Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has dissolved Parliament and called a snap election for April 28, citing growing tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump and the need for a renewed mandate to steer the country through economic uncertainty. The decision, announced on Sunday, comes just two weeks after Carney assumed office, succeeding Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” Carney said in Ottawa after seeking approval for the dissolution of Parliament from the…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that the first Hajj flight for 2025 is scheduled to depart for Saudi Arabia on May 1st. The Hajj operation will span 30 days, with the final flight leaving on May 30th. The official flight schedule is expected to be released by April 10th. Five airlines, including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Saudi Airlines, will participate in the Hajj airlift. Approximately 89,000 Pakistani pilgrims will travel under the government scheme, while a total of 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims are expected to perform Hajj this year. Hajj 2025
A Georgia jury has awarded nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who claims Bayer’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, marking another significant legal setback for the company. The verdict includes $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, representing one of the largest settlements in Roundup-related litigation. Plaintiff John Barnes sued Monsanto, now a Bayer subsidiary, in 2021, alleging that Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His attorney, Kyle Findley, stated the verdict will help Barnes access necessary medical treatment and expose Monsanto’s alleged disregard for public safety. Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018, continues…
Columbia University students returned to campus Monday to find significant policy changes implemented during their spring break, a move seemingly aimed at satisfying the Trump administration’s demands to release $400 million in federal funding. The university announced sweeping reforms, including stricter protest regulations, a mask ban, potential sanctions for violating student groups, and an immediate review of Middle East studies programs and admissions, all in response to the administration’s concerns about antisemitism on campus. These changes follow President Trump’s threats to cut federal funds to universities accused of tolerating antisemitism amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict. Columbia’s status as a leading institution…
Beneath a predawn sky, adorned with shimmering stars and clouds lazily floating past the moon, Sudiksha Konanki stepped into the warm, inviting waters of the Caribbean Sea. Far from the pounding thrum of party music and the clamor of tipsy conversations, Konanki and Joshua Steven Riibe waded waist-deep into the water and shared a kiss, based on an account of the events Riibe relayed to investigators. That kiss may have been one of her last moments alive, as Dominican Republic authorities believe the 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh college student drowned in the early hours of March 6, her parents have…
A 21-year-old man from Honduras, accused of killing a mother of five in an Atlanta suburb, was in the United States illegally, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV, citing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Hector Sagastume Rivas crossed the US border illegally just over four years ago, an ICE spokesperson told WSB-TV. US Customs and Border Protection initially arrested him, and an order for his removal from the country was issued more than two years later, in July 2023. “President Trump and Secretary Noem will not allow criminal illegal aliens, including accused murderers, to be loose on America’s streets,” the…
The Trump administration, after accusing Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil of being a Hamas sympathizer without providing evidence, now asserts that Khalil’s deportation is justified because he failed to disclose connections to two organizations on his application to become a permanent US resident. His attorneys deem this argument weak. The government states that Khalil omitted from his green card application his prior employment with the Syrian office of the British Embassy in Beirut and his membership in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UNRWA is a target of…
As Sean “Diddy” Combs battles criminal charges and dozens of civil suits, his life and some of those in it are under intense scrutiny. Now, the former chief of staff of his Combs Enterprises (now known as Combs Global), Kristina Khorram, is speaking out. “For months, horrific accusations have been made about me in various lawsuits regarding my former boss,” Khorram said in a statement obtained by CNN. “These false allegations of my involvement are causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family.” “I have never condoned or aided and abetted…
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” from other songwriters. Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey’s request for summary judgment on Wednesday, giving her and co-writer and co-defendant Walter Afanasieff a victory without going to trial. In 2023, songwriters Andy Stone of Louisiana — who goes by the stage name Vince Vance — and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed a $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey’s 1994 song, which has since become a holiday standard and annual streaming sensation, infringed the copyright of…
A revival of “Othello,” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, has made history. The production at the Barrymore Theatre has become Broadway’s highest-grossing play of all time, generating $2.8 million in just eight preview performances. This surpasses the previous record held by “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which earned over $2.7 million in December 2023, according to Deadline. Washington and Gyllenhaal recently discussed the project on “CBS News Sunday Morning.” “It’s the most excited I’ve been this century,” Washington said. “Seriously. I haven’t been this excited about anything I’ve done as I am about this.” He plays the titular…
