Growth figures say Canada has slipped into what many experts would call a technical recession. Canada entered into what many experts would call a technical recession after it reported two consecutive quarters of contraction in economic growth. Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent on an annualized basis in the first…
Millions of Social Security beneficiaries who receive their monthly payments through Direct Express prepaid debit cards are set to experience an important administrative change. The US Department of the Treasury has begun transitioning the Direct Express programme from Comerica Bank to Fifth Third Bank, which will become the new financial agent for the programme. While…
On a rugged peninsula in northern Greece lies one of Europe’s most unusual and secluded places. Known as Mount Athos, or the Holy Mountain, this autonomous monastic community has barred women from entering for more than 1,000 years. Home to centuries-old Orthodox monasteries, ancient manuscripts and a population made up almost entirely of monks, Mount…
China’s key maritime vulnerability starts at the Strait of Hormuz rather than the Strait of Malacca, creating a fresh arena of strategic competition in the Indian Ocean involving Beijing, India, France and the United States, according to a new report released ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.The London-based International Institute for Strategic…
Former US attorney general Pam Bondi on Friday appeared before the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door interview over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, admitting there were “redaction errors” while defending the Justice Department’s actions under her leadership.Bondi’s testimony comes amid mounting scrutiny over the Trump administration’s handling of records linked to convicted…
California man shares harrowing experience as his robotaxi started speeding at a construction site. A California couple had the most harrowing 20 seconds of their life when their self-driving Waymo robotaxi went haywire and began speeding through a highway construction zone. The company offered him $120 in free rides, compensating for the life-threatening experience he…
Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia reacted to the viral video showing a group of Indian tourists performing ‘Garba’ on an airport tarmac in Vietnam. He said culture is more about behaviour than public display.The viral video circulating across Instagram, Reddit, X and other social media platforms, shows several Indian travellers dancing in a circle near a…
Vivek Ramaswamy blasted the fake news that he was denied entry to the Knicks locker room and said he did not even wait after his team was crushed. Vivek Ramaswamy said it was a dumb thing to claim that he wanted to enter the Knicks locker room under the guise of welcoming them to Ohio…
Less than a year after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, his widow Erika Kirk has denied rumours that she has moved on and started a new relationship.The controversy began after online conspiracy theorist Collin Scott Campbell claimed on X that Erika Kirk had been seen getting “very intimate” with casino heir…
A political dispute has erupted over the legal exemption allowing Sikhs to carry kirpans in public after Reform UK pledged to repeal the protection following a recent murder conviction.The debate was triggered by the case of Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was convicted of murdering 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak in Southampton using a 21cm kirpan,…