‘India feels more vibrant than US’: NRI woman on Green Card queue says choosing Bengaluru over San Francisco was the right decision

Startup founder Astha Chaturvedi says life in India feels more vibrant than in the US. 38-year-old Astha Chaturvedi, a startup founder, moved to Bengaluru along with her family, including a kid and a pet, leaving behind San Francisco and now she feels she did the right thing. In an interview with Business Insider, Chaturvedi said the decision to return to India was made all of a sudden when she traveled to India in 2024 to hire a CTO for her startup. She and her husband had been living in the US for 15 years — they had a property and they were what people call 'settled' in the US.Chaturvedi said when she traveled to India for her startup, she experienced the startup culture in Bengaluru and that made her think whether she should open her office in India. “We'd spent about 15 years building our lives in the US, but there was still no clear path to permanence. My husband and I were both waiting for green cards, and the backlog felt endless. His place in line dated back to..

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YouTuber Jesse Ridgway blasts in-laws for not supporting wife after ending pregnancy due to Down syndrome

Image/X Jesse Ridgway has spoken out about a very emotional and painful situation involving his wife, Ashley, and her family. He says that after the couple made the difficult decision to end a pregnancy because their unborn child had Down syndrome, Ashley has been left without support from some members of her family. Jesse claims this has made an already heartbreaking situation even harder for her to handle.According to Jesse, Ashley’s family has not been present during this difficult time and has not offered the emotional support she needs. He also says some relatives have even added to the criticism the couple is facing online. The situation has led to growing tension within the family, as the couple deals with both private grief and public backlash over their decision.Jesse Ridgway says Ashley is not getting family support after pregnancy decisionJesse Ridgway shared his feelings on social media, saying Ashley’s family is “nowhere to be found” when she needs love and care the most. ..

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Iran-US war latest: Trump launches retaliatory strikes after Tehran shoots down American helicopter

Trump says he expects to sign peace deal in ‘two or three days’Donald Trump’s military has launched retaliatory strikes after the US president accused Iran of shooting down an American helicopter.
Trump warned earlier Tuesday that the US “must, of necessity, respond” to the downing of an Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight.
Two American service personnel were rescued from the vital waterway in a stable condition after the $40 million gunship went down, the military said.
US Central Command announced the “self-defense strikes” against Iran Tuesday evening, Washington time.
“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression”, the military said.
Iranian state media reported explosions and air defense sirens heard along Iran's Persian Gulf coast, per The New York Times.
Trump said earlier Tuesday that the two pilots involved in the helicopter attack “both are safe and uninjured.” And he later tried to downplay the incident.
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US striking Iran in response to downing of helicopter, military says

US striking Iran in response to downing of helicopter, military says8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGary O'Donoghue,Chief North America correspondentandNardine SaadGetty ImagesThe US has launched strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump accused the country of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.
American forces began striking at 17:00 EST (22:00 BST) on Tuesday in response to the helicopter downing, US Central Command (Centcom) said.
“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression, Centcom said in a statement.
The two crew members of the downed US Apache helicopter were rescued by an American sea drone, Centcom said.
“There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”
One US official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that it's not clear if the drone deliberately at..

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Forget Weimar, it’s Japan’s Taisho period we need to talk about

People always talk knowingly about Weimar, a period of extremes: artistic and social-sexual decadence, democratic liberalism and the radicalisation of the left and the right, before Germany’s descent into Hitlerian hell. The city as a symbol, close to the site of the former Buchenwald concentration camp, is back in the news, well, at least the op-ed pages of the Western press.
That’s rarely a good sign. “The new crisis [in Germany] seems uncomfortably familiar because, in some respects, it…

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Trump family ‘made $500 million from crypto coin deal’ — before the bottom fell out on individual investors

President Donald Trump and members of his family reaped about $500 million from the sale of $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency to a company that's since seen its stock price plummet — and left investors holding the bag, according to a report Monday.
Less than a year after Trump sons Don Jr. and Eric rang the Nasdaq opening bell to celebrate the crypto deal with Alt5 Sigma, the company — since renamed AI Financial Corp. — faces removal from the exchange if its shares don't rise above penny-stock levels in the next 15 trading days, and it's warned investors it may go out of business, CNBC said.
Shares in the company were trading at 68 cents each on Tuesday, down 93 percent from a year earlier and just above its 52-week low of 63 cents.
The situation led the anti-Trump Democracy Defenders Fund to call in April for a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission, with chief anti-corruption counsel Virginia Canter telling CNBC, “The question is now: What happened to all that mo..

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Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army

Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army42 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleQuentin Sommerville Bago and Karen state, Myanmar BBC/Darren ConwayThe four young men in the rebel camp hidden deep in jungle-covered mountains never wanted a part in Myanmar's civil war.
They didn't choose to be soldiers for the military either.
One had been a chef on his way home from work when he was grabbed off the street. His lack of ID was enough for the military to detain him and force him to sign up. Another was taken on his way back from a late-night karaoke session; a third had been working for the forestry department when he was arrested. The fourth man says on being arrested, drugs were slipped into his shoe, and he was framed and made to enlist.
“Before we even understood what was happening, we were sent straight to the front lines,” one of the men – all between the ages of 19 and 25 – tells the BBC.
“They made us do all kinds of things we did..

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Trump urged to press Xi on Chinese money laundering tied to Mexican fentanyl cartels

Chinese money laundering networks were accused of being “financial fuel” for the Mexican cartels at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, where witnesses urged US President Donald Trump to prioritise the issue at his next face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
“I want to be very clear, Chinese money laundering networks have become the financial fuel for cartels to poison Americans and threaten our borders, we’re seeing a Silk Road of crime across the Americas,” said Leland…

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Twitch streamer Kathelina’s controversy deepens as former best friend Snowcone speaks out after Kenneth’s cheating allegations

Twitch streamer Kathelina (Image Via Getty) The online controversy involving Twitch streamer Kathelina, also known as Kvrtez, continues to grow as more creators become part of the discussion. The situation started after YouTuber Kenneth, known online as ImnotKenneth, shared a video about the end of his relationship with Kathelina. In the video, he made serious accusations about her personal life. Soon after, Kathelina deactivated her public social media accounts, including Twitch and Instagram.As the story spread across social media, attention shifted to another creator, Snowcone, who says she was once very close to Kathelina. Over the past few days, Snowcone shared several comments and personal details about the situation during livestreams and on social media. While some viewers showed interest in what she had to say, many others questioned why she was getting involved and accused her of trying to benefit from the controversy.Snowcone’s comments about Kathelina draw criticism from vi..

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What is happening inside Chud the Builder’s jail cell? Livestreamer makes new claims from custody

What is happening inside Chud the Builder’s jail cell? Livestreamer makes new claims from custody (Image via Getty) Dalton Eatherly, better known online as Chud the Builder, is still being held at Montgomery County Jail in Clarksville, Tennessee, while facing an attempted murder charge linked to the shooting of Joshua Fox outside the Montgomery County Courthouse. The livestreamer is now drawing attention for a different reason after claiming jail officials took away his Bible and have refused to return it. The allegation surfaced through social media posts shared on June 7, 2026, and was later reposted on Chud the Builder’s official X account.According to a statement attributed to Dalton Eatherly and shared by field reporter Tayler Hansen on X, the Bible was taken after he was released from solitary confinement. Eatherly claimed jail staff replaced the physical Bible with a tablet that frequently crashes and loses power, making it difficult for him to read scripture. He also alleged th..

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