al Tabtabaei, officially signed off on the immediate three-month suspension of two teachers, one male and one…
Saudi Arabia enforces new saudization rules, giving engineers SAR 8,000 wage and boosting procurement jobs/Representative Image Saudi Arabia is stepping up efforts to increase local workforce participation in specialized jobs. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has unveiled two major decisions that set higher saudization targets and introduce minimum wage standards, aiming to…
Strong winds, dust storms, and a sharp temperature drop are sweeping across Kuwait / AI Image Meteorology departments across the Gulf have issued a weather alert for strong winds and significantly reduced visibility, particularly in Kuwait, with impacts likely felt in coastal and inland areas today. Officials warn that northwesterly winds exceeding 60 km/h will…
Russia’s overnight strikes on Kyiv province killed two people on Monday after air raid alerts were issued across the country, Ukrainian authorities said. One person was killed in the capital Kyiv, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration. Another victim, a man in his 70s, died in the neighbouring city of Fastiv,…
Columbian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump (AP images) US President Donald Trump on Sunday openly threatened possible military action against Colombia, saying such a move “sounds good to me”.His comments come just a day after the United States carried out an operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia…
YouTuber Sneako stirred a row after making a provocative post about US foreign interventions, saying that if any other country attacked a foreign nation hastily, it would be called terrorism—but for America, it is considered colonialism.“If a brown country invaded America to bomb DC and kidnap the president for the sole purpose of stealing our…
