Pop star Charlie Puth publicly slams SpaceX for launching rockets near his Santa Barbara, California home, saying the shock waves are leaving his wife “frightened”. Puth and his wife Brooke Sansone expect their first child in March 2026. On December 10, 2025, Puth says on X the pre-dawn sonic boom of a Falcon 9 launch…
Britain’s King Charles III shared a rare update on his cancer journey, saying his treatment has progressed well and will be scaled back in the new year, marking what he described as a significant moment in his recovery.In a pre-recorded video message for Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer broadcast, as cited by ANI, the…
An Indian restaurant has been shut down in Seattle after at least 43 people reported major stomach upset, diarrhea after having a ‘Fusion Thanksgiving Feast’ at the restaurant around November 28. According to reports, the symptoms included diarrhea, stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache, and body aches but no restaurant workers were affected. King County…
Elon Musk has sharply criticised California Governor Gavin Newsom after the governor’s press office referred to Musk’s transgender child as a daughter. Responding on X, Musk wrote, “I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier,” before claiming that his child has a “tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on…
Dubai city/Representative Image Thinking of moving to Dubai in 2026? Wondering about how much everything will cost and what your monthly expenses might look like? Here is a complete guide breaking down the cost of living in Dubai, including rent, utilities, groceries, transportation, and leisure, so you can plan smart and live comfortably. Why Dubai…
Yuta Seki, StylishNoob (via GameWatch) Yuta Seki, widely known with his stage name online as StylishNoob, is one of Japan’s biggest Twitch stars. He was once a professional gamer and later became an important name in Japan’s streaming scene. With over 1.1 million Twitch followers, he has created a loyal fan base through his funny…
Indian-origin semi driver Kamalpreet Singh, believed to be an illegal immigrant, staying in the US without any valid documentation, was released on bond after he was charged with vehicular homicide. The bond amount was set at $100,000. A major outrage started against Indian-origin drivers behind the wheel in the US, taking lives recklessly and then…
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been receiving lists of travelers who are coming through airports to cross-check with their list of people who ICE thinks should be deported, making the work easier but in a controversial way. The New York Times reported that since March, the list of air travelers has stopped being confidential…
Vice President JD Vance reacted to the new H-1B row as states now challenge the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and said the states can instead try hiring Americans. Vance was reacting to Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s social media post on suing the new fee, calling it illegal. Dan Rayfield said the…
Nik Pash, the US techie who drew the wrath of social media after making an apparent comment on Indian techies that they are smelly, has been fired from his company, Cline. Cline founder and CEO Saoud Rizwan initially came to Nik’s defence, asserting that the comment was a generic comment on how jampacked hackathon rooms…
As the State Department begins social media vetting of all visa applicants, primarily H-1B, H-4 but also students and other non-immigrant visas, immigration lawyer Brad Bernstein explained that now there is unlikely to be any instant visa approval and immigration officials will go through all social media profiles of a candidate — looking for contradictions….
When a single-line reply under a hackathon photo set off a storm on X, many outside the Indian and South Asian tech community initially dismissed the reaction as overblown. The phrase was short, vague and, to some, easily explained away as a crude joke about long hours and crowded rooms. But for many Indians in…
Two US service members and one American civilian were killed, and three other US troops injured, in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman in central Syria on Saturday, US Central Command said.In a post on X, CENTCOM, an American military arm that looks after operations in the Middle East, said the Americans were…
At least six people were killed after a strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan’s southern Kordofan region, a medical source told news agency AFP on Saturday.“Six people were killed in a bombing of the UN headquarters while they were inside the building,” the medical source at Kadugli’s hospital said. Witnesses said that the…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: A coalition of 20 US states led by Democratic attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, claiming the policy exceeds presidential authority and threatens US labor markets and critical services. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court…
As 20 states sued the Donald Trump administration for its $100k fee on H-1B visa, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, known for his strong anti-immigration stand, said these lawsuits will not hold water as President Donald Trump deserves all the credit to be the first president who took action against companies for…
The 2024 murder of Indian-origin Gurjit Singh in New Zealand finally found its closure after his former boss, Rajinder, was found guilty of the murder. DNA evidence linked Rajinder to Gurjit Singh’s murder, to which Rajinder had not pleaded guilty, and in fact, his lawyer contested that he had no motive to kill Singh. But…
In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. Presidential envoy John Coale shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP) VILNIUS, LITHUANIA: Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 123 prisoners in exchange for a lifting of…
For nearly a year, Delaram Pouyabahar planned her next academic step around a postdoctoral position at Harvard University. Interviews, fellowship applications, visa paperwork and a consular interview in Toronto were all completed. Then, in early June 2025, a new US travel ban quietly brought those plans to a halt.The policy, announced on June 4, expanded…
Khamzat Chimaev (via Getty Images) The latest training footage of Khamzat Chimaev has sparked a fresh debate in the MMA world. The video showed ‘Borz’ working on his striking, but not everyone was impressed. Joaquin Buckley, also known as ‘New Mansa’, believes the footage does not match how Chimaev usually fights inside the Octagon.The welterweight…
