TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump lumbered back to the White House on Friday bringing back with him seeds of discord from Beijing despite assertions to the contrary. The promise of Chinese rose seeds for the White House Rose Garden from Xi Jinping, meant to be a diplomatic bouquet, instead highlighted the increasingly…
There are some quotes that immediately sound powerful because they are dramatic. Then others work differently. They feel quiet at first. Simple. Almost ordinary. Then, after reading them a second time, they begin to settle in your mind a little more.This quote from Queen Elizabeth II feels very much like that.At first glance, the words…
Yash Asarsa becomes the first Indian American to be elected to Rusk City Council, in east Texas. Yash Asarsa arrived in the United States more than two decades ago, carrying $950. On May 14, 2026, he was sworn in as a member of the Rusk City Council, becoming the first person from India to hold…
New controversies hit FBI director Kash Patel, accusing him of spending FBI resources on personal trips. FBI director Kash Patel is unfazed by the new controversies over his past trips, where he allegedly mixed work with pleasure on the FBI’s money. A new report claimed that when Patel took a work tour across the South…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad (Image credits: X @IDF) Israeli forces killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’ military wing and one of the last senior commanders linked to the planning of the October 7 attacks on Israel, in a targeted airstrike in Gaza City, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).In a post on X…
USCIS may cancel immigration applications even after processing if they find copy-pasted signatures. The US Department of Homeland Security has issued an interim rule on how it would reject applications if officers deem some signatures invalid. Published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2026, the rule gives USCIS broader authority to reject or deny…
Mohamed Mahudhee who was searching for the divers who drowned in the Maldives also died. The toll of the Maldives scuba tragedy increased after the authorities informed that a Maldivian diver who was searching for the bodies of the five Italian tourists killed earlier this week in the underwater lake also died. Sergeant Major Mohamed…
At least eight people were killed and more than 20 injured after a freight train collided with a public bus at a railway crossing in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday, AP reported.According to Thai media reports, the accident took place late in the afternoon near an airport rail link station in the central part of…
What happened after Joan Kroc left the Salvation Army one of the biggest donations in history? Image credit – Wikimedia The donation from Joan Kroc became known for its magnitude. Guinness World Records notes that it became the largest single charitable donation of such kind ever made. However, what makes the event relevant and interesting…
The details people missed about Robert F. Smith paying off Morehouse debt. Image credit – Wikimedia The statement made by Robert F. Smith at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony of 2019 was one of the most remembered events in educational charity. Addressing a crowd of graduating seniors, the entrepreneur said that the family of donors would…