Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane England captain Harry Kane added more records to his name after scoring twice in England’s 2-1 win over DR Congo in the FIFA World Cup Round of 32.Kane’s two goals helped England come from behind to book a place in the Round of 16, where they will face Mexico at the…
Russia has claimed that Ukraine may have carried out its first-ever combat launch of a domestically developed ballistic missile, potentially marking a major milestone in Kyiv’s efforts to build an indigenous long-range strike capability.According to a Bloomberg report, the Russian defence ministry said the missile was intercepted alongside seven guided bombs and 602 fixed-wing drones….
Australia are prepared to take a chance on Ellyse Perry if needed for Sunday’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final at Lord’s, with head coach Shelley Nitschke saying the all-rounder could play even if she is not fully fit.Perry retired hurt during Australia’s semi-final win over West Indies at The Oval after feeling what the…
Stone-pelting on Indian trains is a growing menace, with thousands of incidents reported annually. A passenger is injured after a stone crashes through a train window. An alert loco pilot spots an iron pipe on the tracks seconds before disaster. A low-intensity blast damages a freight corridor, triggering a multi-agency investigation.Different states. Different methods. But…
Anthropic is reportedly renegotiating the pricing terms of its artificial intelligence (AI) models with one of its earliest investors, Amazon. A report claims that Amazon may have to pay more to use Anthropic’s AI models after the AI startup revised part of its commercial agreement with the tech giant. Anthropic may have shifted Amazon’s pricing…
Election Commission of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday directed rival factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to submit their claims and counterclaims over the party’s authorised signatories and organisational elections.According to officials in the EC, letters have been sent to both Mamata Banerjee and rebel faction leader Ritabrata Banerjee, asking them…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition government on Thursday presented a wide-ranging reform package aimed at reviving Germany’s sluggish economy, introducing tax cuts, pension changes, stricter sick leave rules and steps to reduce bureaucracy, according to government statements and Reuters reporting.According to AP, Merz said the reforms were designed to reposition Europe’s largest economy…
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Today’s quote of the day comes from Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist who spent more than five decades living with a diagnosis that was originally expected to kill him within two years. He said, “I have lived with the prospect of an early death for…
Guest list of who would be attending Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral Iran begins a week of funeral ceremonies on Friday for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US–Israeli strike in February. The ceremonies will move from Tehran to Qom, then to Najaf in Iraq, before concluding with burial in his…