Yashwi Thakur

[ad_1] US President Trump, VP JD Vance, secretary of defence Pete Hegseth and major general Trevor Bredenkamp attend a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (Image credits: AP) US President Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. In his address, he honored the “great, great warriors” and briefly touched on politics, saying he is “fixing” the nation after “a long and hard four years.”While Memorial Day is typically a solemn occasion, Trump began the day with an all-caps post on Truth Social attacking former US President Biden, calling him the “scum” who spent the last four years trying to destroy the country with radical leftism and leaving the border open. He also called federal judges who blocked his deportation policies “monsters who want our country to go to […]

[ad_1] Eyewitnesses shared harrowing details of the car-in-crowd incident at Liverpool victory parade that left nearly 50 injured on Monday. With 27 people hospitalised, a bystander recounted how one could "hear bumps" as the car drove over people.“It was extremely fast. Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car. But then he put his foot down again and just plowed through the rest of them, he just kept going. It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people," AP quoted Harry Rashid saying. He was with his wife and two daughters.“My daughter started screaming, and there were people on the ground. They were just innocent people, just fans going to enjoy the parade,” he added.A 53-year-old white British man drove into crowd […]

[ad_1] Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting in Tehran, Iran (Image credits: AP) Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday called for strong unity among Muslim countries and urged Pakistan to work together to stop what he called the “Zionist regime’s crimes” in Gaza.In a post on X, Khamenei said that “At a time when the warmongers in the world have numerous motives for creating conflicts and wars, the only way to ensure the security of the Islamic Ummah is the unity of Muslim nations”“Pakistan’s stance on the Palestinian issue has been very commendable. While there have always been inducements for Islamic countries to establish ties with the Zionist regime, Pakistan has never been influenced by those inducements,” he added.This comes after Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in […]

[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron dismissed a viral video showing his wife, Brigitte, seemingly pushing his face away upon arrival in Hanoi as playful banter. Macron attributed the incident and other recent viral videos, including false claims of cocaine use and a strained handshake with Turkey's president, to disinformation campaigns. HANOI: They were just playfighting. That was French PresidentEmmanuel Macron's explanation after a video appeared to show his wife Brigitte shoving his face away when they touched down for a visit to Vietnam.The incident occurred as the doors of the presidential plane swung open after landing in Hanoi Sunday. Brigitte sticks out both her hands and gives her husband's face a shove, shows footage shot by AP news agency. Macron appears startled but quickly recovers and turns to wave through the open door. With most of her body hidden by […]

[ad_1] Social media users complain that if Vivek Ramaswamy wins the gubernatorial election in Ohio, he will bring hordes of Indians. As US tech workers are revolting against the mass layoffs in several companies, including Walmart, Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-origin Republican, got dragged into the row as social media users claimed that Vivek would make hordes of H-1Bs hiring if he becomes the Ohio governor as 'Indians hire Indians'. Last December, Vivek Ramaswamy disparaged US culture to explain why companies need skilled foreign workers. "Ohio is cooked if Vivek is elected on the Republican ticket," one wrote on X, "Prepare for hordes of imported H1b Indians displacing American workers in a race to the bottom. He doesn't deny this exploitative strategy at all. Whats the point of electing a 'republican' if they're an indian pretending to be American, […]

[ad_1] New York mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, Mira Nair's son, has been accused of Hindu hatred. Indian-origin New York politician Jenifer Rajkumar slammed Mira Nair's son Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayoral candidate from the Socialist Party, for a recent statement against India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an open forum. At the forum, he was asked a hypothetical question that if Indian PM Narendra Modi holds a rally in Madison Square Garden and then wants to address a joint press conference with the mayor of New York, would he join that? Mamadani, who has a strong connection with India as both his parents -- father Mahmood Mamdani and mother Mira Nair -- were born in India, said he won't join.Mamdani elaborated on his answer and said his father is a Gujarati Muslim, and then compared the Indian PM with […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump Jr's exclusive club Executive Branch is for the wealthiest but not for any rich person. Donald Trump Jr has a long list of people who will not get entry to his exclusive club, called the Executive Branch, that will open in June. It will be an invite-only club that will cost $500,000 to join. But some people will never be able to join: traditional Republicans, like Bush-era Republicans who mostly hate President Donald Trump and also frequent other Republican clubs, also fake news reporters and even a lobbyist. A New York Times report said President Trump is expected to drop by here now that he no longer has the Trump International Hotel, where he spent nights in his first term. The property was sold in 2022 and is now owned by the Waldorf Astoria chain. So Executive […]

[ad_1] ARLINGTON: President Donald Trump is set to deliver remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. Trump will participate in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony and speak at the cemetery's amphitheater, in what has been a somber occasion for US presidents. But he began the day with a decidedly different tone. In an all-caps social media message, Trump ranted at former President Joe Biden, calling him the "SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS" and accusing him of allowing "AN OPEN BORDER THAT ONLY AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT WOULD APPROVE" Trump also went after federal judges who have blocked efforts to enact his mass deportation agenda, calling them "USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY." "HOPEFULLY THE UNITED […]

[ad_1] Macron was startled as his wife shoved him when the gate of his aircraft opened. After his handkerchief sent the world into a tizzy making them believe that it was a cocaine pouch, now French President Emmanuel Macron is again seen in a viral video where his wife, Brigitte Macron, appeared to have pushed Macron's face in a manner that looks like she slapped him. The incident took place Sunday evening as Macron arrived in Vietnam to begin his Southeast Asian tour. In a video shot by the Associated Press in Hanoi, Macom was seen emerging from his plane as he landed. His wife Birgitte's arm then emerged from the left of the door. She placed both her hands on her husband's face and gave it a shove.Not only were the onlookers surprised, but Macron too was startled enough […]

[ad_1] BERLIN: The leaders of Germany, France and Poland on Monday criticised actions by the Georgian government which they said had undermined democratic institutions.In a joint statement marking Georgia's Independence Day, the trio said they "condemn all activities of the Georgian authorities resulting in the democratic backsliding and the attacks against civil society, media and government critics".German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said they supported "the democratic and European aspirations of the Georgian people".Georgia has been mired in political crisis marked by mass anti-government protests since an October election.Opposition parties have meanwhile boycotted the current parliament, accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging the vote.They say the government is copying Russia's authoritarian practices -- an allegation it denies -- and steering Tbilisi away from its EU aspirations.The three leaders on Monday […]