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[ad_1] Helicopter crashes mid-air, falls into Hudson River. A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Manhattan on Thursday killing at least six people, reports claimed. The horrifying crash -- the latest in a string of mid-air mishaps that the country recorded in the last few months --was caught on camera as eye witnesses recorded on their phones how the remains of the helicopter fell into the waters. The helicopter crashed mid air and split in half upon impact. Terrifying videos appeared on social media showing how the helicopter disintegrated mid-air and its parts plunged into the waters. According to fire officials, the chopper went down near Pier 40 on West Houston Street and West Street around 3:15 p.m (ET).Witnesses on social media described a “loud thumping noise” when the helicopter crashed, with what appeared to be a broken propeller.Fire […]

[ad_1] American businessman Bashar Masri has been accused of directly helping Hamas in the October 7 attack. Palestinian-American businessman Bashar Masri, who was advising the Donald Trump administration until recently, resigned from his post in the dean's council at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government after he was accused of directly helping the Hamas in building terror tunnels and rocket launch sites. Some 200 American family members of the October 7 victims filed a lawsuit in DC federal court on Monday against Masri, accusing him of helping the Hamas with the attack. The lawsuit said Masri had worked with Hamas in developing business properties in Gaza that were used as a cover-up for the terrorist tunnels.Masri has also provided advice and private plane travel to Adam Boehler, who was President Donald Trump’s nominee to be special presidential envoy for hostage […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump said people were turning 'yippy' but insiders claimed he was turning 'yippy'. As President Donald Trump walked back on tariffs, he said people were getting yippy and afraid as he announced that the reciprocal tariffs would take into effect after 90 days post the ongoing negotiation with the countries. Except for China. No negotiation has taken place with China as China vowed to escalate the trade war, paying the US back in the same coin. “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line,” Trump told reporters at the White House. "They were getting yippy, you know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid, unlike these champions, because we have a big job to do. No other president would have done what I did. No other president. And it […]

[ad_1] US-China trade war shows no sign of de-escalation. With the US-China trade war escalating, MAGA activists pushed for a crackdown on Chinese students studying in US universities. Hundreds of students have lost their students' visas in the recent few days as the Trump administration is targeting students with links to anti-Israel protests that rocked the campuses last year. Many without any connection to any campus activism lost their visas, according to reports. Chinese students are caught in the crosshairs of the political conflict and fear being targeted over the tariff war. After rattling the global economy with his tariffs, Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on these tariffs but not for China. Instead, he increased China's tariff to 125 per cent. The 125 per cent tariff came after China increased US tariff to 84 per cent. This was the […]

[ad_1] 'Art of the deal' is also a book by Trump published in 2015. President Donald Trump's social media post from 2014 went viral as Trump took a U-turn and paused his reciprocal tariffs on all countries for 90 days except China. While this was seen as a climbdown from his stern stance that there would be no going back on tariffs, Trump's aides asserted that this is part of the plan and an example of how Trump makes deals. The US president would now make China withdraw its tariffs as he has politically isolated China -- his aides explained. "Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully or write poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks," Trump wrote in 2014. Was 90-day pause except for China in the plan all along?Donald […]

[ad_1] Usha Vance, left, and first lady Melania Trump stand at Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. AP/PTI( When Usha Vance stood beside her husband on Inauguration Day, watching J.D. Vance take the oath of office as Vice President of the United States, she looked serene. Composed. Unbothered. In a soft pink wool coat, accented with oversized floral earrings and her signature streak of silver hair swept into a bun, she embodied grace under pressure—and quiet resistance in a movement not built for her.It was a striking image. The daughter of Indian immigrants, raised Hindu, now the Second Lady of the United States in the second Trump administration. But while the photos were celebratory, the comment sections told a different story.“Christ is King, not some stinky Indian idol,” one MAGA-aligned user posted. “Will […]

[ad_1] The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan, a UN report said Thursday, six months after laws regulating people's conduct came into effect. The Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many aspects everyday life in Afghanistan, including public transport, music, shaving and celebrations. Most notably, the ministry issued a ban on women's voices and bare faces in public. That same month, a top UN official warned the laws provided a "distressing vision" for the country's future by adding to existing employment, education, and dress code restrictions on women and girls. Taliban officials have rejected UN concerns about the morality laws. Thursday's report, from the UN mission in Afghanistan, said in the first 6 months of the laws' […]

[ad_1] Beijing: China's Film Administration said on Thursday it would "moderately reduce" the number of US films it imported into the country, as a standoff between the world's two largest economies escalates. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125 percent, while China has imposed retaliatory levies of 84 percent. And on Thursday, the effects of the trade war spread to China's huge and lucrative film market, the world's second largest. "The wrong action of the US government's indiscriminate tariffs on China is bound to further reduce the favourable impression of domestic audiences on American films," a statement from the film administration said."We will follow the law of the market, respect the choice of the audience, and moderately reduce the number of US films imported." Beijing already limits the number of foreign films shown in […]

[ad_1] Sheikh Hasina (File photo) A court in Bangladesh issued a fresh arrest warrant on Thursday against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wajed Putul and 17 others in a corruption case, alleging fraudulent acquisition of a residential plot. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib accepted the charge sheet from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)."Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad Zakir Hossain Galib issued the warrant accepting the ACC charge sheet in the case," said ACC prosecutor Mir Ahammed Salam to the press, as quoted by news agency PTI.The judge requested ACC to present its investigation report on May 4 regarding the case of land leased by RAJUK in Purbachal area near Dhaka. The ACC initiated the case against the former premier on January 12, 2025, along with other government officials.The charge sheet states that Hasina's daughter Putul […]

[ad_1] In a dramatic escalation of the global trade standoff, China is rallying international support in response to US President Donald Trump’s steep new tariffs — but it’s finding limited success as countries weigh economic pragmatism against political allegiance.This week, the White House hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to a staggering 125%, accusing Beijing of unfair practices. China struck back almost immediately, slapping 84% tariffs on American goods. The sharp exchange marks a deepening of hostilities that now seems focused squarely on a US-China collision course — with the rest of the world caught in the crossfire.Despite Trump's initial broad approach — targeting multiple trading partners — he pulled back on most nations this week, offering a 90-day pause to encourage direct talks. "Countries are lining up to negotiate," he said Wednesday, acknowledging market turmoil.But China is refusing to blink.“China […]