The sudden resignation of India’s Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday night has sparked speculation about what prompted the move. Dhankar, also the chairman of the upper house of the parliament, announced his resignation on the first day of the monsoon session, citing health concerns. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had nominated him for the post, has yet to comment on his resignation. But many opposition leaders have expressed surprise at the move, with one MP saying there was more to it “than meets the eye”. Dhankhar, 74, took office in August 2022, with his term set to run…
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US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed order had kept the documents, totalling 230,000 pages, blocked from public view since 1977. Prominent members of King’s family had opposed the release. A statement from his two living children condemned “any attempts to misuse these documents in ways intended to undermine our father’s legacy”. King, a Baptist minister, was shot in Memphis on 4 April 1968, at age 39. James Earl Ray, a career criminal, pleaded guilty to the…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner has been private about his personal life in recent years—the beloved actor did not talk publicly about his wife and child—but in the past, he had a high-profile relationship with a girlfriend that did not end well. Warner dated actress Regina King from 2011 to 2013. The two even lived together, but things ended suddenly in 2013 when the actor reportedly blindsided his girlfriend of two years by ending the relationship. In March of that year, King posted to Twitter to deny that there was trouble in the relationship. “Hey everybody PLEASE don’t believe everything you read. Me…
A New York federal appeals court Monday ruled that the former bodega stock clerk convicted in the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz should receive a new trial or be released from custody. Pedro Hernandez, 64, was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering Patz after he confessed to luring the child into a basement as he walked to his bus stop in SoHo. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in connection with the case that rocked New York City. The child was among the first to be placed on a milk carton to seek the…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died, according to a source close to the actor. He was 54. Warner died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his family, the source said. Warner was swimming at Playa Grande in the town of Cocles in the province of Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica around 2:30 p.m. local time Sunday, when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean, according to the Associated Press. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation…
Free agent point guard Chris Paul has agreed to a deal with the LA Clippers for his expected final, 21st NBA season, CAA’s Steven Heumann, Ty Sullivan and Jessica Holtz told ESPN. Paul, 40, had multiple suitors such as the Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets, but the 12-time All-Star chose the contending Clippers and their shared history in Los Angeles. Paul told “The Pat McAfee Show” in June that he was determined to play his 21st season near his family, who live in Los Angeles. He becomes the latest veteran addition to the Clippers, who also have added shooting guard…
In a world where economic self-sufficiency is the dream for all, how importance of retirement planning cannot be overemphasised. With growing life expectancy and the cost of living going up by a percentage point annually, selecting the appropriate pension scheme is more crucial than ever before. And yet, when there is all the knowledge available, there are so many who are dazed by choice and do not have a clue where to begin. The good news is that you don’t need to be a retirement cash whiz to make good decisions about your retirement. With the technology at our fingertips…
It’s been six months since Joe Biden left the Oval Office. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, can’t stop talking about him. The House has launched investigations asserting that Biden’s closest advisers covered up a physical and mental decline during the 82-year-old Democrat’s presidency. The Senate has started a series of hearings focused on his mental fitness. And Trump’s White House has opened its own investigation into the Biden administration’s use of the presidential autopen, which Trump has called “one of the biggest scandals in the history of our country.” It all fits with Trump’s practice of blaming his predecessors for…
Lawyers for the Trump administration and Harvard University will square off in a Boston courtroom on Monday with billions in US government funding at stake. The White House has frozen more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal grants, demanding changes to Harvard’s hiring, admissions and teaching practices to fight antisemitism and halt DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – programmes. The Trump presidency has also moved to prevent the university from accessing a visa system that allows it to enrol foreign students. In response, the university filed lawsuits and is requesting summary judgement, a swift decision based on established facts without…
A Wells Fargo banker has been blocked from leaving China due to a criminal matter, the country’s foreign ministry has confirmed. Chenyue Mao “is involved in a criminal case currently being handled by Chinese law-enforcement authorities and is subject to exit restrictions in accordance with the law”, ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a press briefing in Beijing on Monday. It is not known when the ban was imposed, or the exact nature of the case. In the wake of the ban, the bank – which has had one branch in Shanghai since 2005 and another in Beijing since 2015 -…
President Donald Trump has threatened to block a deal for the Washington Commanders’ new stadium if the American football team does not revert to their original name. The US president said in a post on Truth Social on Sunday that a “big clamouring” exists for the “Washington Whatevers” to change back to the Redskins and claimed it would make the team “more valuable”. The NFL team dropped the name Redskins in July 2020 after a review as it was long considered racist and offensive to Native Americans. They were called the Washington Football Team during the 2020 season before changing…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba m said he had no plans to quit, despite projections his ruling coalition will lose its majority in the country’s upper house. Voters went to the polls on Sunday for the tightly-contested election, being held at a time of frustration at the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito over rising prices and the threat of US tariffs. Speaking after polls closed on Sunday, the prime minister said he “solemnly” accepts the “harsh result” but that his focus was on trade negotiations. Having already lost its majority in Japan’s more…
US TV star Ellen DeGeneres has made her first public appearance since moving to the UK, saying she decided to settle in England the day after Donald Trump was re-elected US president. The comedian and host told a crowd in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, that life “is just better” in the UK. Ellen said she and wife Portia de Rossi were considering getting married again in England after some moves in the US to reverse the right to gay marriage, and that America can still be “scary for people to be who they are”. She also addressed allegations of a toxic workplace…
Exit polls from an election in Japan project the ruling coalition is set to lose its majority, putting the country’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba under immense political pressure. Voters headed to the polls earlier on Sunday for the tightly-contested upper house election, being held amid public frustration over rising prices and the threat of US tariffs. Having already lost its majority in Japan’s more powerful lower house, defeat for the coalition in the upper house would critically undermine its influence over policymaking and could prompt Ishiba to quit less than a year after he was elected. The coalition needs 50…
Leaders allied to the Kenya Kwanza administration Sunday expressed confidence in President William Ruto’s re-election in 2027, dismissing any claims of potential election rigging. They assured the public that the government is fully committed to upholding the Constitution and ensuring free, fair, and transparent polls. Speaking after a Sunday Mass at Regina Caeli Catholic Church in Karen, presided over by Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo, the leaders underscored their faith in the electoral process and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes Geoffrey Ruku emphasized that no one in government,…