Indonesia building collapse kills 3, injures dozens JAKARTA: At least three people were killed and dozens were injured when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Sunday, a disaster official said.Around a hundred people, mostly women, had gathered for a Koran recital at a community hall in West…
With access to 26 major platforms cut off overnight, thousands of young Nepalis across the country have called for a protest Monday against what they said was a “digitally repressive” move by the government in Kathmandu. Demonstrations are expected to begin at 9am, with organisers calling the blackout a “direct assault on speech, work and…
Hindu American Foundation director Suhag A Shukla said Peter Navarro’s Brahmin statement was a slur. President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro recently made a snide remark amid the ongoing trade war and said Brahmins are making profits as India continues to buy oil from Russia. A major row broke out over whether he meant…
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that Washington is holding “very deep” negotiations with Hamas and pressed the group to release all hostages being held in Gaza.“We are in very deep negotiation with Hamas,” Trump told reporters. The US President urged Hamas to release all Israeli hostages immediately, cautioning that failure to…
Trump to host G20 Summit 2026 (AP) US President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that he plans to host the 2026 G20 summit at his Trump National Doral resort in Miami. “It’s going to be at Doral,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after announcing Miami as the venue for next year’s summit. “Everybody…
Fast fashion giant Shein is investigating its internal processes after an image of Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was used to model clothing on its website.An archived page for the ‘Men’s New Spring/Summer Short Sleeve Blue Ditsy Floral White Shirt’ for $10 showed the item was almost sold out, with just…
DHAKA: There are no barriers from Dhaka’s side on improving relations with New Delhi, but progress requires cooperation of both sides, Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain asserted Thursday, even as he said there was no update from India on the request for former PM Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.“We wrote once and updates will be…
Landmark streetcar in Lisbon derails, killing 15 people. LISBON: Investigators sifted through the wreckage of a streetcar in downtown Lisbon on Thursday, trying to determine why the popular tourist attraction derailed during the busy summer season, killing 16 people and injuring 21, five of them seriously. The Elevador da Gloria came off its rails during…
California governor Gavin Newsom clapped back at Donald Trump on Wednesday after the US president bizarrely questioned “what’s going on” with his hands during an Oval Office exchange. Trump jibed at Newsom after a reporter asked him if California governor should be investigated over his handling of wildfires. Instead of answering, Trump said, “I watched…
US President Donald Trump (AP) Jeffrey Epstein’s “biggest brag” was his friendship with Donald Trump, a victim said Wednesday as survivors of the disgraced financier renewed calls for Congress to release all files from the Justice Department’s long-running investigation.Chauntae Davies, who has accused Epstein of abuse, told reporters that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell flaunted their…
