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US Justice Department accuses ex-RAW agent Vikas Yadav of conspiracy to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

According to the US Justice Department, Nikhil Gupta was approached by an Indian government employee — named only as CC1 in the indictment — to hire a hitman to carry out the assassination thwarted by US officials.

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John Jumper

University of Chicago scholar honored with Nobel Prize in chemistry for AI research in Protein Folding

John Jumper, a University of Chicago alum, received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for co-developing AlphaFold, an AI model that accurately predicts protein structures. This breakthrough addresses a challenge that has perplexed chemists for over 50 years, significantly impacting fields like drug design and biology. Jumper’s achievement marks him as the 100th scholar associated with UChicago to win a Nobel Prize.

Nijjar, Modi, Trudeau

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau to use RCMP and Interference Commission to indict India in Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case

In pursuit of Khalistani votes in Canada, Trudeau will use the statements of counsel for proscribed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) — a United States-based secessionist group advocating for the creation of Khalistan — to Foreign Interference Commission to indict India as inquiry did not allow any counter-view organization to join the public hearing.

Tensions escalate between South Korea and North Korea after latter destroys sections of inter-Korean road

The most recent event has occurred during a period of increased hostility between the two neighbors, which got worse by the North's claims that South Korea has flown drones above its capital Pyongyang.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

Indian enquiry committee visits US to investigate foiled plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Pannun

The Committee was established by India to investigate the activities of certain organized criminals and is actively investigating the individual who was identified last year in the Department of Justice's indictment as an Indian government employee who directed a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen in New York City.

Shigemitsu Tanaka, a member of Nihon Hidankyo, reacting in Nagasaki, Japan, after the Nobel announcement on October 11. Credit: via Reuters

80 years after Hiroshima, atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize amid global nuclear tensions

Toshiyuki Mimaki, leader of Nihon Hidankyo, calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons, urging the world to act before it’s too late.

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Hezbollah’s drone attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers in Tel Aviv a day after deadly Israeli air strike

Alongside Israel's offensive in Gaza and southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Hezbollah fired an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which hit an army base near Binyamina, a town north of Tel Aviv.