Jerusalem: Israel prepared on Saturday to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over the return of a misidentified body this week threatened to derail a fragile truce. The six, the last living hostages from a group of 33 due to be freed in the … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he will soon impose reciprocal tariffs on countries like India and China, asserting that the United States will charge the same tariffs these nations impose on American goods. Trump said, “We will soon impose reciprocal tariffs — they charge us, we charge them. Whatever a … Read more
A UK prison officer has been jailed for 12 months after she admitted to having an “inappropriate” relationship with an inmate. Toni Cole, who worked at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, accepted that she was involved with a 28-year-old male inmate. Ms Cole pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office and was sentenced … Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday he is replacing top US military officer General Charles “CQ” Brown less than two years into his four-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump thanked Brown for “his over 40 years of service to our country” in a post on his Truth Social platform that … Read more
A notorious gang leader in Sri Lanka was shot dead Wednesday inside a courthouse by a gunman disguised as a lawyer, the BBC reported. Gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, a suspect in multiple murder cases, was brought to court under a heavy armed escort by commandos from the elite Special Task Force. He was shot … Read more
More than 20 people were killed and over 13,000 structures destroyed in Januarys Los Angeles wildfire. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley on Friday for her handling of the wildfires in January that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed more than 13,000 structures, the mayor said in … Read more
Washington: The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three White House officials on Friday after the news agency was barred from some of US President Donald Trump’s events. The AP, in the suit filed in a federal court in Washington, said the denial of access violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees … Read more
Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen has called out Elon Musk who claimed that NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were “abandoned” at the International Space Station (ISS) by former US President Joe Biden. Mr Mogensen has quote-tweeted a clip from Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s first joint interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity and said, … Read more
Beijing: A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread to humans, Chinese researchers have reported. The virus does not enter human cells as readily as SARS-CoV-2 does, the Chinese researchers reported in … Read more
The Bayeux Tapestry – a unique artefact created in the 11th century – will be off the market for some time. Wondering, why? The museum housing the artefact in France will close its doors for renovation in September. The museum authorities shared a notice on the official website. The statement read, “The Bayeux Tapestry Museum … Read more
Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend and Canadian singer Grimes has accused the Tesla CEO of ignoring her repeated attempts to contact him regarding urgent concerns about their child’s health. In a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), Grimes, who goes by the real name Claire Boucher, urged the 53-year-old to acknowledge one of their child’s medical crises. … Read more
A new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered in China. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the new virus called HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a team of virologists led by Shi Zhengli, the famed scientist known as “Batwoman” … Read more