World
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2 killed in vehicle collision caused by deer in Japan
Tokyo: Two men died in a vehicle collision apparently caused by a deer in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, local police said on Thursday. The police said they received an emergency call…
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Sunak’s decision to reappoint Braverman faces fresh questions
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to reappoint Suella Braverman as the Home Secretary six days after she was forced to resign for a security breach is facing fresh questions after…
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Apple Watch saves life of woman buried alive by her husband
Washington: A woman in the United States, stabbed and buried alive by her husband, made a miraculous escape and called the emergency services using her Apple watch. According to a report in The…
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Bank of Canada increases policy interest rate
Ottawa: The Bank of Canada has increased its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 percent. Given elevated inflation and inflation expectations, as well as ongoing demand pressures in the…
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Sword attack at NZ PM’s Auckland office, woman arrested
Auckland: Police in New Zealand arrested a woman on Thursday in connection with a sword attack on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s electorate office in Auckland. A police spokesperson confirmed the arrest of…
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Murderer of Indian-American sheriff’s deputy sentenced to death
New York: The man who murdered an Indian-American Sikh sheriffs deputy in Texas has been sentenced to death, according to officials. The verdict was handed down on Wednesday by the jury, a…
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Ready for talks with Ukraine over claims of drone supplies to Russia: Iran
Tehran: Rejecting the claims that Russia used Iranian drones against Ukraine, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed Tehran’s readiness for talks with Kiev on such allegations. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a…
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‘Let that sink in’, says Elon Musk as he strolls into Twitter HQ
California: Ahead of his USD 44 billion Twitter acquisition deal, Elon Musk visited the headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco, and walked the halls of the office carrying the bowl of a…
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Rishi Sunak passes first Commons test
London: Rishi Sunak on his second day in office as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom passed his first major test in the House of Commons, albeit not with flying colours.…
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‘Xi’s 3rd term will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups’
Beijing: Xi Jinping’s third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority groups in China, exiled activists warned in recent forums and interviews,…
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Russia reports 7,518 new Covid cases
Moscow: Russia registered 7,518 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,394,360, the official monitoring and response centre said on Wednesday. The centre said the nationwide…
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Who will win the Football World Cup– Ronaldo or Messi? May be none
In less than a month’s time the superpowers of football will step into the stadiums of Qatar to battle it out for one of the most coveted trophies in world sport – namely…
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Watch: Russia runs nuclear drills; launches ballistic missiles
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles in a show of force amid the heightened…
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Russia recruiting Afghan commandos trained by US to fight in Ukraine
London: Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, a media report said. Up to 30,000 members…
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Putin oversees retaliatory nuclear strike drills
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen military drills enacting a retaliatory nuclear strike, a media report said. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu described the aim of the drills as testing “Russia’s strategic…
