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Elon Musk Meets Iran UN Ambassador To Defuse Tension Under Trump: Report
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the meeting between the world’s richest person and Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani…
Trump Tracker: Trump Picks RFK Junior, Vaccine Skeptic, To Head Health Department
Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House after his victory over Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential elections, has appointed anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr as his secretary of the health department. “Kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of…
India To Host Champions Trophy If Pakistan Pull Out? Big Claim By Report
The uncertainty over Champions Trophy 2025 is one that has kept the world cricket on tenterhooks. From the time, the BCCI informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it will not be travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, the future of the tournament is in doldrums. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also maintained a…
US Man Discovers Owner Of His Favourite Neighbourhood Bakery Is His Mother
A man in the US state of Chicago received the surprise of a lifetime when he learned that the local bakery he frequented near his home was owned by his birth mother who put him up for adoption nearly five decades ago. Vamarr Hunter, 50, of South Shore discovered that he was adopted at 35…
Gavaskar Sets Record Straight On Kohli For Aus Tests. Says “Survive…”
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels Virat Kohli has the track record to turn around his poor form during the upcoming five-match Test series against Australia. Kohli arrived in Australia on the back of a horror outing with the bat against New Zealand at home, where he scored just 93 runs across six innings in…
New Sri Lankan President’s Party Headed For Big Win In Snap Elections
New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, initial results showed Friday. With more than half the ballots in Thursday’s parliamentary elections counted, Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 percent of votes, Election Commission results showed. Friday’s…
Pics: Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Volcano Erupts, Ash Cloud Rises 10-Km High
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted repeatedly, sending giant ash clouds ten kilometres (more than six miles) into the sky. The eruption, which first happened on Nov 3, killed nine people and forced thousands of locals to evacuate.
Wary Of NASA Satellites, How Farmers Time Crop-Burning, Scientist Explains
Since Wednesday morning, north India has been covered in a thick blanket of smog, leading to low visibility, a drop in temperature and the air quality deteriorating to the ‘Severe’ category. Air quality remained a concern all over the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), with satellite images showing the alarming scale of the smog cover over northwest…
UK Discloses Alleged Crimes, Including Rape, By Foreign Diplomats
People with diplomatic immunity in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty last year, a British government minister said on Thursday. A total of nine “serious and significant offences” by suspects with diplomatic protection were recorded with the foreign ministry in 2023, junior foreign minister Catherine West told parliament…