US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the appointment of William J Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the interim Director of National Intelligence (DNI), ahead of Tulsi Gabbard’s departure from the post to care for her cancer-stricken husband.Also Read | From surf buddies to soulmates: How Tulsi Gabbard and…
Clayton teen says she was denied her diploma as she spoke about ICE and Palestine in her welcome speech. Leen Hijaz, a Palestinian-origin Muslim student of Clayton High School, Missouri, said her principal was not giving her a diploma as she made a controversial graduation speech, which her principal interrupted as well. During the graduation…
Some USCIS officers have begun asking green-card applicants why they chose Adjustment of Status (AOS) rather than consular processing abroad following the agency’s controversial May 22 policy memo, according to immigration attorneys.Attorneys told TOI that while several field officers are questioning applicants on why they did not pursue immigrant visa processing in their home country,…
Indian-origin entrepreneur and The Apprentice winner Karishma Vijay became emotional and appeared to break down in tears while opening up about body insecurities and mental health struggles, saying the pressures of a life-changing year have left her exhausted.The 29-year-old won a £250,000 investment from Alan Sugar earlier this year for her skincare brand Kishkin after…
London tube network hit by fresh strike as commuters face delays / Image: File The morning rush hour arrived with fewer trains, longer queues and growing frustration across London as Tube drivers began a fresh 24-hour strike, disrupting journeys for thousands of commuters across the capital.The walkout, which started shortly after midnight on Tuesday, June…
Most people use a paper cup for a few minutes and throw it away. Sunil Joseph chose a different path. The 57-year-old social worker from Kerala spent years collecting paper cups from around the world and turned that unusual hobby into a Guinness World Record. On December 1, 2025, Guinness officially recognised his collection of…
For decades, archaeologists suspected that a strange landscape hidden in the Spanish Pyrenees was more than a product of nature. Deep trenches, artificial ravines and enormous excavated areas hinted at a forgotten human story buried beneath the mountains. Now, researchers have confirmed that the site, known as Guilleteres d’All in northeastern Spain, was once a…
The UK government has revoked travel authorisations for pro-Palestinian figures Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, preventing them from entering the country ahead of scheduled speaking engagements in London.The pair had been due to participate in the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London and speak at the Oxford Union this week.In a statement to CNN,…
Derbyshire cave reveals Britain’s earliest known prehistoric artwork / Image: File For years, they were little more than mysterious scratches on a cave wall.Some believed they were accidental marks. Others thought they were too faint and fragmented to hold any real archaeological significance. Now, after detailed scientific analysis and years of research, experts have confirmed…
A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK was told its children must leave. A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK has been told that its two young children must leave the country despite their mother being granted permission to remain until 2031, according to a report by The Guardian.The case involves…
