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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Any new attack would be ‘another failure’: Iran
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
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After Trump meet, Musk says he won't donate to either US presidential candidate
Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla TSLA.O, said on Wednesday that he will not donate money to either Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or Democratic President Joe Biden in this year's election, one day after meeting Trump in Florida
7 March 2024, 11:19 AM
'If they kill me it changes nothing': Navalny in unreleased 2020 interview
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on Wednesday that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place
7 March 2024, 03:59 AM
Cancer-causing chemical found in Clinique, Clearasil acne treatments, US lab reports
High levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in some acne treatments from brands including Estee Lauder's Clinique, Target's Up & Up and Reckitt Benckiser-owned Clearasil, said independent US laboratory Valisure
7 March 2024, 03:54 AM
7 killed in occupied Ukraine
Seven people were killed yesterday in separate incidents in the eastern Ukrainian region of Lugansk under Russian control, Moscow-installed authorities announced.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM
New Marquez novel launched 10 years after his death
Gabriel Garcia Marquez died a decade ago, but a previously unpublished book by the author who popularised the Latin American “magical realism” narrative genre hit the stores yesterday, somewhat despite his wishes.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Haiti situation ‘beyond untenable’
The United Nations rights chief warned yesterday that the situation in chaos-wracked Haiti had become “beyond untenable”, with 1,193 people killed this year by gang violence.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM
It’s Trump vs Biden again?
Donald Trump marched towards a White House rematch with President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley was reportedly set to drop out after a heavy defeat in the "Super Tuesday" primaries
6 March 2024, 14:13 PM
Navalny's widow invited to Biden speech but not able to attend
US President Joe Biden invited the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to attend his State of the Union speech on Thursday but she cannot attend, the White House said
6 March 2024, 03:43 AM
Emaciated children seen at Gaza hospitals
Two Palestinian toddlers with sunken eyes and emaciated faces, one in a yellow cardigan and the other in a stripy top, were lying side by side on a bed in a Gaza clinic, their thin, bony legs protruding from diapers that looked too big for them.
5 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram now restored
Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram faced a global outage for nearly an hour
5 March 2024, 15:37 PM
The Ambani pre-wedding extravaganza in pictures
Anant's pre-wedding bash was attended by Bill Gates, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, fellow Indian billionaires Gautam Adani, as well as many cricketers and Bollywood film stars such as Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
5 March 2024, 10:02 AM
Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups
Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said today
5 March 2024, 06:20 AM
Ex-Twitter executives sue Musk for unpaid severance
Former top executives of Twitter sued Elon Musk yesterday saying he has failed to pay them nearly $130 million after the billionaire took over the social media company and dismissed them
5 March 2024, 03:21 AM
Spotify Case: Apple hit with 1.8b euro EU fine
The EU yesterday hit Apple with a more than 1.8-billion-euro fine (USD1.9 billion) for violating the bloc’s laws by preventing European users from accessing information about alternative, cheaper music streaming services.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Haiti declares state of emergency
Haiti’s government declared on Sunday a state of emergency and nighttime curfew in a bid to regain control of the country after a deadly gang assault on the capital’s main prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Scientists reveal secrets of Earth’s magnificent desert star dunes
They are among the wonders of our deserts: star dunes, the vaguely pyramid-shaped sand formations up to about 1,000 feet (300 metres) tall with arms stretching out from a central peak to give them a star-like appearance when viewed from above.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump can stay
The US Supreme Court yesterday removed a potential hurdle to Donald Trump’s bid to recapture the White House, unanimously dismissing a state court ruling that could have barred him from the ballot for engaging in insurrection.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Haiti govt declares state of emergency, curfew
Haiti's government declared on Sunday a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew after at least a dozen people died when gang members attacked the capital city's main prison, allowing several thousand inmates to escape
4 March 2024, 04:59 AM
New march towards Delhi announced
Indian farmers plan to march to the capital New Delhi on Wednesday as they push their demands for higher crop prices, a protest leader said, after several rounds of failed talks.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Fated to born and die in war
Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried yesterday, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM