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[ad_1] US issues a stern and strange warning against travelling to South American country Venezuela. The US state department has issued a strange travel warning for those who want to visit Venezuela -- that they should prepare a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries and/ or power of attorney.Venezuela is a south American country bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The alert was already in place but the government reissued it recently, heightening the warning.The advisory comes and the US and Venezuela are caught in a diplomatic tension. The US Treasury Department revoked Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil, prompting Nicolás Maduro's government to suspend deportation flights on March 8. An agreement to restart repatriation flights carrying immigrants who were in the US illegally was reached later that same month.The US has not had a functioning embassy in […]

[ad_1] Prince Harry broke his silence to allegations linking him to Diddy. In 2024, UK's The Sun published a front-page article claiming that Prince Harry was dragged into a Diddy lawsuit. As Diddy now faces trial in the US for sex trafficking, racketeering, among other charges, Prince Harry, who is also a US resident now, broke his silence over the issue, accusing the newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, of extracting revenge for the phone hacking case. Explained: Prince Harry's connection with Diddy, Rupert MurdochPrince Harry had a long legal battle against Rupert Murdoch's media company News Group Newspapers, as the ex-royal accused UK tabloids of spying on him, tracking his phone. The long battle concluded this year with Harry receiving an unconditional apology from the group along with an undisclosed but substantial amount of damages paid to Harry. In their […]

[ad_1] King Charles III and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have found themselves side by side, not in politics, but in pounds. Both are now worth an estimated £640 million, earning them the 238th spot on the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List, released Friday. The list, which tracks Britain’s 350 wealthiest individuals and families, reveals a dramatic reshuffling at the top, and signs of financial turbulence rippling through the elite.At 76, King Charles climbed 20 spots from last year, buoyed in part by surging profits from Crown Estate wind farm deals, which doubled returns and boosted the sovereign grant that funds royal activities. Still, most royal assets, including Buckingham Palace, remain off the books as they’re owned “in the right of the Crown,” not personally. His private wealth includes the Balmoral and Sandringham estates, along with an investment portfolio inherited […]

[ad_1] Too many elephants? GPS collars help Zimbabwe villagers to avoid deadly encounters (Photo: AP) In the dusty borderlands of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, a silent battle plays out daily between survival and conservation. As climate change fuels longer drought periods and shrinks food sources, elephants increasingly stray into nearby villages in search of water and crops, which often have deadly consequences.To prevent these confrontations, a new high-tech early warning system is combining satellite data with old-fashioned community grit. Whenever GPS-collared elephants approach the buffer zones that separate wild lands from human settlements, local volunteer Capon Sibanda springs into action.“Every time I wake up, I take my bike, I take my gadget and hit the road,” said Sibanda, 29, one of dozens of trained “community guardians” working to keep both people and elephants safe as reported by AP.The GPS alert […]

[ad_1] Trump points to the 'one-drop' Murban oil that he got from the UAE and says he's not thrilled by the gift. President Donald Trump did not hide his disappointment with the gift he received from the UAE -- a small amount of UAE's flagship Murban crude oil, and said he was not thrilled because he was given only a drop of it. But it's better than no drop, Trump said, smiling. "The highest quality oil there is on the planet and they only gave me a drop of it…so I’m not thrilled! But it’s better than no drop.”⁠Even Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE minister of industry and advanced technology and Adnoc (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) managing director and group CEO, who gifted him the token oil laughed at Trump's complaining. Adnoc replied to Trump's grouse and […]

[ad_1] Indian-origin man was trolled on X for opposing H-1B visa program. An Indian-origin man in the US, Rohit Joy, was slammed on X as he reacted to some recent H-1B updates. In his opinion, all H-1B visas should expire and all H-1B visa holders should be sent back to their home countries. As his X bio says he's an Indian by blood, and an Oregonian by birth and Texan by choice, the Republican supporter drew backlash mostly from Indians who questioned him on his opinion -- some even suggested him to change his name as it's evidently Indian. All of it started with some of the Congressmen pushing for the domestic visa renewal program for the H-1B. Under the existing rule, H-1B visa holders have to get their visa renewed from the US embassy of their own country and […]

[ad_1] A political firestorm has engulfed Washington after former FBI DirectorJames Comey shared an Instagram post featuring a seemingly innocuous image of seashells — arranged to spell out the numbers “8647.” What appeared at first glance to be a whimsical beachside memento has instead sparked furious allegations of an assassination threat against President Donald Trump, prompted investigations by federal authorities, and reopened the festering wound of Trump vs. Comey — a bitter feud that has defined the darker undercurrents of American politics for nearly a decade.The ‘8647’ EnigmaAt the centre of the uproar is the interpretation of the numbers “86 47.” In American slang, “86” can mean to cancel, get rid of, or even “eliminate” someone. Meanwhile, “47” refers to Donald Trump’s current position as the 47th President of the United States. Combined, conservative critics allege, the numbers amount to […]

[ad_1] Ukraine reports loss of another F-16 fighter jet Ukraine's air force said on Friday it lost another US-made F-16 fighter jet, a significant blow as the aircraft have provided precious help to Ukrainian forces fighting Russia's invasion.Kyiv has not said how many of the warplanes it has received, but this is at least the second confirmed loss of the Western-supplied jets.The air force said it lost contact with the F-16 early Friday during a manoeuvre to repel a Russian attack."The pilot destroyed three air targets and was working on the fourth, using an aircraft gun" when "an emergency situation arose on board," the air force said.The pilot ejected safely, the air force said, adding it appointed a commission to investigate.In August 2024, Kyiv said that an F-16 had crashed while repelling a Russian missile attack, killing its pilot.In April […]

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ran which was funded by donations from devotees.Investigators from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) accuse Abbot Phra Thammachiranuwat from Wat Rai Khing of siphoning more than 300 million baht ($9.05 million) from the temple's bank account into his own.Investigators traced funds from the temple on Bangkok's western outskirts to an illegal online gambling network running baccarat card games, local media said.Temples in Buddhist-majority Thailand rely heavily on income from "merit-making" ceremonies where worshippers make donations in hopes of gaining good fortune and better reincarnation.Police charged Phra Thammachiranuwat with corruption and malfeasance, CIB deputy commissioner Jaroonkiat Pankaew told reporters at a press conference on Thursday."This (arrest) is to help purify our religion," Jaroonkiat said.Authorities have arrested a second suspect […]

[ad_1] The US Supreme Court is deliberating a case that could fundamentally alter the definition of American citizenship, as it weighs President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and those in the US on temporary visas. The implications are vast: more than 150,000 newborns could be denied citizenship annually if the order is upheld, according to the plaintiffs challenging the directive, which includes Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and immigrant rights advocates.At issue is the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which states that all “persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” are US citizens. Trump's administration argues this language does not extend to the children of immigrants whose presence is either unlawful or temporary, such as students or visa workers. This interpretation represents […]