Indian immigrants get house arrest for running fraudulent truck driving schools in Ontario

An Ontario judge has sentenced two Indian immigrants to house arrest for running fraudulent truck driving schools that offered sub-standard training for newcomers from South Asia.

After a five-week trial at Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice, a jury convicted Gurvinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh of one count each of fraud over $5,000 and uttering a forged document.


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Friedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in Germany

Syrians no longer have reason to be granted asylum in Germany after the end of their country’s civil war, according to Friedrich Merz, who said they will instead be encouraged to return to help with the reconstruction of their homeland.

During Syria’s 14-year civil war, Germany took in more refugees than any other country in the EU, but the chancellor and others in his coalition cabinet argue that the situation has changed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government 11 months ago.

Merz said late on Tuesday that he expected many of the more than 1 million Syrians living in Germany would voluntarily return home.

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UPS plane crash leaves at least 7 dead, 11 injured after fiery explosion at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport

At least seven people were killed and 11 injured when a UPS plane crashed in a colossal, fiery explosion — leaving a long trail of flames and destruction — shortly after taking off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, according to officials and wild footage.

Four people on the ground were killed and the three people who were onboard the flight are presumed dead, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said. The numbers were expected to grow as emergency crews combed the scene for additional victims through the night, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned.

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Transgender nurse denies ‘staring at breasts’ at employment tribunal

A transgender nurse at the centre of legal action over trans women using female changing rooms at a hospital has denied claims that she stared at her colleagues’ breasts.

Rose Henderson, who was born male but identifies as female, also denied walking around in boxer shorts and repeatedly asking a female nurse if she was getting changed.

Henderson instead claimed that she only ever “sarcastically” asked a different female colleague if she was almost changed when she was in a hurry to leave work.

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Daughter of man infamously shot by Dick Cheney gives VERY sarcastic tribute

The daughter of a businessman infamously shot by Dick Cheney could not contain her disdain for the late former vice president in the wake of his death.

Sally May Whittington, the daughter of businessman Harry Whittington, told the Daily Mail that her father being shot by Cheney in 2006 was an ‘unfortunate incident’ that defined her family’s public life.

Asked if she had any thoughts on the shooting following Cheney’s passing, Sally said: ‘We’ve been having thoughts on it since February 11, 2006.’

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