In a historic ceremony led by Pope Leo and witnessed by nearly 70,000 young worshippers from around the world, a young coder dubbed as “God’s Influencer”, who died at just 15 in 2006, was made the first Catholic saint representing the millennial generation on Sunday in Vatican City. Millennials are the generation of people born…
An American social media influencer who has been stuck in a Chilean airbase in Antarctica for two months after landing a plane there without permission was released on Saturday back to the mainland, where he was to pay $30,000 in penalties. Ethan Guo, who was 19 when he began his fundraising mission for cancer research,…
Ethan Guo, an American teen influencer has been stuck since June in a remote location in Chilean territory in Antarctica. Authorities say Guo landed his small plane illegally after providing false flight plan information to officials who opened an investigation. Guo made headlines last year when the then-19-year-old teen began a trip in an attempt…
US President Donald Trump has picked Florida-based influencer, Nicholas Adams, who is a self-proclaimed ‘alpha-male, as the next US Ambassador to Malaysia, the White House announced this week. “Nicholas Adams, of Florida, to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Malaysia,” it said. The Australian-born, who became a US citizen…
Venezuelan authorities have launched an investigation into the killing of 25-year-old TikTok influencer Gabriel Jess Sarmiento, who was fatally shot during a livestream in his home in Maracay, the capital of Aragua state. According to the Venezuelan authorities, Sarmiento was known for his outspoken criticism of criminal gangs and alleged corruption within law enforcement, and…
A 17-year-old Pakistani social media influencer, Sana Yousaf, was shot dead at her home in Islamabad on Monday evening, allegedly by a relative visiting as a guest. Sana, a well-known content creator from Upper Chitral in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was shot twice at close range in front of her mother and aunt, as per…
VISAKHAPATNAM/DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut urged TMC government in Bengal “not to try to turn the state into North Korea” while Andhra deputy CM Pawan Kalyan flagged what he termed “selective outrage” as a political row erupted Sunday over 22-year-old social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli’s arrest by Bengal police for a controversial video post on…
Sharmishtha Panoli (File photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Police defended the arrest of Instagram influencer Sharmistha Panoli, saying that legal action was taken not for her political views but for allegedly sharing a video that insulted religious beliefs and promoted communal disharmony.In a detailed statement posted on X, Kolkata Police dismissed claims circulating online that Panoli…
Sharmishtha Panoli (File photo) NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old Instagram influencer, Sharmishtha Panoli, on Saturday was remanded to 13-day judicial custody after she was arrested by Kolkata Police for allegedly making communal remarks in a social media video. The law student, originally from Kolkata’s Anandapur area and currently enrolled at a Pune-based university, was apprehended in…
Maria Jose Estupinan, a 22-year-old student and social media influencer, was shot and killed outside her home in Cucuta, Colombia, earlier this week. The attack occurred in the La Riviera neighbourhood after a man who was posing as a delivery man approached her with a fake present. According to security footage cited by local news…