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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a “new partnership” with the United States to “help make America great again”, in a speech delivered in New York on Thursday.
Carney said that while the world is ‌undergoing a “rupture” as the US transforms its commercial relationships, working closely with Canada in specific sectors, including aluminium, cars and critical minerals, would strengthen both countries.
Asked about his January trip to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, Carney…

Worn down by thousands of passers-by honouring an unusual tradition, a floor mosaic of an anatomically detailed bull in one of Milan’s grand arcades is getting a sensitive makeover.
Legend has it that grinding one’s heel on the mosaic bull’s testicles at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II guarantees a return one day to the city.
“Because of constant pirouettes on the heel made by tourists visiting Milan, the pink tesserae that make up its testicles have been worn down, forming a small crater,”…

The live-in assistant of actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in supplying ketamine that contributed to the star’s fatal overdose in 2023, bringing a major chapter of the case to a close.60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. He was sentenced in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday and will also serve two years of supervised release and pay a $10,000 fine.Perry was found dead in his backyard hot tub in Los Angeles in October 2023. Medical officials later ruled his death was caused by the acute effects of ketamine, with drowning listed as a contributing factor.Iwamasa had no medical training and injected Perry with ketamine and worked alongside two doctors to supply the actor with more than $50,000 worth of the drug in the weeks leading up to his death. He admitted to repeatedly administering injections, including multiple doses on the day Perry died.During sentencing, Judge She..

Hrishikesh Koloth was a MMA figher A 27-year-old Indian-origin mixed martial arts (MMA) trainee who died in a rare bear attack in northern Saskatchewan, Canada has been identified as Hrishikesh Koloth, a fighter who dreamed of competing in the UFC, according to his family.Hrishikesh Koloth was killed on May 8 while working at a uranium exploration site near Nordbye Lake, around 850 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. He was employed as a contractor technician at the Zoo Bay property operated by Vancouver-based UraniumX Discovery Corp.He was from Kerala, India and had moved to Canada three years ago and was living in Penticton, British Columbia with his elder brother, according to CBC News. He had trained in MMA for more than a decade, first in India and later in Canada, and was preparing to pursue a professional fighting career.His brother, Arjun Koloth, said Hrishikesh’s lifelong ambition was to fight professionally.”That was his dream. That's why he came here,” Arjun said. “He wa..

The personal assistant who ⁠injected Friends star Matthew Perry ⁠with a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic ⁠drug ketamine was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison on Wednesday, bringing to a close the prosecution of five people who admitted to playing roles in the actor’s death.
Judge Sherilyn Garnett delivered the sentence for Kenneth Iwamasa, the person who ‌found Perry floating face down and lifeless in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home in October 2023.
Federal prosecutors said Iwamasa…

China’s military said on Wednesday that it had used measures including electronic interference to drive away a Dutch warship near the disputed Paracel Islands, and in a rare move accused the Dutch navy of triggering “miscalculation”.
The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Southern Theatre Command, which oversees the South China Sea, said in a post on its official WeChat account on Wednesday evening that the Dutch frigate De Ruyter had “illegally intruded into China’s Xisha Islands” and that its…

EB-2 Green Card quota for India has been exhausted for 2026. The US State Department has announced that it has issued all available immigrant visas in the Employment-based Second Preference (EB-2) category for India in 2026. EB-2 is a Green Card category for professionals with an advanced degree or people with exceptional abilities. The annual limit will be reset on October 1, 2026 at the beginning of the new fiscal year. The department informed that embassies and consulates may not issue EB-2 Green Cards for India until 2026.What is EB-2? What does the exhaustion of quota mean?The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) limits the number of employment-based preference immigrant visas that may be issued within a fiscal year. Specifically, INA 203(b)(2) provides that the annual limit for EB-2 visas is 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit. Additionally, INA 202(a)(2) establishes that natives of any single foreign state may not receive more than seven percent of the total of emplo..

Courtesy of Fantastic Reality The name Ironmouse has grown to be among the most loved names within the realm of internet streaming. The recent health update that she posted on the social platform has made a lot of people happy. Fans of this virtual streamer have been following her career since she first appeared as a pink-haired demon queen avatar. Apart from making interesting streaming posts on Twitch, Ironmouse has always been very open about the tough health issues she experiences.Often, Ironmouse gives fans snippets of her everyday life while battling an immune condition known as CVID. CVID weakens her immune system, meaning she has been compelled to remain indoors. As such, she has experienced several tough moments, even getting bedridden at times. Nevertheless, Ironmouse still streams, smiles, and interacts with millions of fans across the world, thus making her one of the most motivating VTubers alive.Ironmouse, the VTuber who proved resilience can shine through a digital chara..

The foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, nations gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday in a coordinated display of unity aimed at reaffirming the bloc’s relevance amid recent shifts in geopolitical dynamics.
The Quad, comprising the United States, Japan, Australia and India, aims to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific and balance China’s expanding influence in the strategically vital region.
With US President Donald Trump fresh from talks with Chinese President Xi…

Last year’s brazen robbery of the Louvre – when thieves made off with jewellery worth some US$100 million – is set to become a film, a publisher said on Tuesday.
French director Romain Gavras – whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film Sacrifice starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for GENER8ION – will draw inspiration from the investigative book Main basse sur le Louvre (literally A Grab at the Louvre).
Film rights to the book about…