Spread the love       Iranian blockade of Strait of Hormuz and the heavy price that global economy is paying these days bring back dark memories of a similar crisis that had enveloped the world nearly a decade after World War II had ended: the shutdown of the Suez Canal in the wake of a battle in which Egypt was pitted against...

Spread the love       TOI correspondent from Washington: In the hallowed halls of the White House and the Elysee Palace, the United States and France have managed to upgrade a centuries-old alliance into something far more contemporary: a full-blown, transatlantic group chat gone wrong.The latest fracture in this storied alliance—a bond dating back to when the French were helping Americans dodge...

Spread the love       As sweltering heat scorches the land, political temperature is rising in God’s Own Country as the summer election season knocks on Kerala’s doors.Long defined by a predictable alternation between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), the state now faces a far more complex contest. With chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking a rare...

Spread the love       Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts tied to four trade destinations amid growing frictions within franchise’s offense (Image via Getty: Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia Eagles logo) FanSided’s Austen Bundy reports the chances of the Philadelphia Eagles trading their star Super Bowl-winning quarterback Jalen Hurts are very, very low, but never zero.ESPN’s Tim McManus and Jeremy Fowler recently revealed that...

Spread the love       The Artemis II crew on Friday shared an image of Earth from the spaceship embarking on first lunar voyage in more than half a century.In a social media post on X, Nasa shared the photo with the caption, “That’s us!”“The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon....

Spread the love       What’s next for Raghav Chadha? Raghav Chadha’s outburst against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership does not come as a surprise. For quite some time now, Chadha, who was once considered a close confidant of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, was not on the same page with the party’s top leadership. Raghav Chadha’s growing distance from AAP was amplified...

Spread the love       <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130003181,imgsize-25828,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/-iran-warns-uae-ports-escalation-in-gulf-conflict-threatens-global-trade-amid-war-with-us-israel.jpg" alt="Iran threatens to bomb 1GW Stargate AI datacenter in Abu Dhabi; whose partners include of OpenAI, Cisco, Nvidia, Softbank and; shows hidden …" title=" Iran Warns UAE Ports: Escalation in Gulf Conflict Threatens Global Trade Amid War With US-Israel ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Iran Warns UAE Ports: Escalation in Gulf Conflict Threatens Global Trade Amid War...

Spread the love       When one thinks of the decisions taken by strategists in Washington DC, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi; what comes to mind are that these decisions are shaped by intelligence feeds, depleting missile stockpiles and diplomatic rammifications. One of the most important consideration that is often left out of public discourse is the effect of the environment, a key...

Spread the love       Iranian state-linked media on Friday claimed that a US fighter pilot had been downed and possibly captured inside the country, as conflicting reports emerged amid an intensifying regional conflict. There has been no immediate confirmation from Washington, with the US Central Command, the Pentagon and the White House yet to respond.According to Iranian outlets, the pilot ejected...