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[ad_1] Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff (File photos) Second round of high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have officially begun in Rome, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff meeting face-to-face for talks mediated by Oman. The discussions, taking place over Easter weekend, mark a rare moment of diplomacy between the two longtime adversaries.Araghchi arrived in the Italian capital early Saturday (local time), according to Iranian state television, while Witkoff reached Rome following meetings in Paris focused on the Ukraine conflict. Omani foreign minister Badr al-Busaidi, who played a key role in facilitating last weekend’s first round of negotiations in Muscat, is again serving as mediator.The talks aim to find common ground on Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, which has been a source of […]

[ad_1] A 21-year-old Indian student, Harsimrat Randhawa was killed after being struck by a stray bullet while waiting at a bus stop in Hamilton, Ontario, on Wednesday evening (Local time). Randhawa, a student at Mohawk College, was an innocent bystander when shots were fired during a shooting incident involving two vehicles.Hamilton police are currently investigating the homicide, confirming that Randhawa was not involved in the shooting. The incident occurred around 7:30 pm local time near Upper James Street and South Bend Road.According to police, a passenger in a black sedan fired at the occupants of a white sedan, causing a series of gunshots that also struck Randhawa. Paramedics rushed her to the hospital, but she later succumbed to her injuries from a gunshot wound to the chest.Also read: She was just waiting for the bus: Who was Harsimrat Randhawa? Indian […]

[ad_1] From left to right, Liberal leader Mark Carney, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before French-language federal leaders' debate earlier this week Canadians will head to the polls on April 28 to choose the country’s next government. The vote will determine whether the Liberal Party, now led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, holds onto power or if the Conservatives, under Pierre Poilievre, will return to office after nearly a decade in opposition.Here’s your complete guide to how the election works, who’s voting, and what happens next.Who can vote?Every Canadian citizen aged 18 or older on election day is eligible to vote, including prisoners and Canadians living abroad. The only exception is the chief electoral officer, who is barred from voting during their 10-year term. Additionally, in keeping with tradition, the governor […]

[ad_1] In a significant shift in narrative, the White House’s newly revamped Covid-19 website has placed the controversial lab-leak theory at the forefront of its discussion on the origins of the virus. Previously a platform for public health information on vaccines and testing, the site now prominently features the claim that Covid-19 likely originated from a lab accident, specifically from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. This marks a departure from the widely accepted narrative that the virus emerged naturally from an animal-to-human spillover, an idea that has been supported by much of the scientific community.One of the main components of the website is its criticism of the publication “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2,” a study often cited to discredit the lab-leak theory. The White House claims that Dr. Anthony Fauci, former President Joe Biden’s top medical advisor, […]

[ad_1] JD Vance posted a Good Friday message. Social media users reminded him that his wife is a Hindu. Vice President JD Vance expressed his gratitude on the occasion of Good Friday which he could spend in Rome. But he was quickly called out as a fake Christian for marrying Hindu and Indian-origin Usha Vance. His Hindu wedding photo, where he was seen in a traditional Indian attire with a garland, was reupped to troll the Vice President. "I’m grateful every day for this job, but particularly today where my official duties have brought me to Rome on Good Friday. I had a great meeting with Prime Minister Meloni and her team, and will head to church soon with my family in this beautiful city," JD Vance posted. "I wish all Christians all over the world, but particularly those back […]

[ad_1] Aramark Collegiate Hospitality regional vice president Tiru Chabba was killed in the FSU shooting. One of the two men killed in the Florida State University mass killing by 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner is Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old father of two and an executive for a campus vendor. The other person is Robert Morales, a beloved high school football coach. Tiru Chabba's company is a food service provider of the Florida State University and Morales used to work at the university's dining services department. Phoenix Ikner, the shooter, started open firing at random people using his stepmother, cop Jessica Ikner's gun and police have not yet established any motive behind the campus rampage. Ikner has been receiving treatment while others who received injury are also recovering. Who was Tiru Chabba?Chabba, of Greenville, South Carolina, was the regional vice president of Aramark […]

[ad_1] Austin Metcalf's (left) family was swatted by a fake shooting call on Thursday. The family of Austin Metcalf allegedly killed by Karmelo Anthony at a track meet earlier this month was targeted by a sick prank as cops rushed to the Metcalfs' home acting on a fake shooting report. This took place hours after Metcalf's father was booted out if a press conference that Anthony's family held to clear the air about some misconception after their son walked out of prison on bond. The two families stay in the same area but did not know each other and neither did the teens know each other. Karmelo claimed he stabbed Austin Metcalf in self-defense as Metcalf put his hands on him first. Since the tragedy, the families have been indirectly attacking each other and that escalated after Anthony was released […]

[ad_1] A major outrage spread on social media over the identity of the woman caught abusing a black woman in California. A woman has gone viral for hurling the N word nine times in a 12-second viral video -- sitting inside a car in what looked like a parking lot spot. While the California Police opened a hate crime probe into the incident without revealing the name of the woman, social media users believe she is Natasha Chand, a 34-year-old Indo-Fijian. DailyMail also reported that she was born in Fiji but has Indian heritage, according to her social media. Jazlyn Garcia and her sister were at the receiving end of Natasha's abuses. The viral video and the abuses I only half of what all Natasha said, the two women confirmed to the police. They only started capturing when she used […]

[ad_1] White House X handle took a potshot at NYT headline of El Salvador news. The X handle of the White House kicked up a storm over the Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man referred to as the 'mistakenly deported Maryland man' but whom the Trump administration prefers to call a member of the notorious MS-13 gang. Amid controversy over the Donald Trump administration's unwillingness to bring him back from El Salvador, the White House X account Friday did the unimaginable.It picked an NYT report of Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen meeting Garcia in El Salvador, outside the prison, and proof-checked it. "Senator meets with wrongly deported Maryland Man in El Salvador," the NYT headline said. The White House X handle 'fixed' it and made it to 'Senator neets with Deported MS-13 illegal alien in El Salvador who's never coming […]

[ad_1] Majority of the students who lost their visas in Trump crackdown are Indians, a study revealed. The American Immigration Lawyers Association has revealed a study claiming that 50 per cent of the reported cases of US students whose visas got revoked are Indian. The association examined 327 reports of visa revocations by the Donald Trump administration and found out India leads the list followed by China with 14 per cent of Chinese students being at the receiving end of Trump's crackdown on visas. The study found out that a total of 50 per cent of visa revocations impacted those who were on Optional Practical Training (OPT), which means they had graduated and were employed in the United States.While the Trump administration has been reiterating that the visa crackdowns are not without any reason and most plausible reason is involvement […]