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Strictly and Outnumbered stars help Children in NeedThe former child stars of TV sitcom Outnumbered are now in their 20s Stars of Strictly Come Dancing, Gladiators, Outnumbered and Doctor Who are coming together to help raise money for this year’s Children in Need appeal.The live entertainment extravaganza is taking place on BBC One on Friday […]

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna [JVP or People’s Liberation Front], which leads Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power [NPP], could not have risen to power without widening its appeal and building a mass support base over the last few years, and the current political moment affords the party a chance to rewrite its history, general secretary […]

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today congratulated former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard who will take charge of America’s most sensitive secrets as Director of National Intelligence. Ms Sitharaman also recalled her “few interactions” with Ms Gabbard that left her impressed. “For 21 years you served the USA as a soldier becoming a Lt. Colonel in […]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years. In the call, Scholz “condemned Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops”, the chancellor’s spokesman Steffen […]

A lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of rigging dogecoin is ending. Investors in the cryptocurrency who said the world’s richest person and his electric car company Tesla committed fraud and insider trading are withdrawing their appeal from an Aug. 29 dismissal of their case. They are also withdrawing a bid to sanction Musk’s lawyers for allegedly […]

Prince Harry is continuing his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful activities by journalists and private investigators despite dozens of others settling their cases, his lawyer said on Friday. Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles, is suing the publisher of the Sun and the now-defunct News of the […]

A man returning home on his bike in Uttar Pradesh collided with another rider at an intersection, setting off an argument and a huge fight resulting in a stabbing, said the police. The incident, which took place late on Friday night, was reported from Ghosi in Mau town, some 300 km from state capital Lucknow. […]

Elon Musk (Picture credit: Reuters) Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that it is possible for his company, SpaceX, to transport passengers between major cities in under an hour using its Starship rocket during the Trump administration.Musk made this claim while responding to a video posted by user @ajtourvillevideo on X (formerly Twitter) on November […]

Scandinavian Airlines plane returned midflight owing to severe turbulence. A Miami-bound Scandinavian Airlines flight had to make a U-turn and head back to Europe from mid-way after the plane was hit by terrible turbulence. Terrifying footage of passengers screaming as one woman’s feet nearly touched the cabin ceiling emerged. The incident took place on Thursday […]

Jose Ibarra (Right) is accused of murdering Laken Riley (left) (Photo: X) The trial for Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan national accused of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, began in a Georgia courtroom on Friday.Riley was jogging near Lake Herrick on February 22, 2024, when she was killed. Ibarra faces multiple charges, including malice murder, […]

Trump’s narrative of an omnipresent “deep state” resonates with a portion of his base. As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, the contours of a looming battle are becoming clearer: a direct confrontation with what he has long decried as the “deep state.” Trump’s sweeping nominations for key positions in his incoming […]

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday trained guns at the Maha Vikas Agadi bloc, accusing it of polarising the upcoming assembly elections on the lines of religion for the sake of votes.While addressing a public gathering in Pune, Fadnavis called for a “dharma-yudh of votes” to counter “vote-jihad” against the Mahayuti […]