Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that for the first time in the history of India, members of the Rajya Sabha were manhandled and physically beaten.
A California man confessed to killing his two young children, allegedly telling an FBI investigator he thought they were "going to grow into monsters so he had to kill them," according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
SINGAPORE: A 26-year-old man was sentenced to seven months in prison on Thursday (Aug 12) for harbouring an immigration offender.
A second charge of harbouring another immigration offender was taken into consideration during sentencing, the Immigration & C…
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday extended coronavirus restrictions till August 30, saying that the state needs to be prepared for the possible third wave of the pandemic.
Western Cape trade and investment company Wesgro has reported a record start to its financial year, with the group securing R5 billion in investment off the back of a major real estate deal.
'I spent the first two days this week crying every time I thought of my kids and I found it so difficult trying to hold it together when I spoke to them on FaceTime'
Background There could be various stakeholders who influencing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) policy development and implementation, yet their attributes and roles remain unclear in practice. This study aimed to identify key stakeholders in the pro…
The Gunners boss has been speaking about one of the most sensational transfers in recent history as the Argentine icon was forced to leave Barcelona and joined PSG
But with blustery showers and strong winds forecast for this evening across the northwest, and drizzle and cloud cover in the south, the Perseid meteor shower may be harder to spot from the UK.
Lionel Messi said he wants to "build something special" at Paris Saint-Germain before being unveiled as a Parisian player on Wednesday. The 34-year-old superstar signed a two-year deal with PSG on Tuesday with the option of an additional year.
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SINGAPORE — The combined net worth of Singapore’s 50 richest people rose by 25 per cent over the past year to US$208 billion (S$282 billion) from US$167 billion last year, Forbes said in its annual list of the world’s wealthiest tycoons.
BEIJING (Reuters): Antibodies triggered by Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine declined below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients, but a third shot had a strong booster effect, a lab study showed.
The discovery was made by Chandrayaan-2 orbiter's imaging infrared spectrometer. The scientists said that more data will be made available in the future, giving a complete picture.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has admitted that the injury suffered by Hakim Ziyech during Wednesday night’s dramatic Uefa Super Cup triumph in Belfast is “serious”.
Unbeatable Football is what they’re calling it at SuperSport and it’s easy to see why with the new season laced with rivalries, tension, tradition and more storylines than your favourite Hollywood thriller.
The Gunners have been strongly linked with a move for the Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale throughout the summer but a deal now appears unlikely
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday expressed confidence that the country will not face a “big problem” over the supply of oxygen tanks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Veteran space scientist G Madhavan Nair expressed shock over the unsuccessful GSLV-F10 launch mission but said the ISRO is resilient enough to bounce back.
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SEOUL — Disgraced former K-pop star Seungri was convicted of arranging prostitution and other charges stemming from a sex and drugs scandal and jailed for three years Thursday (Aug 12) by a military court, reports said.
Tokyo Olympics News: Neeraj Chopra's gold is the second individual Olympic gold medal won by an Indian athlete, after Abhinav Bindra, and also independent India’s first me
Gatwick says travel bookings in France and Germany are over half of pre-pandemic levels but just 16% in the UK, as European stock markets gear up for fourth week of gains
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine
EXCLUSIVE: Police believe Esther Dingley lunged down a steep rock-strewn slope near to the 2,300ft summit of the Pic de la Glere straddling the French-Spanish border in November.
Shares of FTSE 250 gas mask maker Avon Protection have plummeted 25pc this morning, after the company said it was reducing its revenue guidance as a result of supply chain disruption.
University of the Western Cape Division for Postgraduate Studies acting director Professor Mario Smith said that a major threat to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out campaign is people thinking they are immune to the virus.
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Local shares fell on Friday as investors make last-minute adjustments to their portfolios ahead of the main index’s rebalancing, while unease over rising infections grows.
Eminem's 19-year-old child has come out as non-binary. The teenager made the announcement in a Tik Tok video and asked fans to 'call me Stevie (they/she/he)'.
A newly-published research study has tracked the movements of a woolly mammoth that lived 17,000 years ago. The findings suggest it starved to death as its grazing area shrunk due to a rapidly changing environment. The scientists on the study say it offers le…
The Springboks' two Rugby Championship Tests against the All Blacks look set to be played on neutral ground following confirmation that New Zealand's borders will remain closed for international travel until early 2022.
Apple is rolling out support for Apple Music Lossless and Spatial Audio on the HomePod and HomePod mini through its latest beta update. Full support for users on the standard software path will likely follow in a few months.
Chinese palaeontologists have discovered two new dinosaur species dated back to 130 million years ago in Hami, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and named one of them after the Silk Road on which Hami was a key post in ancient times.
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being offered a RM21,000 bribe to release a suspected drug pusher, two policemen rejected the money and maintained their integrity as law enforcers.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 ― Financial institutions cannot waive interest payments on loans that will accrue during the ongoing six-month moratorium as there will be serious after-effects for the country’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in the long ru…
TOKYO: Japan will grant asylum to a footballer from Myanmar's national team who raised an anti-coup salute during a match outside Tokyo and refused to fly home, reports said on Friday (Aug 13).
Substitute goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung raised the three-finger s…
Malaika Arora praised her friend Kareena Kapoor for how she handled her pregnancies, and revealed that she'd often remind her to ‘sit like a lady’. | Bollywood
Reno Omokri, former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for visiting the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in London. President Buhari who embarked on a medical trip to the Uni…
The health department's official Covid-19 death toll for 2020 was 28 500. But this is less than half the actual Covid-19 death toll for last year, Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town researchers explain in an article.
FATTY liver disease is a chronic condition characterised by excess fat in the liver. If left untreated, it can develop into scarring of the liver and become irreversible.
Calling Twitter biased, the Congress leader said, “Our democracy is under attack. We are not allowed to speak in Parliament. The media is controlled. And I thought there was a ray of light where we could put what we thought on Twitter. But obviously, that's n…
GARDAÍ expect it could be several months before they get to question Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch over his alleged involvement in the Regency Hotel attack.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today struck out Dr Zakir Naik's(pix) appeal against a High Court’s decision that allowed former Batu Uban assemblyman ...
(Aug 13): Smartphone maker Honor launched the Magic 3 handset series on Thursday, its first flagship series aiming for the high-end market after its split from Huawei, shedding light on the smartphone maker's ambition to snap up more market share, Global Time…
No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s close friendship with the Gupta family ’blindsided’ mandy as he was ’the ultimate leader’ of the ANC and the country at that time.
PORT DICKSON: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dismissed talk that some Pakatan Harapan MPs will vote in support of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to remain as Prime Minister when a vote of confidence is carried out in Parliament on Sept 7.
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is fighting an uphill battle to win the public's compliance with Covid-19 measures, even as an expert panel said on Thursday (Aug 12) that the spiralling infections in Tokyo were nearly bey…
The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, Afghan Member of Parliament Gul Ahmad Kamin told CNN on Friday, as the insurgent group continues its rapid advancement toward the capital Kabul.
Kashmir's inspector-general of police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said that a “major tragedy” was averted just days before India celebrates its 75th Independence Day on August 15 with the conclusion of the Kulgam encounter. | Latest News India