Pakistan has a strange gift: just when the world begins to take it a bit seriously, it produces an ‘oops’ moment so spectacular that the script writes itself. One week it is pitching itself as a serious mediator between the United States and Iran; the next, a US senator is publicly asking whether it has…
Beneath the modern skyline of Mexico City, something older still lingers quietly. On the surface, it is a crowded capital filled with traffic, offices, and constant movement. But just a few metres below, another world appears to exist, almost frozen in time. Ancient temples, buried courtyards, carved stones, and ceremonial remains sit hidden under layers…
A California court sentenced the founder of the Punjabi Devils Motorcycle Club to more than five years in prison after authorities recovered machine guns, explosive devices and a silencer linked to an illegal weapons operation.27-year-old Jashanpreet Singh from Lodi, California, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for unlawfully dealing firearms and…
The simple business rule Bernard Arnault repeats about long-term success. Image credit – Wikimedia Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH, has built one of the most successful business empires in the world through years of effort. However, the one mindset that helped him build a luxury empire is what many companies tend…
A Scottish man who travelled to Ukraine as a military instructor has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after admitting to working as a Russian spy.Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline in Fife, pleaded guilty in a court in Odesa to passing sensitive military information to Russia while Ukraine remained under martial law, according to…
For centuries, ships carrying merchants, soldiers and explorers passed through the narrow waters linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Many never made it out. Now, archaeologists working in southern Spain have uncovered what may be one of the largest underwater archaeological concentrations in the western Mediterranean: a vast ship graveyard hidden beneath the…
An 80-year-old woman from Cheshire, UK, has won £333,333 in the People’s Postcode Lottery after her husband secretly registered the ticket in her name because he believed she brought better luck.Nancy Barkley, from Crewe, landed the six-figure payout as part of a £1 million shared prize awarded across her neighbourhood.Her husband Colin Barkley, 69, said…
Maya Higa has reached a major milestone in her career after becoming the first Twitch streamer to deliver a speech on the main stage at the TED conference in front of thousands of attendees. The speaker participated in the TED2026 event that took place in Vancouver. There, the content creator discussed topics related to animal…
LONDON: British PM Keir Starmer told members of his cabinet on Tuesday he had no intention of resigning as calls grew louder within his Labour Party for him to step down.Starmer tried to shore up support within his cabinet following a febrile few days in the wake of hefty losses for the Labour Party in…
Representative image credits: AP Saudi Arabia carried out a series of unpublicised airstrikes on Iran in late March in retaliation for attacks inside the kingdom during the Middle East conflict, according to sources cited by Reuters.The strikes marked the first known case of Saudi Arabia directly conducting military action on Iranian soil, underscoring a major…
