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Iran says Saudi Arabia has invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for an official visit – just over a week since the countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations. The invitation is said to have come in a letter from King Salman, but has not yet been confirmed by the Saudis. The Middle East’s recent history has been […]
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters clash with Police in Paris over pension reforms (Category: Breaking News)
Elena Rybakina avenged her defeat in the Australian Open final by beating Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to win the Indian Wells title. After a 78-minute opening set, Kazakhstan’s Wimbledon champion Rybakina went on to win 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 for her maiden WTA 1000 triumph. It marks her first win over the world number two […]
- Murray beats Alexander Zverev to reach Qatar Open quarter-finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Klaasen helps South Africa beat West Indies inside 30 overs (Category: Breaking News)
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- Williams beats Diaz for first singles win in over a year (Category: Breaking News)
The 95th awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 2022 films were on March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event was produced by Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss. Nominations were announced on January 24. BBC had much on the awards ceremony and awards. The American film Everything, […]
- The King’s Speech Gets 12 Oscar Nominations (Category: Breaking News)
- Flashdance singer and actress Irene Cara dies aged 63 (Category: Breaking News)
- John Cena stuns Oscars viewers as he presents Best Costume Design Award while completely naked (Category: Breaking News)
- The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday (Category: Breaking News)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 – when Russia launched […]
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin signs Ukraine annexation laws amid military setbacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian air strikes hit cities across Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Russia has threatened to destroy any fighter jets given to Ukraine by its allies, after two countries promised planes. Slovakia became the second Nato country to pledge Kyiv some MiG-29 aircraft on Friday, a day after Poland. Slovakia’s fleet was grounded last year and it no longer uses the jets. Ukraine has […]
- US shoots down airship over Atlantic (Category: Breaking News)
- US military asks for public’s help to find F-35 fighter jet (Category: Breaking News)
- US drone crashes after encounter with Russian jet (Category: Breaking News)
- US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that China’s President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow next week to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said they would discuss a “comprehensive partnership and strategic co-operation”. The visit comes as Beijing, an ally of Russia, has offered proposals to end the war in Ukraine, which the West has […]
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- US President Biden chooses Lisa Franchetti to head military branch (Category: Breaking News)
- Capitol riot committee seeks four criminal charges for Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 (Category: Breaking News)
Police in Paris have clashed with protesters after the French government decided to force through pension reforms without a vote in parliament. Crowds converged on Place de la Concorde in response to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. The plans had sparked two months of heated political debate and strikes. Finally, Prime Minister […]
- Nearly 40 pupils killed by militants in Uganda school attack (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
- French Government survives no-confidence vote (Category: Breaking News)
- UK to be one of worst performing economies this year (Category: Breaking News)
The US government has appointed former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti as the new ambassador to India, two years after his name was first announced for the role. Mr Garcetti, who is a close ally of Joe Biden, was nominated for the post by the US president in 2021. But his appointment was held up […]
- Deadly new quakes trap people under rubble in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly new quakes trap people under rubble in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly new quakes trap people under rubble in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Powerful storms wreak havoc in Europe (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that global cocaine production has reached record levels as demand rebounds following Covid lockdowns. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said coca cultivation rose by 35% between 2020 and 2021 to record levels. Findings suggest new hubs for trafficking have emerged in West and Central Africa. The report also said traffickers were […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that a private Indian airline has grounded two of its pilots for allegedly having coffee and sweets inside the cockpit of a flight mid-journey. The incident came to light after a purported photo of an open cup placed on the control panel of a SpiceJet aircraft went viral earlier this week. Reports said […]
- Southwest plane makes emergency landing in Cuba after bird strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Pakistan’s main opposition leader Imran Khan has greeted supporters outside his home, hours after there were violent clashes as police tried to arrest him. He addressed the crowd and took pictures with those gathered near his compound in the city of Lahore. In one video, he can be seen wearing a gas […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that more than 200 people are now confirmed dead in Malawi after Tropical Storm Freddy ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month. Huge amounts of brown water have cascaded through neighborhoods, sweeping away homes. Malawi’s commercial hub, Blantyre, has recorded most of the deaths, including dozens of children. Aid […]
- New Zealand braces for storm after record floods (Category: Breaking News)
- Los Angeles sees first blizzard warning since 1989 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tense wait as ex-cyclone moves over New Zealand’s most northern region (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll rises as Hurricane Ian strengthens (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that American military has claimed that a Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned US aircraft to crash into the Black Sea. The incident highlights the increasing risk of direct confrontation between Russia and the US over the Ukraine war. The US says the drone was on a […]
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Cargo ship attacked off Gujarat coast (Category: Breaking News)
- Twin bomb blasts near Iran general Qasem Soleimani’s tomb kill 73 – state TV (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
The leaders of the US, UK and Australia have unveiled new details of their plan to create a fleet of next generation nuclear-powered submarines. Under the Aukus agreement, Australia will first receive at least three nuclear-powered submarines from the US. The allies will also work together to create a new fleet using cutting-edge technology, including […]
- Taiwan unveils new submarine to fend off China (Category: Breaking News)
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran executes British-Iranian dual national (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that more than 60 bodies have been recovered in Malawi’s main commercial hub of Blantyre after Tropical Storm Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month. Strong winds and rains continue to cause severe destruction. “We have rivers overflowing, we have people being carried away by running waters, we have […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that a Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial. Iwao Hakamada, now 87, is the wold’s longest-serving death row inmate according to Amnesty International. He was sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering his boss, the man’s wife and their two children in […]
