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UAE Ministry revokes Midocean University accreditation over major violations, protecting students and academic integrity/Representative Image In a decisive move to safeguard students and uphold academic standards, the UAE’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has revoked recognition of all qualifications from Midocean University. The action comes after a joint inspection revealed serious breaches in…

Nick Fuentes, America’s resident far-right firestarter, found himself squirming under Piers Morgan’s spotlight after taking a racist swipe at Second Lady Usha Vance’s Indian heritage.In one of the podcasts, Fuentes used racist slurs, saying, “Your guy (JD Vance) is literally a fat, gay, race traitor that married a J***.” Calls To ‘Send Usha Back’ Erupt…

Saudi Arabia is finally uncorking the bottle for non-Muslim foreign residents — but there’s a catch, and it goes straight for your wallet. Cheers, if you can afford it.Now, the non-Muslim foreigners can enjoy alcohol, but only if they earn enough money to qualify.According to the Quran, people practicing Muslim should abstain from consuming alcohol…

A water leak damaged several hundred publications stored in the Louvre‘s Egyptian antiquities library, mere weeks after a brazen daylight heist humiliated officials at the world’s most-visited museum. The leak, which occurred on Nov. 26, damaged works including revues and documents from the 19th and 20th century, the museum told France 24 on Dec. 7. It…

At least 23 people were injured after a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday and triggered a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said. Authorities warned of possible aftershocks and an increased risk of a megaquake.The quake hit at about 11:15 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, around 80 kilometres off the…

One of the central pillars of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is a plan to update a more than 200-year-old foreign policy statement known as the Monroe Doctrine. “After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, and to…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he may impose “very severe tariffs” on fertilizer from Canada “if we have to” in order to bolster domestic production. Trump made the comment while taking questions from reporters during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers, who…

At just three years old, a young boy from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the International Chess Federation. Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, born in 2022, beat multiple opponents — far older than him — to earn a 1,572 rating in rapid chess. To become the youngest rated player,…

Two Afghan asylum seekers who arrived in Britain on small boats have been jailed for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa after dragging her into a dark park.Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, lured the teenager away from her friends on May 10 before forcing her to perform oral sex in a secluded…

The Bank of Canada is scheduled to make its next decision about interest rates on Dec. 10, which will be its last chance this year to move the rates up, cut them, or hold them steady. Most economists are expecting the central bank to hold its benchmark interest rate at 2.25 per cent after several…