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[ad_1] Bernard Kerik (Image credit: AP) Bernard Kerik, former New York Police Commissioner and 9/11 hero, has died at age 69, the New York Police Department confirmed on Thursday via social media.Meanwhile, FBI Director Kash Patel paid tributes and said, “Bernie passed away tragically on May 29, 2025, after a private battle with illness.” He described Kerik as “a warrior, a patriot, and one of the most courageous public servants this country has ever known.”Patel added, “He was decorated more than 100 times for bravery, valor, and service, having rescued victims from burning buildings, survived assassination attempts, and brought some of the world’s most dangerous criminals to justice.”“His legacy is not just in the medals or the titles, but in the lives he saved, the city he helped rebuild, and the country he served with honor,” Patel said.Former New York […]

[ad_1] This is a representative AI image Authorities in St Vincent and the Grenadines have launched a major investigation after a vessel carrying the decomposed remains of at least 11 people washed ashore on the small Eastern Caribbean island of Canouan earlier this week.The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said it received a report around 10.45 am on Monday regarding a suspicious vessel found near Little Bay and Cherry Hill. Officers from the local Canouan police station responded and discovered the remains aboard the 45-foot-long boat.According to the RSVGPF, the bodies were in an “advanced state of decomposition,” with some not fully intact. The exact cause of death remains unknown, and authorities have not yet confirmed the identities of the deceased.Passports suggest West African linkInvestigators recovered several passports from the vessel, which appear to originate from […]

[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Trump, it would seem, is not one for a "TACO." The taco in question is not a dish made with tortillas, but rather a reference to how markets are responding to his tariff policies.The TACO trade, short for Trump Always Chickens Out, is a tongue-in-cheek term coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong. It has been adopted by some analysts to describe the potentially lucrative pattern in which markets tumble after Trump makes tariff threats, only to rebound sharply when he relents and allows countries more time to negotiate deals. The president has spent years cultivating a reputation for political muscle. So when he was asked by a reporter in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether the term might be a valid description of his approach to tariffs, […]

[ad_1] The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday claimed responsibility for its first attack targeting Syria’s new government forces since the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad, according to war monitors.In a statement picked up by the SITE Intelligence Group, IS said it planted an "explosive device" on a Syrian military vehicle in Sweida province, in the country’s south.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) confirmed the incident saying that this was the first IS claimed attack on new Syrian government. It said that the attack took place on Wednesday and involved a remote-controlled landmine which struck a patrol from the Syrian army’s 70th division. One man, who was accompanying government troops, was killed. Three soldiers were wounded in the blast, AFP reported.Though the extremist group was territorially defeated in 2019 after losing vast stretches of land across Syria and […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Thursday received temporary approval to continue collecting tariffs under emergency powers, just a day after a federal trade court ruled that he had exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping levies on foreign imports.The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit allowed the April 2 tariffs to remain in place while the White House appeals the trade court’s decision. "The request for an immediate administrative stay is granted to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers," the court's order said, cited by The Independent.Earlier on Wednesday, the US court of international trade had ruled that Trump unlawfully invoked emergency powers under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) […]

[ad_1] Chinese embassy asked citizens in Bangladesh to not marry Bangladeshis. (AI image) Chinese media has confirmed an order that the embassy in Bangladesh issued Sunday asking Chinese men to not marry Bangladeshis. The order was more of a reminder that there are many dating app, cross-border matchmaking agents promising Chinese men brides from foreign countries like Bangladesh. But no such marriage agency is allowed in Chinese law, the reminder said urging Chinese men in Bangladesh to not be misled by cross-border dating content on video platforms. They should reject the idea of "buying a foreign wife" and think twice before marrying in Bangladesh, the embassy states, Global Times confirmed. According to Chinese law, no marriage agency is allowed to engage in or disguise engagement in cross-border marriage matchmaking services, and no individual is permitted to carry out or disguise […]

[ad_1] A one-month-old baby girl found dead with severe facial injuries in a Queens housing complex last week did not die from a dog mauling, rather from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to her grieving parents and a preliminary medical report. Little Kiyanna Winfield was discovered lifeless in bed by her mother, Lillian Burton, and stepfather, Christopher, early Tuesday morning inside their apartment at the Queensbridge Houses. Initially, police believed the infant was killed by the family’s six-week-old pit bull-German Shepherd mix named Bella, who was later euthanised.However, on Wednesday, the New York City Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed the dog’s bites came after the baby had already died. “We can confirm this is not a death from a dog mauling,” a spokesperson for the office said, adding that the cause of death is “pending further study to […]

[ad_1] Reid Hoffman criticized Trump's decision to stall all visa interviews for the time being. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman was panned on social media for his reaction to the US administration's decision to stall all visa interviews for the time being. While the state department said that the decision was taken to decide on expanding the social media vetting of visa applicants, Reid Hoffman lamented the decision and said America forgot how it prospered. Hoffman wrote this reacting to a post that was also negative about the decision. "Blowing a $50 billion hole in the budget of every state flagship and top private university in America. Gunshot wound to the head of the best education system in the world and the crown jewel of American soft power. Absolute madness," the post read. "Unfortunately, the truth. Other countries are moving to […]

[ad_1] Turkish nationals appear in Greek court after shooting incident with police in Thessaloniki (Photo: AP) Five Turkish nationals appeared in court in northern Greece on Thursday following a wave of police raids and arrests triggered by a shooting incident reportedly targeting Greek intelligence officers. Three of those arrested were charged and later sentenced to five months in prison for unrelated drugs offences while two others were cleared but remain in police detention for questioning, authorities said. The incident occurred outside in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday when a group of unidentified suspects at a gas station opened fire at officers who were keeping them under surveillance. No one was injured. State-run television reported that the officers were from Greece's National Intelligence Service, but authorities have not publicly commented on their identity. Greece is combatting a surge in […]

[ad_1] Muhammad Yunus (mage credits: ANI) Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has announced that the next national elections will be held between December 2025 and June 2026. His comments came during a visit to Japan, as pressure increases on the interim government to set an election date.Speaking at a public event in Tokyo, Yunus said elections could take place as early as December this year, depending on the speed of ongoing reforms. “When elections take place an elected government takes over responsibility, and we hand it over to them. People are insisting to tell them when the elections will be because the politicians are very impatient to get to their seats of power,” said Yunus, according to the Dhaka Tribune.He added that if reforms are slow, the vote may be pushed to the latest possible date of June 2026. “The […]