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The email from the Trump administration says federal workers who take the buyout will receive pay until September
Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move designed to shrink the US government.In an email sent to millions of employees on Tuesday, his administration told workers they had to decide by 6 February whether they wanted to be part of a "deferred resignation program".If they agreed to leave their jobs by that date, the message said, they would receive about eight months of salary as a severance package.The Trump administration expects up to 10% of employees to accept the offer, or around 200,000 of the more than two million workers the federal government employs, according to CBS News.Senior Trump officials told US media that the buyouts could save the government up to $100bn...
January 29, 2025

Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months pay to resign

Police personnel gather around the crowd at the site of a crowd crush during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025
Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India
NEW DELHI — Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of a Hindu festival.The festival’s special executive officer said a barrier near the river broke as throngs of people were walking toward the riverbanks to take their holy dip as part of the Maha Kumbh Mela in the Indian city of Prayagraj.An official source at a local hospital told CNN they had received 14 bodies around 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. About 20 people were also being treated for minor injuries, the source added. Indian authorities have not confirmed the number of casualties.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to acknowledge the deaths in a post on...
January 29, 2025

Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India

Elizabeth Struhs (right) pictured with her sister, Jayde, who testified against the defendants at trial
Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death
SYDNEY — Fourteen members of an Australian religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied insulin for almost a week.Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes fatally high blood sugar.The court heard that Elizabeth's treatment was withheld because the group, known as the Saints, opposed medical care, believing God would heal her.Her father Jason Struhs and the group's leader Brendan Stevens were on trial for murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Twelve other members, including Elizabeth's mother and brother, were also convicted of manslaughter. All had pleaded not guilty.When handing down his almost 500-page verdict on Wednesday, Justice Martin Burns...
January 29, 2025

Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death

Ripudaman Singh Malik pictured here leaving a Vancouver court in 2005 after he was found not guilty of murder
Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings
TORONTO — A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in Canada without the possibility of parole for 20 years.Tanner Fox, 24, was sentenced on Tuesday by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge.Fox and Jose Lopez pleaded guilty in October to the second-degree murder of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022. Lopez will be sentenced on Friday.The sentencing came after an emotional morning, in which Malik's relatives begged Fox to reveal who hired him to carry out the murder."We plead with you to reveal the names of the people who hired you," said Malik's daughter-in-law Sundeep Kaur Dhaliwal, according to reporters inside the New Westminster courtroom.The two men...
January 29, 2025

Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings

Johor Bahru lies on Malaysia's end of a one-kilometre border crossing to Singapore and is popular among budget shoppers
Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian court has fined a Singaporean influencer for falsely claiming that she was nearly kidnapped at a mall near Malaysia's border with Singapore.A post by beauty influencer Amyra Laila Ho went viral after she claimed that a couple tried to abduct her after forcing her to sniff tea leaves that left her feeling dizzy and numb.However, police said their investigations disproved her claim, which went viral and sparked discussions about security in Johor Bahru.Johor Bahru lies on one end of the roughly one-kilometer long causeway that links the southern tip of Malaysia to the north of Singapore. Millions cross over every day, making it one of the world's busiest border crossings.Ho pleaded guilty to providing false information to a police officer and was fined...
January 29, 2025

Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim

Demonstrators hold a Georgian national and an EU flag as they listen to outgoing Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili during an anti-government rally outside parliament
Georgia's FM says EU decision to suspend visa-free travel is 'politically wrong'
TBILISI — Georgia has reacted angrily to the suspension of a mutual visa-free travel agreement by the European Union.The development may lead to Georgian diplomats and officials having to apply for visas when traveling to an EU member state.Speaking to Euronews a day after the announcement of the suspension, Georgian foreign minister Maka Botochorishvili called the decision “politically wrong.”“Legally, it is absolutely groundless and nonsense. There is no proof or explanation how Georgian diplomats are creating threats or threatening public order in the European Union or EU member states,” she said.“I just think that it is absolutely against European values or something that we refer to very often, and that is very unfortunate.”The decision by the European Council came in...
January 29, 2025

Georgia's FM says EU decision to suspend visa-free travel is 'politically wrong'

Olaf Scholz
German chancellor calls Elon Musk’s right-wing push ‘disgusting’
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe. And this is really disgusting”.Ahead of Germany’s February election, Musk has been controversially inserting himself into the German election campaign in favor of the far-right party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).Speaking to CNN, as he came off stage after an hour’s talk with voters in Berlin, the Chancellor said, “I disagree completely with Elon Musk and what he is doing.” He explained as a political leader he is no stranger to media owners intervening “in politics in Germany, they started in 19th century... that’s not new.”He added: “What is new is...
January 29, 2025

German chancellor calls Elon Musk’s right-wing push ‘disgusting’

Vladimir Putin
Putin says Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine but accuses Kyiv of being uncooperative
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine but claims there isn't any 'desire' on the Ukrainian side to solve legal issues.“If there is a desire to negotiate and find a compromise solution, let anyone conduct these negotiations,” Putin said.“But from the point of view of signing the documents, here, of course, everything must be such that lawyers confirm the legitimacy of those people who will be authorised by the Ukrainian state to sign these agreements.”The Russian President added that Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, is "not legitimate" to lead these talks."You can negotiate with anyone, but because he is illegitimate, he has no right to sign anything. But if he wants to take part in the...
January 29, 2025

Putin says Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine but accuses Kyiv of being uncooperative

The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley
China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'
BEIJING — Chinese AI firm DeepSeek says it is facing "large-scale malicious attacks", which are affecting its services.Chinese state media is citing cyber security experts who say the attacks are originating from US-based IP addresses, which the BBC is unable to verify.This comes hours after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US National Security Council (NSC) is "looking into" DeepSeek.The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley, which has splurged billions on AI infrastructure – just last week Trump announced an AI plan worth half a trillion dollars involving top US firms."Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, registration may be busy," a banner on...
January 29, 2025

China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'

Scientists move Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight
Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction
CHICAGO — The Doomsday Clock symbolizing how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) – which sets the clock annually – said nuclear threats, potential misuse of advances in biology and artificial intelligence, as well as climate change, were the key factors.Daniel Holz, chair of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board, said the latest move was "a warning to all world leaders".The clock was originally placed at seven minutes to midnight in 1947. Last year, it was left unchanged at 90 seconds.In Tuesday's statement, the BAS – a Chicago-based non-profit organization – said: "In setting the clock one second closer to midnight, we...
January 29, 2025

Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction

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