In 2013, James Howells, an IT technician from Newport, Wales, accidentally threw away a hard drive containing the private keys to 8,000 Bitcoins. At that time, the cryptocurrency was worth roughly $8 million. Over the next decade, Bitcoin’s value increased dramatically, making the contents of the lost hard drive worth an estimated $550 million as…
US House(L); refugees fleeing East Pakistan in 1971 (R, AP file photo) US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking to recognise the atrocities committed by Pakistani army and its allies, against Bengali Hindus in 1971, as war crimes and genocide.Landsman, a Democrat from Ohio, moved the resolution on…
Kick streamer Clavicular is facing a shocking incident after being slapped by a woman during a live club stream. The event happened while he was hosting an IRL “clubbing” stream on Kick. Thousands of viewers witnessed the confrontation in real time. Clavicular invited a woman from the crowd onstage, and a disagreement over his controversial…
S Jaishankar, Abbas Araghchi (File photos) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday greeted his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, and discussed the ongoing conflict in West Asia.In a post on X, Jaishankar said, “Spoke this evening to FM Araghchi of Iran. Conveyed greetings for Navroz and Eid. Our conversation was on the latest developments regarding…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to strike Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.In a social media post, he wrote, “If Iran doesn’t fully open, without threat, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours from this exact point in time, the United States of America…
People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A second power outage in five days— and the third this month — left Cuba without electricity on Saturday, with authorities later attributing it to an “unexpected failure” at a generating unit…
For decades, the “American Dream” followed a specific blueprint: a two-story home, a basketball hoop in the driveway, and, most importantly, a lush, shaded backyard. A drive through an established neighbourhood offered a canopy of green that felt like an immediate escape from the heat of the road.Today, that dream is being replaced by so-called…
Saudi Arabia agreed to open King Fahd Air Base in Taif to American forces / Image: file Saudi Arabia has granted the United States access to its King Fahd Air Base as tensions with Iran intensify, signaling a new phase of military alignment in the Gulf. The development follows warnings from maritime authorities that the…
A week-long enforcement drive across Saudi Arabia uncovered over 22,000 violations Saudi Arabia’s sweeping enforcement drive against residency, labour and border violations has led to tens of thousands of arrests and legal actions within just one week, highlighting both the scale of the issue and the government’s firm response. Saudi Arabia’s joint field campaigns to…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee chose Kolkata’s largest Eid congregation on Red Road to call PM Narendra Modi the “biggest infiltrator… who shakes hands in Saudi Arabia” but harps on “the Hindu-Muslim narrative (when he is) in India”.“We will not give up our rights to Modiji. He goes to Saudi Arabia and shakes hands there….