Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Alex Jones has to pay $965m to the victims of Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones

Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, has been forced to pay $965 million (£869 million) in damages for making false claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 was a fabrication. They claimed that the right-wing radio host’s false statements caused a decade of stalking and threats of death. Sandy Hook Elementary School saw the … Read more

A man marries two women at a time

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The wedding took place in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Both Kusum Lakra and Swati Kumari married the same man on the same day. The community intervened and decreed that Sandeep marry both women at the same time. A man marries his two girlfriends at the same time in an unusual wedding. All three newlyweds … Read more

Venezuela: The fall of an oil empire

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PUERTO CONCHA: Leaks, rusted pipes, pieces of broken equipment scattered about and staircases leading nowhere: Lake Maracaibo’s oil field is a metaphor for Venezuela’s once-flourishing petroleum industry that is now on its knees. More than a century ago, the Maracaibo basin in northwestern Zulia state was the birthplace of a business that transformed the country … Read more

LHC’s premises turned into a battlefield as couple’s families grapple

LHC Building

The premises of the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned into a battlefield on Tuesday after the parents of a girl who married on her free will refused to return with them. Earlier, Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad Khan took up Yaseen’s petition seeking the recovery of his wife. During the hearing, the police produced Saman Ghaffar … Read more

UAE passenger flights from Pakistan and India to remain suspended

UAE Flights

DUBAI: Inbound passenger travel from 16 countries including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to the UAE will remain suspended until further notice, the Khaleej Times quoted the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), as saying. Travel from Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Liberia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zambia will also … Read more

Families in China are now allowed to have up to three children as the two-child policy ends

Families in China

Based on recent survey results, China’s population growth is the lowest in decades. Families in China are now allowed to have up to three children. BBC reported on Monday that China has ended its two-child only policy for families. According to the seventh national population census, Chinese mothers gave birth to 12 million babies last … Read more