Author: Herman Copeland

A visit that could reshape labor migration ties and diplomatic equations between Italy and Bangladesh is quietly gaining momentum behind the scenes. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni may soon become the first G7 leader in years to make an official trip to Bangladesh — a Muslim-majority nation bordering India — signaling what insiders are calling a “significant reset” in bilateral relations. The visit, expected in the final days of August,…

A quiet Sunday afternoon in Midtown turned grim when a man was critically injured in a shooting at an apartment complex marketed to Georgia Tech students. Now, as investigators comb through sparse details, a community is left anxious and on edge. Midday gunfire rattles Midtown student housing There was no warning. No loud argument. Just a sudden, sharp crack that echoed across Spring Street in Midtown, where The Connector Apartments…

The Indian stock market is set to open on a cautious note Monday, with the Gift Nifty hovering near 25,065 — a slight discount to Friday’s Nifty futures close, signaling some early jitters. After a week of mixed cues from across the globe, investors are bracing for a day influenced by a cocktail of economic data, geopolitical concerns, and corporate earnings. Asia’s markets stumbled over the weekend, while the US…

North Georgia residents are waking up to patchy fog Monday and facing a week of unsettled weather with isolated storms early on and a looming chance of severe weather by midweek. Temperatures are heating up too, with a shot at the first 90-degree day of 2025 before a cold front sweeps through and cools things down. If you’re in the area, it’s worth keeping an eye on those skies. The…

Peace hopes cool as both Russian and U.S. presidents opt out of direct negotiations in Istanbul, undercutting momentum before talks even begin. After all the talk, Vladimir Putin won’t be showing up. Just four days after proposing face-to-face negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russian president has backed away from the Istanbul peace summit, scheduled to begin Thursday. It would have marked their first direct contact since Russia launched…

A missing teenager who was last thought to be in Thailand is now revealed to be in police custody in Georgia, over 3,800 miles away from where her family believed she was. Bella May Culley, 18, had been reported missing after her family lost contact with her while she was traveling in Thailand. But in an unexpected twist, it was confirmed that she had actually been arrested in Georgia, where…

A senior program manager’s post about losing her job at Microsoft midweek is striking a chord across LinkedIn—and raising eyebrows inside tech circles still reeling from ongoing mass layoffs. It wasn’t just the job cut that rattled her. It was how it happened. A last-minute calendar invite from a higher-up. No agenda. Just vague anxiety. Then, the moment an unfamiliar face popped up on screen, it hit her: this was…