UK annual leave: How holiday dates create shorter working week A rare sequence of official days off is set to shape a three-day workweek in the UK near the close of 2026, stemming from adjusted public holiday rules. Because of how dates fall, the replacement day for Boxing Day moves into a standard weekday. This…
A US man who was previously featured on the FBI’s Most Wanted list has pleaded guilty to a serious child sex trafficking charge, admitting to exploiting a minor over several years in exchange for money and gifts.Fields, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of child sex trafficking. According to prosecutors, he admitted to allowing a…
10 Patels indicted in the US for visa fraud through armed robbery will be deported after serving their sentence. The Justice Department said 10 Indian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to carry out staged armed robberies to get visas. All of them were previously…
Mahmoud Khalil loses deportation case. Palestinian activist and Green Card holder Mahmoud Khalil lost his latest bid for the deportation case, making him a step closer to being thrown out of the country. The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a final order of removal for Khalil after the board ruled that his plea won’t be…
Two men of Kurdish origin have been sentenced to 19 years each by the Cardiff Crown Court for operating a sophisticated people-smuggling network that moved migrants across Europe.According to a report by BBC, Dilshad Shamo (41) and Ali Khdir (40) facilitated the illegal movement of around 100 migrants per week over nearly two years, using…
Britain’s garden birds are facing a crisis, with starlings at record lows and greenfinches significantly depleted. The RSPB urges households to adjust feeding habits, suggesting pausing seeds and peanuts in warmer months to curb disease spread. Regular feeder cleaning and water changes are also crucial. These simple steps can help protect vulnerable bird populations. The…
Melania Trump said she had no association with Jeffrey Epstein. First Lady Melania Trump’s sweeping statement distancing herself from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came under intense scrutiny as commentators and observers are at a loss to decipher what triggered the statement at a tumultuous time like the US-Iran war which entered a ceasefire phase now….
An Australian newspaper recently ran a headline that read: ‘Singh beats Smith’. It was about business ownership in Sydney, but it captured the steady shift in how the desi diaspora, now estimated at over 35 million people spread across more than 200 countries, has become a force. Last month, members from 25 countries gathered in…
US rep Brandon Gill is facing extreme heat online for his comment on hiring Indians at 7-Eleven stores in the US. In a video that is quickly gaining traction on X (formerly Twitter), Gill said the idea that America would bring a 7-Eleven worker from India or anywhere else on the globe to work at…
A remarkable find in an active underground stream has recently been made deep beneath the rolling hills of the Edwards Plateau. During a snorkelling excursion through the low ceilings and dark passages of Bender’s Cave in Comal County, Texas, researchers discovered an enormous ‘lag assemblage’ of Pleistocene megafauna. It is also uniquely important, as it…