Tragedy struck off Tunisia’s coast on Wednesday when a migrant boat carrying 70 people capsized. Forty were dead—including infants—and 30 were rescued, officials said. “Initial investigations indicate that there were 70 people on board,” confirmed Mahdia prosecutor’s spokesman Walid Chtabri. All were from sub-Saharan Africa, hoping for a better life across the Mediterranean. Tunisia, just
A terrifying fireball erupted into the sky Tuesday morning after a gas pipeline exploded near a gas station. The explosion rocked the neighborhood in Putra Heights, just outside Kuala Lumpur. The inferno, reaching 20 stories high at its peak, spread rapidly to nearby homes, leaving over 100 people injured and dozens of houses damaged. Explosion
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has fired an intern for destroying an Artificial Intelligence project the company was working on. ByteDance said the intern was fired as he did something he was not supposed to do. The company mentioned that the intern was “maliciously interfering” with the training of ByteDance’s generative AI model, Doubao,
The family and relatives of notorious Menendez brothers have urged the courts to consider the release of the two brothers after new evidence. The new evidence suggests that the two brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, acted in self-defense after years of emotional and physical abuse. Menendez Brothers Faced Abuse At a press conference on Wednesday
Samuel Mena Jr., a journalist, set his arm on fire during a pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House. The chaotic scene unfolded in Lafayette Park, where bystanders and police rushed to extinguish the flames. Mena sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Mena’s Motivations and Statements Mena had
For the first time in the city’s history, the New York City mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on corruption charges. Although the details of the charges remain sealed, Adams has been under investigation for alleged corruption. In a video statement, Mr. Adams encouraged the residents to keep praying for him as he vowed to
Hip-Hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in New York City after voluntarily traveling to the city, according to his attorney, Marc Agnifilo. The charges against Combs have not been disclosed at the moment and he is currently being held at an FBI field office. Agnifilo remarked that his client was completely innocent and called
A public interest group has accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX for failing to take care of Earth’s orbit. In a new research report, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) called the space agency “WasteX” for filling the Earth’s orbit with harmful objects that can have serious consequences for Earth’s ozone layer. WasteX In a report titled “WasteX:
The nominated democratic presidential candidate and vice President Kamala Harris has raised $200 million in donations in just one week, the BBC reported. The first zoom call raised $1 million in just three hours when Harris arranged a zoom call with several black activists. It’s been just a week since Harris had entered the White
A secret Russian court has sentenced yet another US journalist for covering the country’s war in Ukraine, the CBS News reported. The report mentioned that the journalist Alsu Kurmasheva from the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was jailed for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian military fighting in Ukraine. Two US Journalists Convicted
The Republican nominee Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping sent him a “beautiful note” after an assassination attempt last week. Trump, while still wearing an ear bandage to the left, said he gets along very well with the Chinese premier and called him a “very great guy”. What Did Xi Write? At a
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and a the White House national security council member has been charged with spying for South Korea. According to an indictment made public from Manhattan federal court, Sue Mi Terry failed to register as a foreign agent while working for South Korean intelligence. What Did Terry Do? According
