Yearly Archives: 2024
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah looks on at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party’s win in country’s general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. — AFP OTTAWA: The Canadian government on Tuesday accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of […]
Gary Kirsten (Image credit: PCB) NEW DELHI: Former South Africa opener Gary Kirsten, who famously coached India to their 2011 World Cup win, stepped down as Pakistan’s white-ball coach just six months into a two-year contract. Kirsten’s unexpected resignation drew criticism from former cricketers, with many calling out the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over the […]
China on the early hours of Wednesday completed the successful launch of Shenzhou-19 spacecraft, carrying a three-person crew to the Tiangong space station. The spacecraft took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 4.27am (local time), propelled by a Long March-2F rocket, a key component of the nation’s crewed missions. State […]
Oct 29, 2024, 07:53 PM ET The winter transfer window won’t reopen in Europe for a while yet, but there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Madrid plot swoop for Ballon […]
Israel took out three of Iran’s Russian-made S-300 missile defense systems during last week’s retaliatory strike against the Islamic Republic, Fox News has learned. Israel carried out the strategic airstrike on Oct. 26, marking a significant escalation in the conflict between the two countries during the operation’s chosen name, “Days of Repentance.” The strikes targeted […]
BBC Nyakuma and her husband Sunday, who live in a village in South Sudan, struggle to find food due to drought The area of land surface affected by drought has trebled since the 1980s, a new report into the effects of climate change has revealed. Forty-eight per cent of the Earth’s land surface had at […]
Your support helps us to tell the story This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story. The Independent is […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the thousands of North Korean soldiers expected to reinforce Russian troops on the front line in Ukraine are pushing the almost three-year war beyond the borders of the warring parties. Western leaders say North Korea has sent some 10,000 soldiers to help Russia’s military campaign and warn that […]
New season, same result for the New York Giants, who are now 2-6 after losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Monday Night Football.” For the seventh time in the last eight seasons, the Giants have two or fewer wins at this stage, and a newcomer on the roster isn’t happy. Brian Burns, who was traded […]
Many of us wish we could go back in time to ask our grandparents questions about their life, their family, and what it was like growing up, but Kenneth Tan did not need a time machine. Instead, he used art to connect with his grandmother and preserve her stories before they were lost forever. Kenneth […]