$1M to boss: Toronto Airport gold heist accused Arsalan Chaudhary pleads guilty to $20m theft, tells court what he did with money

Arsalan Chaudhary pleads guilty to Canada’s largest gold heist that took place in 2023 at Toronto Pearson Airport. In 2023, the Toronto Pearson Airport witnessed the country’s biggest gold heist as Arsalan Chaudhary masterminded a theft of 6,600 gold bars valued at $22.5 million along with millions in foreign cash. Two Air Canada employees (now…

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Pakistan to mediate Iran-US talks? Trump reposts PM Shehbaz Sharif’s tweet

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fueled speculation about Pakistan playing a mediating role between Washington and Tehran after sharing a post by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing Islamabad’s willingness to host talks to end the ongoing conflict.In a post on X, Sharif said Pakistan was “ready and honoured” to facilitate “meaningful and conclusive…

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Coyle: ‘A positive step’: Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention

Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention (Picture credit: AP) Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle, who had been held for more than a year, in a move welcomed by Washington but accompanied by renewed US demands for the return of other Americans still believed…

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‘Indian man asked me to…’: US-based techie says passenger escorted off plane over seat swap drama

A viral social media post stirred a row about in-flight etiquette after a US-based techie said he was approached by a passenger asking him to swap seats on an international flight.Saran Shanmugam, an Indian-American and director of Information Technology at the Biophysical Society, was travelling to India on a Middle Eastern airline. He had pre-booked…

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Who was Kermit Gosnell? ‘House of horrors’ abortion doctor convicted of killing newborn babies dies in prison

Kermit Gosnell, a former abortion doctor from West Philadelphia, has died at the age of 85 while serving multiple life sentences in prison. He had most recently been lodged at the State Correctional Institution-Smithfield, located nearly 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.A Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson, Maria Bivens, said Kermit Gosnell died on March 1…

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‘America will be paralyzed’: Iran issues ‘eye for a head’ to Trump if US hits infrastructure

Iran issued an “eye for a head” warning to Donald Trump, saying the United States would face a harsher response if it attacks Iran’s infrastructure, as Tehran hardened its position on ending the war.Former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohsen Rezaei said the war would continue until “all damages to Iran are compensated and sanctions…

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Lebanon: ‘Forward defensive line’: Israel says it will control south Lebanon up to Litani River to create a ‘security zone’

File photo: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz Israel said on Tuesday that its military would take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a “security zone”, marking a major escalation in its campaign against Hezbollah, while Lebanon took the unprecedented step of declaring Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and ordering him…

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$1 billion fraud by US govt: Immigration expert calls Green Card ban a silent scam; no denial, no refund

A report by The Cato Institute says US government committed $1 million fraud through 75 country ban as they took visa processing fees from nationals from these countries but will never process those. The Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, in its latest report, called the US government’s Green Card ban on 75 countries the largest…

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