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18+ min ago (404+ words) When Irfan bhai rang up to tell me that I had been nominated for the Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, I was deeply honored but I hesitated because I know so many activists in India who deserve this award much more than I do. What finally made me accept was the regard I have for the person whose memory this award celebrates. I won't ramble on to people who know better than I do about who Dr. Engineer was and what he was able to do despite all the life-threatening attacks he faced in his lifetime. His work lives on long after him and is visible here today. I do not mean to imply that violence and hatred from minority religious groups did not, and does not exist. Indeed it usually takes two hands to clap and the…...

28+ min ago (773+ words) By LifeZette News Staff December 14, 2025 A CNN report highlighted extensive communications and meetings between Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to Barack Obama and the current top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing a relationship that continued for years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender. According to the CNN narration, "One of the most powerful people in the Epstein files is somebody you may not have heard of. Her name is Kathy Ruemmler, and she is one of the people who communicated with Jeffrey Epstein the most, according to emails released last month from Epstein's estate by House investigators." The segment noted Ruemmler's prominence and professional standing, stating that she is "a former White House counsel to Barack Obama and now top lawyer at one of the world's most powerful banks, Goldman…...

44+ min ago (30+ words) A global roundup of some of last week's events. A global roundup of some of last week's events. A global roundup of some of last week's events....

44+ min ago (387+ words) Conservative commentator Steve Deace pointed to a Fox News graphic to highlight what he described as a dramatic rise in the number of Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens during the Biden-Harris administration, raising concerns about the scale of the increase and its broader implications. Deace said Fox News aired a graph showing year-by-year growth in non-citizen Social Security numbers issued since former President Joe Biden took office. "Fox News ran this graph yesterday, non-citizen social security numbers issued during the Biden administration, 270,021, over 590,022, over 960,023, over 2.1 million in 24," Deace said. MORE NEWS: NY CDL Bombshell: Duffy Threatens Funding Cut After Over Half Found Illegally Issued [WATCH] He focused particularly on the sharp jump in the most recent year shown on the graph. "Gee, I wonder why that escalated so much in 24," Deace said, before pointing to what he suggested could…...

45+ min ago (220+ words) Mind-bending" outpost for spotting animals " and the northern lights Built in 1984 by a family of keen anglers from Chicago, Gangler"s is "one of the world"s finest fishing lodges. But this outpost in the forests of Northern Manitoba offers far more than the chance to catch pike and trout, said Mike MacEacheran in The Telegraph. Canada As You Like It has a five-night stay from "5,420pp, including flights. Talking Point All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology The Week Recommends Jafar Panahi"s furious Palme d"Or-winning revenge thriller was made in secret The Week Recommends Raz Shaw"s take on the classic musical is gloriously cheering" The Week Recommends Elizabeth Goldring"s definitive account" brings the German artist vividly to life" The Week…...

45+ min ago (374+ words) All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology "To government ministers and police chiefs, it is the biggest investigative breakthrough since DNA screening," said Mario Ledwith in The Times. "To privacy campaigners, it is "turning the country into an open prison." Live facial recognition is already used by eight police forces, who used the technology to scan tens of thousands of faces a day with "ruthless efficiency", looking for matches to a police hit list of offenders and suspects. Now the Government is looking into expanding its scope. This database could be used to analyse footage of suspects from CCTV, doorbells, dashboard cameras and the like. If that sounds "Orwellian", its because it is, said the Daily Mail. Using facial recognition to keep people safe…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (536+ words) By LifeZette News Staff December 14, 2025 Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a nationwide audit has found New York to be the worst offender in unlawfully issuing commercial driver's licenses, warning the state it has 30 days to comply with federal law or risk losing tens of millions of dollars in federal funding. Duffy said the audit revealed that more than half of New York's non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses were issued illegally. "We've done this nationwide audit. We found the worst offender, which is the state of New York," Duffy said. MORE NEWS: Tulsi Gabbard Sounds Alarm on Radical Islamist Ideology Infiltrating America [WATCH] "53% of New York's non domiciled CDLs were issued unlawfully or illegally." According to Duffy, the core problem centers on New York's practice of issuing long-term licenses to individuals with only short-term work authorization. "Now what New York…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (246+ words) There is only one Mahatma in this country'Mahatma Gandhi, the Mahatma Gandhi of "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram." The same Mahatma Gandhi who represented the pluralistic culture of this country and who was assassinated by Godse. Sanjay Parate is the Vice President of the Chhattisgarh Kisan Sabha, affiliated to the All India Kisan Sabha. A great relief for villagers in India, particularly the economically weaker sections, exists in the form of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Under this law villagers who need" In 2005 India created a widely acclaimed law for providing 100 days employment guarantee in villages. At a time when the state was withdrawing from such responsibilities in many countries," Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a unique representative of the Dalit-exploited-oppressed sections of Indian society, who was born in the Hindu religion, but did not die as a Hindu. His…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago (37+ words) These are the key developments from day 1,389 of Russia's war on Ukraine. These are the key developments from day 1,389 of Russia's war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Sunday, December 14:...

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