In the nation’s second launch of a privately made rocket, Agnikul Cosmos of India launched its Agnibaan rocket for the first time on Thursday. It was propelled by the only rocket engine in India to employ both gas and liquid fuel. Four times in the previous two months, technical difficulties had forced the cancellation of […]
In reaction to US and British assaults on Yemen, the Houthis of Yemen conducted a missile attack toward the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on Friday. There has been no attack on the Eisenhower, a US defense official told Reuters. Saree said in a televised […]
Thursday marked the first time that a US president had been found guilty of a felony, as a jury in New York found that Donald Trump had falsified paperwork to conceal a payment made to a porn star in order to quiet her before the 2016 election. The 12-member jury found Trump guilty on all […]
Judge Juan Merchan set sentencing for mid-July and Trump remains free until that time without bail or restrictions on his movements. Here’s what comes next in the historic case: Sentencing Trump is to be sentenced on July 11 at 10:00 am (1400 GMT), just days ahead of the Republican National Convention where he is expected […]
A three-year action plan aimed at “strengthening standards” in new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has been announced by China. The Central Cyberspace Affair Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly released the proposal, which was made public on Wednesday, according to an official statement. According to […]
As India’s northwest swelters in record-high temperatures, media outlets reported on Thursday that Delhi, the country’s capital, has registered its first heat-related death of the year. According to The Indian Express newspaper, a 40-year-old laborer passed away on Wednesday from heatstroke as a result of the heat. On Wednesday, the Mungeshpur neighborhood in Delhi saw […]
Following President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash, Iran began the registration of candidates for an early election next month on Thursday, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on state TV. Raisi’s unexpected passing has sparked a scramble among hardliners to influence the choice of Iran’s next leader. Raisi was formerly thought to be […]
Jake Larson, a 101-year-old survivor of D-Day, the greatest amphibious assault in history, is traveling to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion in remembrance of his comrades who were not able to return home. Tucked away in his Martinez, California, house among pictures and souvenirs from his time in the U.S. Army and […]
In what is expected to be the most competitive election since apartheid ended, South Africans cast their ballots on Wednesday. After three decades in power, the African National Congress (ANC) may lose its legislative majority, according to polls. Voters queued at many places, including Hitekani Primary School in the large slum of Soweto in Johannesburg, […]
A day after sections of the nation’s capital, Delhi, registered their highest temperature ever, at nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), the weather department of India issued a red alert for numerous regions in the northwest of the country on Wednesday, warning of an extreme heat wave. The India Meteorological Department states that a red […]
