Screen grab from Hong Kong’s now deleted anti-drug campaign Hong Kong’s prison service has withdrawn an anti-drug video featuring AI-generated virtual K-pop idols after social media users said it, on the contrary, resembled a promotion campaign for illegal substances.The Correctional Services Department uploaded the controversial video, titled “Obsession: The Sugar-Coated Trap,” to its social media…
Who Is Tou Lue Vang? Sex Abuser Facing Deportation Pardoned in Minnesota A Hmong immigrant scheduled for deportation following a conviction for child sexual abuse has been granted a full pardon by the Minnesota Board of Pardons. The controversial decision was criticised by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and federal immigration officials, who accuse…
In this photo, taken from video, a firefighter exits the charred remains of an Econo Lodge motel in Wooster, Ohio A fast-moving fire tore through a motel in Ohio in the early hours of Wednesday, killing three people of Indian-origin who were trapped inside a room.Flames were already shooting through the roof when firefighters arrived…
TOI correspondant from Washington: Some two centuries after Tipu Sultan’s Mysore projectiles, parlayed by the British into Congreve missiles, led Francis Scott Key to note the “rocket’s red glare” in the Star Spangled Banner, the US capital is about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they come from, are no fun on a fiendishly…
H-1B visa holders laid off from their jobs with only 60 days to find a new employer are going through a difficult time in the US. A former international student from India, Maya, shared the hardships H-1B visa holders in the US are facing after a layoff. These visa holders have 60 days to find…
Guest list of who would be attending Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral Iran begins a week of funeral ceremonies on Friday for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US–Israeli strike in February. The ceremonies will move from Tehran to Qom, then to Najaf in Iraq, before concluding with burial in his…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition government on Thursday presented a wide-ranging reform package aimed at reviving Germany’s sluggish economy, introducing tax cuts, pension changes, stricter sick leave rules and steps to reduce bureaucracy, according to government statements and Reuters reporting.According to AP, Merz said the reforms were designed to reposition Europe’s largest economy…
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were arrested after climbing the empire state building. A marriage proposal on top of one of the world’s most famous skyscrapers may sound like a scene from a movie. But for Russian urban climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov, it ended with handcuffs instead of a happy ending.On July 1,…
The release of Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed has sparked furious public backlash over an immigration loophole / Image – file The release of Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed has reignited anger over a legal loophole that prevents his deportation despite serious sexual offence convictions.The release of Shabir Ahmed, the convicted leader of…
Trump puts Nato on blast over alleged US spending to protect them US President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to lambaste Nato over what he claimed was US spending to protect them.His post read, ‘The United States spends more money on Nato than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any…