Yashwi Thakur

[ad_1] Representative image (AI) BEIJING: Two Japanese men were killed last month in the Chinese port city of Dalian because of a dispute with a Chinese business partner, police said Tuesday.The partner, a 42-year-old man surnamed Yuan, was arrested May 24, one day after the killings were reported to Dalian police.Yuan is a long-time resident of Japan and did business with the victims in that country and the Japanese men were visiting China, a Chinese police statement said.The police statement did not say what the dispute was about or how the victims were killed.Two stabbing attacks on Japanese schoolchildren last year have raised concern among Japanese about travelling to and living in China. In one case, a 10-year-old boy died, and in the other, a Chinese attendant on a school bus was killed after she tried to prevent the assailant […]

[ad_1] (Screen grab from X @NCPublicSafety) North Carolina department of public safety (NCDPS) is observing SAFE (secure all firearms effectively) week of action from June 1–7, an initiative focused on promoting safe firearm storage across the state. The campaign includes local events and educational outreach to help prevent gun thefts and firearm-related injuries.In Asheville, NCDPS is partnering with the Asheville Police Department to support the effort by distributing free gun locks and sharing information about safe storage practices. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3, from 2 to 6 pm at 800 Brevard Road.FBI data cited in a statement from governor Josh Stein showed gun thefts from vehicles have tripled over the past decade. In 2022, ten cities in North Carolina were ranked among the top 100 in the nation for reported gun thefts from vehicles. Additionally, firearms are […]

[ad_1] Two Indian-Canadian organizations have asked the Canadian government to establish a memorial and information center to honor the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing, known as the Kanishka tragedy.Khalsa Diwan Society, and North American Hindus Association wrote a letter to David Eby, primere of British Columbia and demanded a memorial wall, reflection garden, public learning centre, educational programs and spaces for rememberance and dialogues. In a statement, the organisation urged the government to honour the voices of many British Columbians by committing to the establishment of a Kanishka Memorial and Learning Centre in British Columbia. "We envision the Kanishka Memorial and Learning Centre as not merely a site of memory, but a living testament to the resilience of our communities and a powerful statement of our collective values. It would include: A memorial wall and reflection garden, honouring […]

[ad_1] Antoine Massey video (Image credits: X @MAGAgeddon) “I didn’t break out. I was let out.” That’s the claim made in a now-deleted video posted Sunday by a man identifying himself as Antoine Massey, one of two inmates still on the run from the Orleans justice center in New Orleans on May 16.In the video, he denied law enforcement reports that ten inmates escaped last month by removing a toilet, slipping through a hole behind it, crawling through a pipe chase, and exiting through a loading dock.“They’re trying to make me out to be the mastermind. That’s not the truth,” the man says in the clip, which was removed from Instagram by Monday afternoon.“The reason why I left the jail is because these people were trying to give me a life sentence in both parishes for something I did not […]

[ad_1] Iowa Senator Joni Ernst defended her controversial statement "we all are going to die," at a town hall meeting and said that "you need to listen to the entire conversation."Speaking to CBS News on Monday, Ernst said, "I'm very compassionate, and you need to listen to the entire conversation."During a heated town hall on Friday, Senator Joni Ernst sparked viral attention with remarks about mortality as she defended a controversial GOP-backed domestic policy bill. The legislation, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill act—a nod to former President Trump's nickname for it—seeks to implement work requirements for certain Medicaid recipients, among other reforms. Tensions rose when Ernst attempted to explain the proposed changes to Medicaid, prompting someone in the crowd to shout that the policy would lead to deaths.Ernst elaborated that the legislation would "focus on those that are most […]

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the drone attack on Russia will “continue” unless Moscow halts its offensive.Speaking to reporters after the latest round of US-brokered peace talks in Istanbul on Monday, Zelenskyy hailed the drone strike and described it as a “strategic operation” that weakened Russia’s military capability. The attack, which targeted Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, took place just a day before the talks.“This is happening on daily basis,” Zelenskyy said, referring to Russia’s ongoing assaults, including a recent overnight attack using more than 480 drones. “Unless they will stop, we will continue.”When asked whether the drone operation would shift the dynamics of the war or provoke Russia, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was not concerned about whether Russia is “enraged,” stressing that Moscow continues its attacks regardless.Zelenskyy also addressed the role of the US in the […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Monday seems to have rejected a proposal from his special envoy to Iran that would have allowed Tehran to retain low-level uranium enrichment for civilian purposes. Trump insisted that any deal to ease US sanctions must require Iran to fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program.“Under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!” Trump posted on social media but there is no clarification whether he was talking about the proposal or not.Trump’s stance appeared to contradict recent efforts by his envoy, Steve Witkoff, who had reportedly offered Iran the option to continue limited enrichment for uses like nuclear medicine and power, in exchange for shutting down its heavily fortified underground sites.The proposal also included a regional consortium to oversee civilian uranium enrichment, a concept dating back […]

[ad_1] Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman confronting with the crowd. The man suspected of an attack on pro-Israeli protesters in Colorado, who is facing federal hate crime charges, had planned the attack for a year, according to the the official. Mohammed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national staying in the US even after his visa expired, has allegedly thrown the fire bombs and sprayed burning gasoline at a group of people who had gathered on Sunday in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, injuring 12 people. J Bishop Grewell, acting US Attorney for the District of Colorado, told reporters the 45-year-old suspect had been planning the attack for a year.Soliman attacked a group of elderly protesters with "Molotov cocktails at a group of men and women, some of them in their late 80s, burning them as they peacefully walked […]

[ad_1] Mohamed Sabry Soliman planned the Colorado terror attack for over a year, he admitted to the investigators. The feds said Monday that the suspect in Colorado's targeted anti-Semitic attack by 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman had been planned by the suspect for one year. Soliman admitted to the feds that he was only waiting for his daughter's graduation. In the federal court filing, the feds said Soliman clearly stated his motive of attacking the Jewish community as he said he wanted to kill all Zionist people. "He would do it again," the affidavit said. After conducting an online search, Soliman targeted the Jewish community that gathers weekly, calling for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. He said he hated this group and needed them to stop taking over Palestine land that Soliman referred to as "our land". He […]

[ad_1] Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate says he fooled investors by just dropping Stanford's name. Bhavye Khetan, an Indian-origin UC Berkeley graduate claimed on his social media that he fooled investors by dropping fancy words and big names of universities and got responses from them, while he has no product, no pitch and no deck. He just created a fake creator profile, Khetan claimed and his post went viral. His LinkedIn profile claimed that he studied a Bachelor's degree at Berkeley, while his work experience includes a position in New Delhi. He also called himself the founder of a card that apparently combines multiple credit cards. Khetan claimed that he made a fake founder persona who studied Computer Science at Stanford, worked at Palantir. He said he sent cold emails to 34 VCs and 27 among them replied. Four asked for […]