Rome pushed back against comments by Nato secretary general Mark Rutte Italy on Wednesday pushed back against comments by Nato secretary general Mark Rutte that hundreds of US aircraft had taken off from American bases in Italy to support military operations against Iran, insisting that Rome authorised only technical and logistical flights and not direct…
The 2026 Global Attitudes Survey by Pew Research Center now shows an overwhelmingly negative view of Trump The TOI correspondent from Washington: Time and again, US President and MAGA boss Donald Trump has claimed that foreign leaders have assured him that “we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world” and the US was dead before…
Harry Kane and Ghana witch doctor England’s goalless World Cup draw against Ghana sparked attention both on and off the pitch after a Ghanaian witch doctor claimed he had placed a curse on England captain Harry Kane and later “released” it following the match.Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a self-proclaimed spiritualist who previously claimed responsibility for a…
The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law comes into force on July 1. China has defended a controversial new law that could allow authorities to pursue individuals and organisations beyond its borders for activities deemed harmful to ethnic unity, a move that has alarmed rights groups and overseas minority activists.The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion…
Group of Indian women stand up to waiter using offensive slurs in Italy, police intervene. A heated argument at a restaurant in Italy has gone viral after an Indian woman and her friends confronted a waiter over anti-India remarks and demanded that he apologise.The incident was shared on Instagram by influencer Khushi Dubey, who posts…
Sensex soared nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaimed the 24,000 mark Benchmark equity indices rebounded sharply on Wednesday, with the Sensex soaring nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaiming the 24,000 mark, driven by falling crude oil prices, strong buying in banking and IT stocks, and optimism over a potential India-US trade agreement.The 30-share…
For more than a decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping has presented his anti-corruption campaign as a battle to cleanse the Communist Party of graft, excess and abuse of power. What began in 2012 as a drive against bribery and influence-peddling has since evolved into something much broader – a campaign that increasingly scrutinises not only…
India’s junior space minister Jitendra Singh urged BRICS nations to forge a ‘Brics Space Economy,’ BENGALURU: Calling space the next frontier of global economic growth, junior space minister Jitendra Singh Wednesday urged Brics nations to work together to build a “Brics Space Economy”, arguing that no single country can shape the future of the sector…
First-phase locations for grooming gang inquiry announced. A national inquiry into grooming gangs has announced that investigations will begin in Oldham, Bradford, Keighley and London as part of its first phase.The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, led by Baroness Anne Longfield CBE, will examine how authorities and organisations responded to cases of child sexual…
SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son has said that he is not planning to step down in his sixties, announcing to shareholders that he intends to remain at the helm of the technology conglomerate for another decade or more. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the 68-year-old billionaire tech investor declared that…