Justice Yashwant Varma has resigned from his post following a cash recovery controversy and impeachment proceedings. Allegations of unaccounted cash surfaced after a fire at his residence, prompting a Supreme Court inquiry and subsequent parliamentary action. The judge had previously questioned the constitutionality of the inquiry process.
The BJP has released its West Bengal election manifesto, promising a 'Sonar Bangla' with key pledges like monthly financial aid for women and unemployed youth, and implementing the Seventh Pay Commission. Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticized the current government's governance and assured a Bengali Chief Minister, emphasizing security, welfare, and economic growth.
Rail traffic was halted across several regions of Iran on April 7 after US and Israeli strikes hit Iranian infrastructure
Pavel Durov revealed that WhatsApp read its users’ messages and shared them with third parties
Marat Berdyev also noted that throughout 2026, a series of in-person meetings and video conferences will be held, dedicated to various areas of international scientific cooperation and the drafting of a final document
Vladimir Zelensky believes that Washington has a «domestic political deadline»
The total number of employees declined by nearly 40% in 2025 to 1,560
Before heading out to a friend's birthday party last month, I mentally ran through everything I needed. Make-up, bottle of wine, flat shoes for the way home.
Thirty-three years, eight murdered young women and a decades-long fight for justice had all led up to the day when Rex Heuermann finally confessed to being the Gilgo Beach serial killer.
Zeynab Javadli said the Dubai courts have ordered police to snatch back her children and deliver them to Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Abdulmanon Aliev, 50, approached the child on the train from Southend, Essex, to London on June 16 last year.
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[New Times] Watching films that tell the true story of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi offers more than a window into the past, it provides lessons for the present.
[New Times] In the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, perpetrators and their sympathisers launched sustained campaigns of denial, many of which continue to fuel genocide ideology today.
[WFP] WFP and other humanitarians are stretching lean budgets to support millions reeling from conflict, displacement and climate shocks in the Central African nation
Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how some countries are using heat from nuclear power plants to heat homes; map the countries with the biggest potential to generate solar power; and learn about the government's new approach to protecting nature.
Saab is pitching a Montreal-based, sovereign data hub to secure Canada's fighter jet contract, arguing it would keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. The move challenges Lockheed Martin's F-35 model and amplifies Ottawa's growing unease over data control, AI and strategic dependence.
The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada’s history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.
According to Yevgeny Dudorov, Robotics Corporation deputy CEO for production and technological development, the robot is an anthropomorphic torso-type system equipped with artificial vision
Almost all European NATO members are broadly supportive of more «strategic autonomy» from the US
The Russian troops are preparing for an offensive to the west of Ambarnoye
Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted that Vladimir Zelensky is interested in a longer ceasefire in order to try to change the balance of power on the battlefield
More than 50 drones were destroyed in 10 districts of the Rostov Region, with no casualties reported, Governor Yury Slyusar said
[RFI] Djibouti votes in a presidential election on Friday expected to extend President Ismail Omar Guelleh's 27-year rule, as the strategically located country hosts major foreign military bases and sits on a key global shipping route under pressure from regional conflict.
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Fourteen-year-old Gabriela Wright had no chance of escape. The teenager was trapped in a back room with a single entrance and no rear exit when a fire of unknown origin tore through a five-bedroom house in St John’s Garden, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday, leaving her dead and a community in mourning. Her charred body was discovered after the blaze was extinguished, marking a heartbreaking end for a student remembered as quiet, bright, and full of promise.
The National Works Agency (NWA) and the Mines and Geology Division have moved to allay public concern that recent activity along the Wag Water River is putting the Westmoreland Bridge in St Mary at risk, insisting that the structure remains safe and that no mining is taking place near it. “The bridge is safe and is not in any danger,” Stephen Shaw, manager for communication and customer services at the NWA, told The Gleaner yesterday, amid unease among residents following heavy rains.
WESTERN BUREAU: The departure of 27 Cuban healthcare workers from Cornwall Regional Hospital has exposed critical gaps in specialist care, forcing the Government to turn to the diaspora, Africa, and India to fill the void. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, speaking at a press briefing in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday, said the group – comprising 22 nurses, three doctors, and four radiotherapists – had been filling roles that could not easily be staffed locally.
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the removal of individual heads at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will do little to cure a “dysfunctional culture” that has metastasised within the institution for decades. His comment comes amid an unfolding scandal at the teaching hospital triggered by the findings of a report from the Auditor General’s Department.
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says he is disappointed with the government posture in demanding full disclosure to his claim that shelterees are engaging in open sexual activities in schools that are being used as shelters. "Such requests are most inappropriate, misdirected, and betray fundamental understanding of how sensitive matters of this nature must be handled,” said Malabver, who was speaking on yesterday’s final day of the JTA’s 2026 Education Conference in Hanover,
First Lady Melania Trump is pushing back on claims she was linked to the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Esptein.
