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Marco Rubio (File photo) United States secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that he has planned a meeting with Denmark next week. “I’ll be meeting with them next week,” Rubio told news agency AP.This comes a day after several European leaders on Tuesday pushed back US President Donald Trump’s threat of seeking an...

TOI correspondent from Washington: Any doubts that Trumpian America has embarked on a muscular, combative path aimed at unilateral, unipolar global domination has been laid to rest after the US Navy on Wednesday seized a Russian-flagged tanker carrying oil from Venezuela in European waters for violating US sanction, getting to it ahead of Russian defence....

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Nato allies sharply increased their defence spending only after his intervention, while also asserting that Russia and China do not fear the military alliance without the United States.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Nato countries were...

Thalapathy Vijay’s highly anticipated film ‘Jana Nayagan’ has been officially delayed due to certification issues with the CBFC. Distributors in Europe and Malaysia confirmed the cancellation of the January 9 release. The postponement comes amidst unprecedented advance booking demand and reports of black market ticket sales, highlighting industry-wide exhibition ecosystem weaknesses and revenue-sharing conflicts. Amid...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued his sensational form with a stunning century, while Aaron George also reached triple figures as India U-19 crushed South Africa by 233 runs in the third and final youth ODI, completing a commanding 3-0 series sweep on Wednesday. Sooryavanshi’s brilliance earned him both the Player of the Match and...

US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday said that the Coast Guard conducted the back-to-back operation of boarding two “ghost fleet” tanker ships, Motor Tanker Bella I and the Motor Tanker Sophia, and claimed either of them was last docked in Venezuela or en route to it.In a post on X, Noem gave a...

Forever layoff: A pattern that produces a workforce that is neither secure nor dismissed, but permanently under review. Image: AI generated “Now, what I want is, Facts.” The demand, delivered by Thomas Gradgrind in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, is not a plea for truth but a warning about method. In Dickens’ Coketown, facts are not...

Bangladesh’s national airline will resume nonstop flights between Dhaka and Karachi later this month, restoring direct air links between Bangladesh and Pakistan after a gap of more than 10 years, officials said on Wednesday.Biman Bangladesh Airlines will begin operating the Dhaka–Karachi service from January 29. Bangladesh Slipping Into Pakistan’s Pocket: Sushant Sareen Warns India Of...

Venezuela seized tanker (File photo) US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said the Venezuela oil blockade was “in effect anywhere in the world” shortly after American forces, after a high-stakes chase, boarded and seized a Russian-flagged oil vessel, which reportedly was linked to Venezuela.“The blockade of sanctioned and illicit Venezuelan oil remains in...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services reminded new citizenship applicants that its neighborhood investigation before granting citizenship is back and not only neighbors but employers will also get visits by USCIS officials to verify moral character, assimilation into the US way of life etc. The neighbourhood investigation resumed in November 2025 as the agency overhauled...