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NEW DELHI: At first, Rahemath Pasha thought it was fireworks. The 37-year-old Uber driver from Hyderabad was waiting for his ride near Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach on the evening of December 14 when he heard loud bursts followed by screams. Bondi, usually a place of celebration and families enjoying Sydney’s relaxed seaside life, had suddenly...

Trump (left) & Representative AI image (right) Several European leaders on Tuesday pushed back US President Donald Trump‘s threat of seeking an American takeover of Greenland, issuing a joint statement saying that the mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people.” Leaders from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Danish prime minister...

File photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi (Picture credit: AP) China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve both civilian and military purposes to Japan, a move that comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan.In a statement, China’s commerce ministry said exports of such items...

Brydon Carse (left), and Steve Smith Batters often raise concerns if there is movement or a distraction near the sight screen, as it affects their focus. There have also been occasions when batters have asked bowlers to remove wristbands or hairbands if their colour matches the ball.One well-known incident took place during the World Series...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed the unusually high number of interlocutory applications being filed in the stray dogs case. It also remarked that these many applications are not even seen in human cases.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed this when two lawyers mentioned the interlocutory application filed by...

NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has lodged a police complaint seeking registration of an FIR against members of its students’ union and several other students for allegedly raising “objectionable, provocative and inflammatory” slogans during a protest held outside Sabarmati Hostel on Monday night.The protest was called by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU)...

Elon Musk has a challenge for security engineers. Sharing a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk invited security researchers to test X Chat’s encryption system. “We welcome any attempts to break X encryption,” the tech billionaire wrote on X addressing critics that server-stored keys protected by a 4-digit PIN enable brute-force attacks. The X owner...

Representative AI image Driving the news Indian investors are entering 2026 after one of the most counterintuitive years in recent memory. While the Nifty 50 clawed back to record highs after a frustrating 14-month consolidation, the true “multibagger” wasn’t a tech stock or a small-cap darling: it was gold.The yellow metal surged from roughly Rs...

Prithviraj Chavan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Linking the mounting trade tensions between India and United States with the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in the CIA-led operation, Maharashtra’s former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday asked: “Will Trump kidnap our Prime Minister?”Chavan said the central government has been making an effort to diversify the...