Opinions How MAGA fell out with ‘Indian Tech-Bros’ It is no surprise that the tenuous alignment between Indian professionals and Trump’s ‘America First’ movement is unravelling. Published On 1 Feb 20251 Feb 2025 Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla CEO Elon Musk applaud at the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump in the US Capitol Rotunda…
Air ambulance carrying child, 5 others crashes in US city of Philadelphia A Mexican girl who had been in the US for medical care, her mother, and members of flight and medical crews were on board the plane. Smoke rises as emergency personnel operate in the aftermath of a plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US…
LONG READ The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925 A century ago, an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention. Teams of dogs saved the day, delivering a remedy by relay across the frozen state. Undated image of the first dog team to…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Hamas releases two Israeli captives in Gaza, third to be freed shortly Hamas hands over Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas to the Red Cross in Gaza’s Khan Younis, while Keith Siegel is to be freed in Gaza City. Hamas fighters stand guard as people gather ahead of the handover of Israeli captives in Khan…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,073 Here are the key developments on the 1,073rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The aftermath of a rocket shelling in the centre of Ukraine’s Odesa that left several people injured and damaged historic buildings [Ukraine State Emergency Handout Photo via EPA] Published On 1…
‘Beautiful board’: How chess saved an Indian village from alcohol, gambling The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India. A crowd gathers around a chess game at a teashop in Marottichal, a sleepy village in India’s Kerala state once known for alcoholism that’s…
LONG READ Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls Pressure is building on Myanmar’s military regime to hold national elections that opposition forces have promised to disrupt. Police cover their faces to protect from the dust as they walk with census enumerators at Thae Chaung village in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western…
Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and other groups. Experts say Donald Trump’s policies on Afghan refugees could be early indicator of how hardline his immigration stance will be [File: David Goldman/AP…
New Orleans, Louisiana – It was 3am on New Year’s Day, and Tyler Burt, a pedicab driver working in New Orleans’s historic French Quarter, decided to take one last fare. He pedalled to Bourbon Street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare pulsing with music and laughter. It wasn’t long before a family of four flagged him down….
Iran warns that any attack on its nuclear sites would trigger ‘all-out war’ Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells Al Jazeera that Iran would ‘immediately and decisively’ to an US or Israeli attack. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on before a meeting with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim…