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The Star
14 hours ago
- The Star
Woman in India pulls a gun on petrol station worker during argument, video of incident goes viral
The incident began when the fuel attendant (left) asked the woman's family to step out of their car before refuelling. - SCREENGRAB FROM PHIR NAMO PHIR MODI/FACEBOOK SINGAPORE: Upset that a petrol station employee had pushed her father during an argument, a woman in north India's Uttar Pradesh state pulled out a gun and threatened to 'shoot so many bullets' into the worker's body. A video of the incident, which took place in Hardoi district on June 15, went viral online. In the video, the woman is seen walking up to the station attendant with a.32-bore licensed revolver in her hand. She then presses the muzzle of the gun into the man's chest, forcing him to take a few steps back. She is heard saying in Hindi: 'I will shoot so many bullets that even your family won't be able to identify your body.' In an attempt to defuse the situation, a man and another woman – identified by local media outlets as the woman's mother – pull her away, separating her from the employee. The woman holds up the gun to another onlooker before walking away with her mother trailing behind her. The family reportedly left the scene after that. According to Indian English-language newspaper The Economic Times, quoting the police, the incident began when fuel attendant Rajnish Kumar asked the woman's family to step out of their car before refuelling, as part of a standard safety measure. However, the family refused to comply, sparking an argument. This led to Kumar pushing the woman's father, Ehsan Khan, prompting the woman, identified as 21-year-old Ariba Khan, to step in. The Economic Times reported that Kumar has filed a police report. Legal notices were also issued by the police to Khan and her parents. The revolver, which was legally owned by Khan, and 25 live bullets have also been seized. 'The accused said the... station worker abused them, following which they got furious and took out the revolver,' said The Times of India, quoting a police officer. Further investigations are under way. Khan is reportedly a business owner, while his daughter is a student pursuing medicine. - The Straits Times/ANN
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Examining the claim Apple flew 5 planes full of iPhones into US to avoid tariffs
Why is there not a rating on this post? There's not enough verified evidence for us to definitively confirm or debunk this rumor. Contact us if you have credible information to share. We'll update this post as necessary. On April 8, 2025, a rumor spread online that Apple flew five planes full of iPhones into the United States to avoid tariffs. The claim appeared on X, Facebook and Reddit, while another X post from Dexerto, a video game and entertainment media site, had amassed more than 16.6 million views as of this writing. Its caption read: "Apple reportedly flew in 5 planes full of iPhones into the U.S. to avoid tariffs." Alongside Dexerto, other publications like PCMag and 9to5Mac also covered the rumor. As these publications noted in their stories, the Times of India (TOI), an Indian English-language online newspaper, initially reported this claim. TOI based its April 8, 2025, article (archived) on anonymous "senior Indian officials" and the author of the story is cited as "TOI Tech Desk," not a named individual. Snopes contacted the publication's editorial team to ask if they could connect us with the writer or writers of the story. Apple did not immediately return an inquiry as to whether this claim was true. We will update this report if Apple or TOI respond. However, without comment from TOI or Apple, it was not possible to verify this claim. TOI's article was somewhat inconsistent — the headline said Apple transported the five planes "full of iPhones" from both India and China, whereas the first line of the story said the company transported "five planes full of iPhones and other products from India" to the United States, with no mention of China. It later quoted an anonymous source as saying: "Factories in India and China and other key locations had been shipping products to the US in anticipation of the higher tariffs." Therefore, it was unclear if TOI was claiming that the five planes came solely from India or if some planes came from China too. The article also said the shipments happened "in the final week of March" and aimed to avoid "a new 10% reciprocal tariff" imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that would take effect on April 5. It is true that Trump imposed a global 10% tariff on that date. However, Trump changed his original tariff policy on April 9 and could change it again in the future. While Trump did not officially announce these tariffs until April 2, the White House indicated in March that the new tariff rates would go into effect on April 2, making it possible that Apple transported the phones in anticipation of Trump's announcement. On page six of this report, Apple said that its supply chain spans 50 countries, including China and India. According to an April 2019 article in business magazine Forbes, most of Apple's manufacturing is done in China, although the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on April 8, 2025, that the company is rapidly increasing its presence in India. WSJ also reported on April 7 that Apple plans to source more iPhones from India as Trump's trade war with China ramped up. Trump announced a 90-day pause on all tariffs except for China in an April 9 Truth Social post. Apple. People and Environment in Our Supply Chain. 2024, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Izzo, Jack. 'Posts Online Correctly Cracked the Formula for Trump's Tariffs'. Snopes, 4 Apr. 2025, Jie, Yang, and Rolfe Winkler. "Apple Plans to Source More IPhones from India as Potential Tariff Fix." The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Company, 7 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Moorhead, Patrick. "Who Are Apple's IPhone Contract Manufacturers?" Forbes, 13 Apr. 2019, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Olson, Bradley. "Apple Exported More than $17 Billion of IPhones from India Last Year." The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Company, 8 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Rascouët-Paz, Anna. "Tracking Trump's Tariffs." Snopes, 27 Mar. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. The White House. "Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase Our Competitive Edge, Protect Our Sovereignty, and Strengthen Our National and Economic Security." The White House, 2 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. TOI Tech Desk. "How Apple 'Flew' 5 Flights Full of IPhones from India and China in 3 Days to Beat Trump Tariffs." The Times of India, Times Of India, 7 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Trump, Donald J. "Based on the Lack of Respect That China Has Shown to the World's Markets, I Am Hereby Raising the Tariff Charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, Effective Immediately. At Some Point, Hopefully in the near Future, China Will Realize That the Days of Ripping off the U.S.A., and Other Countries, Is No Longer Sustainable or Acceptable. Conversely, and Based on the Fact That More than 75 Countries Have Called Representatives of the United States, Including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to Negotiate a Solution to the Subjects Being Discussed Relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and That These Countries Have Not, at My Strong Suggestion, Retaliated in Any Way, Shape, or Form against the United States, I Have Authorized a 90 Day PAUSE, and a Substant…." Truth Social, 9 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025. Wyatte Grantham-Philips. "Trump's Trade Wars Deepen as China Retaliates and Markets Fall. Here's What to Know." AP News, 4 Apr. 2025, Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
