US President Donald Trump (AP image) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge’s decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other “national security facilities” at the site. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s latest ruling comes in…
The Los Angeles Dodgers shattered MLB spending records in 2025 with a $514.6 million total payroll and luxury tax bill, powering their second straight World Series title. Their outlay dwarfed rivals, including a budget more than seven times the Miami Marlins’ and exceeding the bottom six teams combined. The spending gap highlights growing financial disparity…
PESHAWAR: At least eight people — including a woman and a young girl — died in a gas pipeline explosion at an industrial estate in Pakistan’s northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, a Rescue 1122 official said.The incident occurred in Hattar Industrial Estate area of Haripur district.According to Rescue 1122 sources, the explosion happened near…
The wealthiest families in Asia keep on consolidating their power in 2026 by accumulating more money in the traditional fields and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and energy infrastructure. As per the latest ranking by Bloomberg, most of the family empires that have been around for some time not only retain their status…
Mennu Batra’s daughter appealed for her mother’s release from the illegal ICE detention in US. (Photo: CBS) Amrita Singh, the daughter of Meenu Batra, the Indian-origin legal interpreter of Texas who was detained by the ICE since March 17, broke her silence on people being treated inhumanely in the ‘broken’ immigration system of the US….
Quote of the day by Barack Obama No matter how much time goes by, some quotes still mean something. This one by Barack Obama is one of them. It seems easy to understand at first. But if you read it carefully, it makes you think about the world and the problems people face every day…
EasyJet flight halted before takeoff as weight limits trigger last-minute chaos Safety concern halts flight from Southend to Malaga An EasyJet flight from London Southend Airport to Malaga delayed its departure on Saturday morning after crew determined that the aircraft exceeded safe operating weight under prevailing conditions. Because of this, safety margins dipped below acceptable…
H-2B visa is for non-agricultural guest workers employed mostly by the hospitality industry in the US. The Donald Trump administration silently walked back on a lesser-targeted visa program and restored its quota after reducing it, as the president’s private businesses depend largely on workers coming to the US on that visa. While the H-1B visa…
Former Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shoots and kills wife before taking his own life. Fairfax County Police responded to a horrific murder suicide in Virginia early on Thursday morning after former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife and then killed himself. “This seems to be an ongoing domestic dispute surrounding a…
A 45-year-old California nurse has been awarded $300,000 after a US jury found a cruise operator partly liable in a case centred on alcohol service and onboard safety. According to the woman’s legal claim, she was served at least 14 tequila shots over roughly nine hours aboard the Carnival Radiance in January 2024, after which…
