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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot dead: Trump orders flags half-mast – latest developments

Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot dead on Wednesday during a speaking event at Utah Valley University (UVU). The 31-year-old conservative activist was addressing students under a tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong” when a single shot rang out.Disturbing footage from the scene…

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‘Colonial-era trope’: Hindu group flags Peter Navarro’s Brahmin remark; urges Donald Trump to sack him

Peter Navarro (File photo) A Hindu advocacy group, HinduPACT’s American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD), on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of top US official Peter Navarro from President Donald Trump’s team, condemning his remarks as “inappropriate and Hinduphobic.” The group objected to Navarro’s reference to caste and his “portrayal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a…

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Vietnam turns 80: Youth celebrate Independence Day with flags, cheers and boba tea; tanks roar, jets fly over Ba Dinh Square

Many people camped overnight to watch the spectacular show commemorating 80 years of independence as Vietnam celebrated National Day on Tuesday. With its biggest military parade in decades, thousands of people lined the streets of the capital, Hanoi, reported AP.The procession took place in Ba Dinh Square, where on September 2, 1945, revolutionary leader Ho…

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Minnesota church shooting: Did Trump administration cuts weaken security? Critics blame lost funding for missed red flags

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) Weeks before a gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing two children and injuring 18 others, the Trump administration cut funding for a Minnesota program intended to prevent acts of mass violence, according to documents cited by the New York Times.In July, the Department of Homeland Security…

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Minneapolis church shooting: Kennedy flags ‘black box’ psychiatric drugs; trans meds under scrutiny for violence link

RF Kennedy (left), Robin Westman (AP) US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching formal studies into whether psychiatric medications – particularly SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) – and other drugs associated with gender transition could be linked to violent behavior, reported…

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‘Lived peacefully for decades’: Filipino immigrant with green card detained by ICE after vacation; old narcotics case flags arrest

Image: GoFundMe@/JojiVivianMitsuoHirano A Filipino immigrant and a green card holder with prior criminal charges for distributing controlled substances was detained at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina on July 28, after returning from a vacation in the Bahamas, reported GMA News Online.Sonny Lasquite has reportedly lived in the US for 23 years and worked…

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