Category: Events

A Russian missile strike damaged a Turkish-owned vessel in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday. This prompted calls from Ankara to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure. The attack occurred hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue personally with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.“Russia launched a missile strike on civilian...

(L) Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra PANAJI: The Goa police investigation into the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane, Arpora, where 25 people were killed, revealed that over the past 18 months, the nightclub was operating illegally without permissions, and on an expired licence.A senior police officer who is part of the investigation said that...

The first climate migrants arrived in Australia this week. These migrants arrive in Australia as Tuvalu could become the first country to disappear as a result of climate change. Rising sea levels are gradually inundating this Pacific archipelago, prompting many of its residents to leave their homes behind. As part of ‘first of its kind’...

Connor McDavid’s wife, Lauren Kyle launches Canada-inspired Sports Club Atelier collection (Image Via Twitter) Lauren Kyle, the NHL superstar Connor McDavid’s wife, is heightening her Sports Club Atelier brand with a collection inspired by Canada that is set to launch this January. The visit of Hockey Canada to her after the Four Nations Face-Off gave...

US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian neighbours locked in a long-running territorial dispute, had agreed to halt all hostilities with immediate effect.Trump said he had a “good conversation” with the prime ministers of both nations about their “long-running war”, after which...

NEW DELHI: House Oversight Committee Democrats on Friday released a set of photographs obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, revealing images of several high-profile figures who had interacted with the disgraced financier over the years, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others.The photos, 19 in total, were...

Dell has reportedly informed its staff that it plans to raise prices across all its commercial product lines. According to an internal email sent to its employees, US-based PC maker Dell said that its laptops and other equipment sold to corporate customers would soon become more expensive, starting December 17. In the email sent to...

Representative image MUMBAI: The scourge of match-fixing has hit cricket, or more specifically, Indian domestic cricket, again. In a sensational development, the Assam Cricket Association secretary Sanatan Das informed the media on Friday that it had suspended four of its players — Amit Sinha, Ishan Ahmed, Aman Tripathi and Abhishek Thakuri — with immediate effect...

Rupee depreciation: Experts are of the view that this weakness may persist in the near term. (AI image) The rupee has been in a downward spiral versus the US dollar – hitting new historical lows and even crossing the 90 mark. The depreciation has been steep, and even more on a real effective basis. In...

Image credit: X In a first since partition, a course on ancient language Sanskrit has been introduced in a university in Pakistan, The Tribune reported. The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has introduced the course, with Hindu mythologies like Mahabharat and Gita on the cards too. “People ask me why I’m learning Sanskrit. I...