The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to the BBC. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions. The move comes just over a fortnight before President Joe Biden leaves office….
DEHRADUN: Non-resident Uttarakhandis have identified villages under the “Adopt a Village” programme and presented development plans to the state govt. The initiative originated from a dialogue between chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and NRIs in March 2024, and will be a key topic at the Pravasi Uttarakhandi Sammelan in Dehradun on Jan 12. Dhami said,…
King Charles III on Saturday expressed condolence after learning that Edward Pettifer, 31, a British relative of his sons’ former nanny, was amongst those killed in the New Orleans truck-ramming incident.The UK’s Press Association news agency reported that the King had reached out to the family to convey his personal condolences.It was “understood the King…
Hamas’s military wing released a video on Saturday of Liri Albag, one of some 250 people taken hostage by the group in its attack on Israel, as Israeli and Hamas officials held further rounds of indirect cease-fire talks via mediators in Qatar. Roughly 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza nearly 15 months since…
The cardboard box was light, barely big enough to hold a baby, much less an athletic 26-year-old. Yet, it held Diego Fernando Aguirre Pantaleón, or at least his remains, excavated from a common grave in a desert in northern Mexico. His family does not know how he ended up in the grave in Coahuila state….
Archaeologists discover ancient tools dating back millions of years – CBS News Watch CBS News Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of “Lucy,” an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found new clues about what life was like in…
A ‘ghost town’ in China that cost $85billion (£70billion) to build had been labelled ‘boring’ by one of its few residents. The city of Xiong’an, in the province of Hebei, was established in 2017. China described it as a ‘model city in the history of human development’ after the project was launched by the country’s…
Every day for the past week, Kim Kwon-seop, 72, has joined thousands of others gathered near the home of South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol. They were determined to shield Mr. Yoon from prosecutors who wanted to detain him on insurrection charges stemming from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month. To them,…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US lawmakers of Indian-origin are facing the brunt of nativist fury in America after a photograph one of them posted about their “coalition” triggered a racist meltdown. Shortly after being sworn as Representatives in the 119th Congress, California Congressman Ami Bera posted a photograph on X saying, “When I was first…
Getty Images Rory Gallagher performed in Belfast on many occasions during his career A statue of Irish rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher is set to be unveiled at Belfast’s Ulster Hall on Saturday. It will be located outside the Bedford Street venue where Gallagher played regularly throughout the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The County…
