Arsenal’s failure to usurp Manchester City as Premier League champions in each of the last two seasons can be excused by several factors. Pep Guardiola’s side have only known winning for the last four campaigns, while Mikel Arteta’s players are trying to get over the line and deliver a first league title for more than … Read more
May 2024 marked the 12th consecutive month when the highest-ever temperatures were recorded globally. We have had one full year when temperatures for each month was higher than the highest ever recorded for that month. That is alarming. It tells us the predictions of climate scientists about global warming leading to extreme heat have come … Read more
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have returned to Venezuela’s streets to decry Nicolás Maduro’s alleged attempt to steal Sunday’s election, as the country’s authoritarian leader vowed to squash what he called “a violent counter-revolution” and more than 700 arrests were made. Maduro’s disputed claim to have won the vote has plunged the South American … Read more
While Indian athletes are putting their best foot forward at the Paris 2024 Olympics, fellow Indians too have planned ‘staycations’ to cheer and support them at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. There has been a staggering 60% surge in visa applications from Indians for France this year! This increase in application numbers indicates … Read more
Simone Biles has won her fifth Olympic gold medal after anchoring the United States to a commanding win in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday afternoon at the Bercy Arena. The five-woman squad of Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera returned the US to the top of the Olympic podium … Read more
In hot and humid summers, when you rub a puff of talcum powder from your compact on your face, it lifts your mood immediately with its fragrance. When you pat the skin dry further, it feels plain. Additionally, spraying its stark white, snowy, amorphous particles on your body freshens you up. But did you know … Read more
The court ruling concluded that Puech willingly turned over management of his affairs to Freymond, including by signing numerous blank documents and giving access to his bank accounts | Credit: Bloomberg 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2024 | 11:18 PM IST An octogenarian heir to the Hermès luxury fortune, who sparked … Read more
Hundreds of people have gathered in Southport to pay tribute to the victims of a dance class knife attack as three children who died, and a yoga teacher who was injured trying to save them, were named. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were killed in what police described … Read more
India faces what used to be called a “Hobson’s Choice” in Bangladesh ruled by Sheikh Hasina Wajed of the Awami League. A daughter of the murdered Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding father and its first President, she has served as Prime Minister for a combined total of over 20 years. Now, sadly, she and her … Read more
The far-right mob attack on two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bases in defence of soldiers accused of sexually torturing a detainee did not come out of the blue; the parallels to a 2016 incident were immediately obvious. In March that year, Elor Azaria, an IDF soldier serving in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, … Read more