Starting January 1, 2026, Saudi Arabia taxes sweetened beverages by sugar content, using four-tier system/Representative Image Imagine reaching for your favorite soda next week and noticing the price is higher than usual. That’s because Saudi Arabia is introducing a new four-tier excise tax on sweetened beverages starting January 1, replacing the old flat 50 percent…
From 1 January 2026, Emiratis in the private sector must earn at least Dh6,000 monthly/Representative Image From January 2026, private sector employers across the UAE will need to meet a higher wage bar for emirati employees or risk having work permits blocked and Emiratisation counts affected, as the government moves to tighten enforcement around national…
The 61-second video of UK PM Keir Starmer would be shocking, if it were true. “The UK is set to introduce a nationwide curfew, beginning at 11pm each night,” he appears to say on one of thousands of TikTok videos of him posted in last six months. “Under the new rule, no one will be…
Tatiana Schlossberg, who took the last breath at the age of 35, revealed her cancer a month ago only in an essay in “The New Yorker.”In the essay, she said that her doctors had told her that she might survive for about another year. And on December 30, Schlossberg died. In that essay, she also…
Nikki Haley‘s son Nalin Haley launched a massive expose on Vivek Ramaswamy as said Indian-origin Ramaswamy never believed in America First. Ramaswamy always wanted to be the Governor of Ohio and that’s why he sneaked up to President Donald Trump during the presidential election to get Trump’s endorsement in return for the governor election. Nalin…
IShowSpeed (via Getty Images) YouTube star Darren “IShowSpeed” has launched a major IRL streaming journey across Africa. The tour will last 28 days and cover nearly 20 countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Egypt. The trip began in Angola, where Speed went live to share his travel experience, local culture, and fan interactions. Within hours,…
As Zohran Mamdani is all set to take the oath as the New York City mayor at midnight on January 1, New York Mag writer David Freedlander recounted Mamdani’s unforgettable meeting with President Donald Trump where the duo went along extremely well despite their campaign-time bitterness. Freedlander revealed that Trump’s first reaction after seeing Zohran…
48-year-old Claire Brosseau, a successful Canadian actress and comedian, with a loving family, friends and a dog, has applied for assisted suicide, claiming that all therapies that she tried did little to improve her mental illness. Claire was diagnosed with manic depression when she was 14 years old. She was suffered from anxiety, chronic suicidal…
Eurostar canceled all its train services after major disruption in the Channel Tunnel caused widespread delays and cancellations on Tuesday.The operator said services were severely affected by a problem with the overhead power supply in the tunnel, compounded by a failed Le Shuttle train. In a statement on its website, Eurostar said: “We strongly advise…
Bangladesh has been in turmoil since the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi (File photo) Bajendra Biswas, a Hindu worker was killed on Monday after being shot while on duty at a garment factory in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh. The accused, fellow Ansar member Noman Mia, has been arrested, news agency ANI reported citing local media.The…