Erling Haaland is making waves at his debut World Cup, netting five goals and trailing only Lionel Messi for the Golden Boot. Norway’s star striker finds solace in his understated, comfortable home away from the pitch. His YouTube video reveals a kitchen featuring fresh rosemary, focused shelf lighting, jute coasters for a boho vibe, and…
KC Venugopal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple, demanding an immediate Supreme Court-monitored probe into what he described as the “Chanda Chori mega scandal.“Venugopal alleged that Lord Ram had been “misused and tarnished.”“The…
NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, has ordered a solar installation company to pay a homeowner more than Rs 25,000 with interest, after finding it overcharged him on net-metering costs and failed to generate the electricity it had promised from his rooftop solar system.What was the issueIjjada Vivekananda, a resident of…
Nasa has taken another step towards building a permanent human presence on the Moon by awarding almost $600 million in fresh contracts for a new series of robotic lander missions. Rather than focusing on a single spacecraft, the agency is spreading the work across several commercial partners, continuing its strategy of using private companies to…
Many parents worry that if children don’t get the “best” of everything, they’ll complain. Farah says that’s rarely been the case. Talking about long flights, she laughed and said, “All three of them sit with their headphones on and watch movies or TV during the flight.”When they were much younger, she occasionally kept them with…
Representative image of Twana Jamal in French court (AI generated) A convicted Iraqi human trafficker, Twana Jamal, was traced to Leicestershire, where he is allegedly living under a false identity while awaiting a decision on his UK asylum claim.According to an investigation by BBC, an Iraqi man once labelled the “godfather of traffickers” has been…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday announced the schedule for India’s two-match Test series in Sri Lanka, with both matches set to be played in August as part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle.The first Test will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle from August 15 to…
Former Australian cricketer Aaron Summers is facing a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse offences linked to an incident that took place in Tasmania in 2018.The 30-year-old, who previously represented the Hobart Hurricanes and Tasmania in domestic cricket, changed his plea in late June and admitted to two counts of penetrative…
England’s Harry Kane (9) celebrates after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between England and Congo in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman) Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside. The term “shot heard round the world” was popularised by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his poem Concord Hymn, whose opening…
Inside a king cobra nest: How the world’s longest venomous snake builds a home unlike any other The king cobra is famous for being the world’s longest venomous snake, but it has another remarkable trait that sets it apart from almost every other snake, it is the only snake known to build a nest for…