Category: World

Saudi Arabia launches Unified Employment Contract, integrating digital platforms to enhance transparency, worker rights, and labor market efficiency./ Image courtesy of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) On October 6, 2025, Saudi Arabia launched a new Unified Employment Contract designed to put workers first. This digital, standardized agreement helps employees protect their rights, ensure timely wage payments,…

South Carolina judge’s beach house could not be saved from the massive fire though there were plenty of waterbodies around. The source of the massive fire that took down South Carolina judge Diane Goodstein’s $1.5 million beach house at Edisto Island remains a subject of investigation. Questions are being raised as to why the fire…

UAE Cybersecurity Council launches Nebras contest for kids, promoting digital literacy with Dh30,000 prizes for creative videos./ Illustrative AI-generated image The UAE Cybersecurity Council launches the Nebras Contest, inviting children and youth up to 16 years old to actively promote digital safety through creative video clips. Participants can submit videos up to 45 seconds long,…

Members of Nepal army help people retrieve their belongings from a flooded street in Kathmandu KATHMANDU: Landslides, a lighting strike and floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said. Those killed included at least 37 people in the eastern mountain district of…

Suchir Balaji’s parents start petition to rename AI Act after their son. Suchir Balaji’s father has started a petition to rename SB 53 which is California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, to ‘Suchir Balaji Whistleblower Act’. Balaji Ramamurthy said Suchir stood up against a giant corporation and renaming the Act after Suchir will serve…

An old video of Takaichi Sanae, the first female leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), highlighting a past television appearance in which she sang a song by the rock band X Japan, has resurfaced and is going viral.In the video, she can be seen performing “Rusty Nail,” a fan-favorite song by the band…

Massive tension in Chicago as federal agents shoot woman. A massive chaos unfolded in Chicago Saturday when US Border Patrol agents shot a woman claiming that it was in self defense as the woman was armed with a semi-automatic weapon and was trying to attack the agents. The agents said they were rammed by 10…

AP file photo Hamas has responded to US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal, agreeing to release all Israeli captives while seeking negotiations on other elements of the 20-point plan. In response, Trump urged Israel to immediately halt its bombing of Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel is ready to implement the…

US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Pic credit: AP) A California resident who admitted attempting to assassinate US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal prison. Sophie Roske, (birth name Nicholas Roske) appeared before US district judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Judge…

People protest against corruption (Image credits: AP) Since last week, the streets of the Moroccan capital Rabat have been unusually quiet. This is because in the early evening, the city center turns into an arena for demonstrations led by an anonymous collective known as GenZ 212.The name Gen Z indicates the age of the protesters,…