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s ex-president, Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79 (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Four held after model Abby Choi’s dismembered body found (Category: Breaking News)
The BBC says that a report titled Who Enabled the Uzbek Princess? will be published on Tuesday (14). The report is a study by Freedom For Eurasia on how Uzbekistan President’s daughter, Gulnara Karimova moonlighted as a pop star and diplomat and spent $240m (£200m) on properties from London to Hong Kong. Gulnara Karimova used […]
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Saudi state-owned oil giant ‘Aramco’ sees record profit of $161bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Man held after US congresswoman pours hot coffee on assailant (Category: Breaking News)
- Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Michelle Yeoh has become the first Asian winner of the best actress Oscar, for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. The creative multiverse adventure won seven awards including best picture, director and original screenplay. Accepting her statuette, Yeoh said: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- Amsterdam bans cannabis in its red light district (Category: Breaking News)
The song Naatu Naatu from the hit Telugu-language film RRR has made history by becoming the first Indian film song to win an Oscar. The blockbuster track won Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards, beating heavyweights like Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Its catchy tempo and choreography has captivated audiences around the world. Accepting […]
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC India offices searched by income tax officials (Category: Breaking News)
- Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies aged 79 (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (Category: Breaking News)
The blaze which swept through the world’s largest refugee camp last week was a “planned and purposeful act of sabotage,” investigators say. The fire on 5 March in Bangladesh left 15,000 Rohingya refugees homeless and gutted some 2,800 shelters. Militant groups had started the fire to “dominate” the camps, said the government official leading the […]
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters clash with Police in Paris over pension reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea Halloween crush kills 120, injures 100 (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Saudi oil giant Aramco has announced a record profit of $161.1bn (£134bn) for 2022, helped by soaring energy prices and bigger volumes. It represents a 46.5% rise for the state-owned company, compared with last year. It is the latest energy firm to report record profits, after energy prices spiked following Russia’s full-scale […]
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
- BP sees biggest profit in 114-year history after oil and gas prices soar (Category: Breaking News)
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have rallied against government plans to overhaul the judicial system, in what organisers say are the biggest street protests in the country’s history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes – that would curb the power of courts – will restore balance between the branches of government. Opponents say they […]
- Eleven Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in Nablus (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters clash with Police in Paris over pension reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will race in three Nascar Cup Series meetings this year. The 43-year-old Briton, who won the 2009 title, will make his debut in the stock car series in Texas on 26 March. Button will also take part in the inaugural Chicago Street Race on 2 July and compete […]
- Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells because of vaccination status (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Lewis Hamilton still has ‘100% faith’ in Mercedes despite struggles (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamilton calls for car restrictions to end ‘periods of dominance’ by teams (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Angola is to send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting. Both sides in the conflict – the M23 rebels and government troops – have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire that began on Tuesday. An East African force […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- Amsterdam bans cannabis in its red light district (Category: Breaking News)
Biriyani is the quintessential celebratory dish in India and an aromatic delicacy that dazzles as a sublime one-dish meal, writes historian and food expert Pushpesh Pant. The 400-year-old city of Hyderabad is linked in popular mind for its signature biriyani as much as it is with the exquisitely constructed Charminar monument.The biriyani may have become […]
- Sri Lanka’s most beautiful train journey (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten Ladies College girls back home after a wonderful Indian trip (Category: Breaking News)
- Dosa : wholesome fast food obsession (Category: Breaking News)
- CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY (Category: Breaking News)
The man nominated as China’s next premier by President Xi Jinping has been formally elected by parliament. Li Qiang, the former Communist Party leader of the country’s biggest city of Shanghai, will now lead the government, replacing retiring Li Keqiang. The 63-year-old received almost every vote from more than 2,900 delegates at the National People’s […]
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope Benedict XVI: Lying in state at the Vatican begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that the lawyers of ex-US president Donald Trump have confirmed that New York prosecutors have invited the ex-US president to testify to a grand jury over the Stormy Daniels case. The Manhattan district attorney has investigated Donald Trump for five years over alleged hush money payments made on his behalf to the ex-porn […]
- Donald Trump mistook rape accuser E Jean Carroll for ex-wife, trial told (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan ex-PM given three-year jail sentence (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Court throws out ex-lover’s €145m legal case against ex king of Spain (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that Nasa tweeted on Tuesday that a newly detected asteroid has a very small chance of impacting the Earth in 2046. If it does hit, the asteroid, roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool, may arrive on Valentines’s day 2048 according to Nasa calculations. The closest the asteroid is expected to get […]
- Massive asteroid to pass by Earth on weekend (Category: Breaking News)
- Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples (Category: Breaking News)
- Osiris-Rex: Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples (Category: Breaking News)
- Osiris-Rex: Nasa awaits fiery return of asteroid Bennu samples (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. The moves came as the firm, a key tech lender, was scrambling to raise money to plug a loss from the sale of assets affected by […]
- US puts forward Ajay Banga to lead World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- JP Morgan to take over First Republic bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Freezing weather adds to despair as quake toll passes 20,000 (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that a number of people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the north German city of Hamburg. Police say a gunman is believed to be dead. It is unclear if the attacker is among six or seven fatalities reported by German media. The shooting took place […]
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Cocaine haul sparks hunt for Australian trio rescued at sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
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