Sushant Singh found dead in Mumbai
Actor Sushant Singh has passed away at 34. He was found dead in his apartment in Mumbai. While there was no note, the Mumbai Police is ruling it a suicide. “Sushant Singh Rajput has committed suicide, Mumbai Police is investigating,” said a spokesperson of Mumbai Police. Singh had made his debut in 2014’s Kai Po Che and went […]
Twitter shuts thousands of accounts linked to China, Russia, Turkey
Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of “state linked” accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics. By far the biggest network uncovered was linked to China, the US social media giant said, comprised of a “highly engaged core” of 23,750 accounts that was boosted […]
Protesters Burn Down Wendy’s Restaurant Where Another Black Man Was Killed by Police
Protesters shut down a major highway in Atlanta on Saturday and burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police as he tried to escape arrest, an incident likely to fuel more nationwide tensions over race and police tactics. The restaurant was in flames for more than 45 minutes before […]
American convicted of spying in Russia, gets 16 years
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court convicted an American corporate security executive Monday of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison after a closed trial that the U.S. denounced as a “mockery of justice,” and it angrily said his treatment in jail was “appalling.” Paul Whelan, a former Marine from Novi, Michigan, has […]
When does it stop?’ Slain man’s family makes tearful plea
ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. An autopsy found that 27-year-old Rayshard […]
3 cops allegedly ingest bleach in their milkshakes at Shake Shack
Three New York City cops have been hospitalized after supposedly ingesting dye that had been placed into their milkshakes at a Shake Shack café in New York City. The episode happened on the night of June 15 when the three officials went to a Shake Shack eatery in Lower Manhattan when, sooner or later during their feast, […]
Trump signs order on police reform, but doesn’t mention racism
WASHINGTON — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would encourage better police practices. But he made no mention of the roiling national debate over racism spawned by police killings of black men and women. Trump met privately with the […]
Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools over new virus outbreak
Beijing’s airports cancelled more than 1,200 flights and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again on Wednesday as authorities rushed to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a wholesale food market. The city reported 31 new cases on Wednesday while officials urged residents not to leave Beijing, with fears growing about a second wave of infections […]
Gunmen kill Mexican judge, wife in home attack
MEXICO CITY: A Mexican federal judge was shot dead Tuesday along with his wife after gunmen broke into their home in the state of Colima, the Supreme Court announced. Judge Uriel Villegas was home with his family when armed men broke in and opened fire shortly before noon. The couple’s two children and a domestic […]
American man wanted by FBI held in Indonesia for suspected child sex crimes
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A U.S. national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a bitcoin scam has been arrested in Indonesia and charged under a child protection law for suspected sex crimes, Indonesian police said on Tuesday. Russ Albert Medlin was arrested at his residence in Jakarta on Monday after police questioned three minors, […]
