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Indian-origin US lawmaker Pramila Jayapal has called for reparations for undocumented immigrants, saying families were “traumatized” by immigration enforcement under US president Donald Trump.Speaking at a congressional hearing titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Attack on Children”, Jayapal said compensation may be needed for those affected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. “We are going…

A Florida man who crashed his car through an airport gate and tried to board multiple aircraft told federal authorities he wanted to steal a plane to visit his sister, reports the Independent. 58-year-old Bryan J. Parker was arrested on Wednesday at Daytona Beach International Airport after he allegedly drove his Ford Mustang through a…

Donald Trump launched OnlyFarms to show how much US farmers have benefited from his policies/ X Donald Trump marked National Agriculture Day on Friday (Mar 27) by unveiling a new White House website, staging a large-scale event for farmers on the South Lawn, and announcing fresh policy measures aimed at an agricultural sector under pressure…

A Florida man has sold his family home in just five days for nearly $1 million after relying on the AI bot ChatGPT instead of a traditional estate agent.Robert Levine, a Miami resident and father of three, said he turned to artificial intelligence to handle almost every part of the sale, from pricing the property…

When Malaysia set out to build the Petronas Twin Towers in the 1990s, it adopted an unusual strategy that would later become the stuff of engineering legend. Instead of assigning the project to a single contractor, the government split the work between two rival international consortia, one led by Japan and the other by South…

The man accused of killing Sheridan Gorman is missing part of his brain and the “development of a child”, his lawyer told a court, as the case over the death of a university student in Chicago continues to unfold.Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, appeared before a Chicago judge on Friday, where he was ordered…

Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer from Fortune 100 company to sell ‘priceless’ generational farm for AI data center A farming family in northern Kentucky has turned down a $26 million offer from a Fortune 100 company seeking to build a large AI-linked data centre, choosing instead to keep land they say carries far greater…

A 31-foot brick tower built just for goats stands in rural Illinois, and yes, it is completely real. Wrapped in a spiral of narrow ramps, the structure lets goats climb, rest, and look out over the surrounding farmland. What might seem like a quirky or even absurd idea at first has actually gained widespread attention…

Pakistan’s push to host US–Iran peace talks is being shaped as much by urgency as by opportunity. Islamabad is growing increasingly wary that its defence pact with Saudi Arabia could pull it deeper into a widening regional conflict.Pakistan is set to host a four-nation meeting with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt on March 30 in…

Nerdeen Kiswani is a Palestinian‑American pro‑Palestinian activist and organiser who recently found herself at the centre of an alleged assassination plot that was stopped by US law enforcement.Kiswani is the co‑founder and chair of Within Our Lifetime, a pro‑Palestinian activist group based in New York City. She has been an outspoken organiser of protests and…