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Saudi Arabia arrests over 14,000 in one-week/Image: Representative Image More than 14,000 people were arrested across Saudi Arabia during a week-long enforcement campaign targeting residency, labour and border security violations, the Ministry of Interior said, as cited by Saudi Gazette.The operation, conducted between July 23 and July 29, led to the arrest of 14,154 people….
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday rejected claims that Iran was behind a series of cyberattacks targeting Minnesota’s water systems, instead blaming the state’s Democratic leadership without providing evidence.Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump said reports linking the attacks to Iran were unconvincing.“We heard in Minnesota there was…
Tuskegee University, a historically Black university (HBCU) in Alabama. Students at a major US university will now have to arrive on campus with a business suit and comply with new restrictions on certain headwear under a revised dress code aimed at promoting professionalism, a move that has triggered a sharp online debate over whether the…
US makes visa bond pilot programme permanent. The United States is making a visa bond programme permanent that could require certain visitors to pay up to $20,000 before being granted entry for business or tourism. The policy, announced by the US State Department, is aimed at reducing the number of people who overstay their visas….
Representative Image of invasive Australian trees in the Florida Everglades (AI-generated image) In 1936, a Florida landowner scattered melaleuca seeds from an aeroplane over the eastern edge of the Everglades, part of a deliberate, decades-long effort to dry out what was then widely viewed as unusable swampland and turn it into farmable ground. The tree,…
US State Department presented an AI-generated map at a Brazil health conference that misplaced Nigeria, Mozambique, and Ivory Coast. A map of Africa shown during a US State Department presentation at an international health conference in Brazil incorrectly placed and labelled every country on the continent, drawing attention from attendees and prompting widespread online discussion.The…
An Indian national from Punjab has been added to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted list over his alleged involvement in an international organised crime network accused of drug trafficking, firearms offences and racketeering.According to the FBI, Gurpreet Singh is wanted for his alleged role in the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organised Crime Group,…
Representative Image of a river restored after a landmark clean water campaign (AI-generated image) In 1962, Marion Stoddart moved with her husband and three young children to Groton, Massachusetts, settling less than a mile from the Nashua River. At the time, the Nashua ranked among the ten most polluted rivers in the United States, running…
If you live in America and love guacamole, there is a good chance the avocados in your bowl came from Mexico. What is surprising is that the rules used to bring those avocados into the United States may also have helped clean up nearby waterways in Mexico.A 202 analysis titled ‘Agricultural trade policy and water…
Jory Thomas used his rodeo lasso skills to save a man from the fast-moving Yellowstone River (Screengrab: KTVQ news) A family camping trip along Montana’s Yellowstone River turned into a life-saving rescue by a 14-year-old boy. The teenager usedthe roping skills he had learnt on a ranch to pull a struggling man out of the…
