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The IMF Chief projected that this year will witness a third of the world’s countries in recession and warned that 2023 will be “tougher” than last year due to the slowing of the economies of the US, EU, and China. The Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, delivered these sobering statements on […]
Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy election specialist with egg on their face. In short, there are too many unknowns – the state of the economy, late political shocks and even […]
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the former pope Benedict XVI had passed away at the age of 95, nearly ten years after he made history by becoming the first pope to resign in six centuries. “Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, […]
Elon Musk has become the first person ever to lose $200 billion from his net worth. The 51-year-old’s fortune peaked at $340 billion in November 2021 and he remained the world’s richest person until Bernard Arnault overtook him earlier this month. His net worth now stands at $137 billion. His fortune declined as Tesla shares […]
A lawsuit filed in New York state alleges that Hershey’s “fails to disclose” that some of its chocolate products “contain unsafe levels of lead and cadmium”. On December 28, New York resident, Christopher Lazazzaro, filed the lawsuit in federal court on Long Island. The suit seeks class-action status against the mass-market chocolatier, which obtained the […]
Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, famously called Pelé, passed away at aged 82 at a hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday. His agent Joe Fraga confirmed the news. Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé spent nearly two decades enchanting fans and dazzling opponents as the game’s most prolific scorer with […]
In Pakistan’s Sindh province, a 40-year-old Hindu woman was raped and brutally killed on Wednesday. The incident took place in the district of Sinjhoro. Diya Bheel, a Hindu woman who belonged to the Bheel tribe, is reported to have been a widow. Four kids are left behind by her. The first female Hindu senator from […]
A few passengers onboard a Thai Smile Airways plane from Bangkok to Kolkata were reportedly involved in a scuffle earlier this week. A video has gone viral showing a few people fighting on a flight . A video clip of the scuffle inside the aircraft was shared widely on social media on Wednesday, in which […]
In a series of Tweets shared by David Zweig, a New York-based independent journalist and writer, the leaked files purportedly showed how the US government pressured Twitter to intensify certain content and silence others related to Covid-19. Zweig claims that internal Twitter files he viewed revealed that the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter […]
Pavel Antov, a multi-millionaire lawmaker from Russia and opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was discovered dead after allegedly falling from a hotel in eastern Odisha, India, as per the media reports. He was rumoured to be on vacation in the state’s Rayagada region for his impending 66th birthday celebrations. According to media accounts, he leapt […]
South Korea reported its first case of infection from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ which is also known as Naegleria fowleri, on Monday. After returning from a trip to Thailand, a 50-year-old man from South Korea passed away, as per the authorities. He was infected with Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that causes a deadly brain infection. Naegleria fowleri […]
Since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the democratically-run island in August, China has sent 71 warplanes in its largest military show of force near Taiwan. Taipei has accused Beijing of “military intimidation.” According to Taiwan’s defence ministry, the group consisted of 47 Chinese military aircraft that entered Taiwan’s southwest air defence identification zone […]
In his first Covid-oriented speech since Beijing abruptly lifted strict containment measures last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to take action to preserve lives on Monday. China had been mostly immune to the virus throughout the majority of the pandemic, but after regulations that crippled the economy were suddenly loosened, the country is […]
The former President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, departed for the United States on Monday with his family, as per local media reports. Due to the nation’s economic catastrophe and protests, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was pushed from power earlier this year. While it waits for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to formally approve a USD 2.9 […]
Millions across the US are braving the deep freeze, which brought along massive traffic snarls and power blackouts. More than 30 people are reported dead in the year-ending brutal weather conditions, which has wreaked havoc in many parts of the country as well as in Canada. The storm unleashed misery during the Christmas weekend as […]
A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan, protesting against a Taliban order suspending all female students from attending university in the country. Taliban officials used water cannons to disperse the protesters. The Taliban’s move came despite the group promising when it returned to power last year that […]
A weather warning or advisory is in effect for more than 200 million people or roughly 60% of the US population, and the bitter cold is predicted to last through the Christmas holiday. The blizzard started on Wednesday, and the Kansas Highway Patrol said that three people died in separate car accidents as a result […]
Among thousands of immigrants waiting for the US Supreme Court to decide whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that have prevented many from seeking asylum, a 32-year-old man from Gandhinagar district fell to his death while trying to scale the “Trump wall” at the US-Mexico border. Brijkumar Yadav, his wife, and three-year-old, were among […]
A day after billionaire Elon Musk declared, as dramatically as his bid to buy the microblogging platform, that he would step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc, a Twitter user has gone viral for her satirical thread on becoming the company’s next CEO. Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated comedy writer, shared a five-post thread on […]
Suave, gentleman-like and a smooth talker. It took decades for Interpol to identify and nab serial killer and an almost cult figure of the 1970s, Charles Sobhraj. The Nepal Supreme Court, Wednesday, ordered Sobhraj’s release. The part-Indian conman and serial killer has been serving murder sentences in Nepal and has also served time in India […]
