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A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo (AP photo) A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters along the Pacific coast and prompting warnings of potentially higher surges. Several people were injured, and tens of thousands were advised to evacuate…
Mohammed Abdul Shoaib (centre), the lone survivor of the bus accident in Saudi Arabia’s Madina, with his family at his residence, in Hyderabad. (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The only survivor of the November 17 Umrah bus accident in Saudi Arabia returned to India on Tuesday and described the moments before the vehicle went up…
Trump employed the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement tariffs on virtually all US trading partners. (AI image) US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, that have shaken the world economy, are facing their final test with the Supreme Court hearing cases that question the measure’s legality.Trump has sought the Supreme Court’s support to…
Ben Austin (Pic credit: Ferntree Gully Cricket Club) A promising young Australian cricketer has died after being struck by a ball during practice in Melbourne, leaving his local sporting community heartbroken.Ben Austin, 17, was reportedly training at the Wally Tew Reserve in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday afternoon when the freak accident occurred. According to reports,…
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman was hospitalised after a masked Jewish settler struck her on the head while she was picking olives.The unprovoked attack took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank and was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel.Nathaniel said the settler struck the…
Anand Mahindra—top industrialist, frequent tweeter and a travel enthusiast, paused all his important business to praise a simple village morning from South India. He recently took to X and shared a video of a beautiful village in Palakkad district, Kerala. He called it “the perfect escape from the relentless pace of modern life.”He wrote: “This…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that American forces struck and destroyed a “very large” drug-carrying submarine that was heading toward the United States. He said that at least 25,000 Americans would have died if the vessel had reached the shore.Trump also confirmed that the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back…
Major General Muhammad Abdul Karim al-Ghamari An Israeli airstrike targeting top leaders of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in August killed the chief of staff of its military, officials said Thursday, escalating tensions between the group and Israel even as a ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have acknowledged the killing of Major General Muhammad…
A suspected missile strike, likely from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, caused a vessel to catch fire in the Gulf of Aden on Monday. Initial reports indicated no casualties.Media outlets in Yemen, quoted by Associated Press, indicated a possible ballistic missile was launched from Houthi-controlled areas.The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre reported that a…
Argentinian tech CEO dies after 3,000-foot fall on Mount Shasta descent An Argentinian tech entrepreneur plunged 3,000 feet to his death while descending from Mount Shasta in northern California last week, officials confirmed.Matias Augusto Travizano, 45, co-founder and former CEO of San Francisco-based data analytics firm GranData, had successfully summited the 14,162-foot mountain on September…
