REpresentative image (File photo) NEW DELHI: China on Monday imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining, while also banning government procurement agencies from purchasing products made by dozens of American firms, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies.The measures were announced weeks after the United States expanded…
Paris is celebrated for its grand boulevards, elegant cafés and iconic landmarks. Yet beneath the pavements, far below the tourists and traffic, lies a second city that most people never see.The Paris Catacombs form an immense underground network of former limestone quarries stretching for hundreds of kilometres beneath the French capital. Hidden entrances, flooded passages,…
DEA under scrutiny: Records show fentanyl shipments reached New Mexico streets during investigations (Image/AP) The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing scrutiny after an investigation by the Associated Press alleged that federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach communities in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025 while building larger…
Far-right millionaire wins Colombia’s razor-tight presidential election. Photo Credit: AP Protests erupted in Colombia’s third-largest city, Cali on Sunday, after the presidential election, with demonstrators burning American flags and clashing with riot police, according to local reports.Police used tear gas to disperse crowds of thousands, following the announcement of a narrow victory for Trump-endorsed hard-right…
When Saudi Arabia unveiled NEOM in 2017, it promised nothing short of a city from the future. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the mega-project as the centrepiece of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy to reduce dependence on oil. The plans included flying taxis, robot assistants, a 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper known as The Line, a…
For years, people living near the Albanian-Greek border had little reason to suspect that an immense body of warm water lay concealed beneath the mountains around them. The landscape gave away only small hints. Steam drifted from fissures in the limestone. Mineral springs surfaced in scattered locations. Beneath those signs, though, an entirely separate world…
Shinde faction set to induct six rebel MPs from Uddhav camp (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs will officially join the Eknath Shinde-led camp on Monday afternoon, marking the second major dent to Uddhav Thackeray‘s party in four years. Earlier in the day, Shinde-led Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik confirmed the development…
Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde (R) NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday fiercely targeted the BJP over its ally Eknath Shinde-led “Operation Tiger”, aimed at further weakening Uddhav Thackeray‘s camp. Referring to the BJP’s “Operation Lotus” and its push for a “Congress-mukt Bharat”, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera slammed the saffron party and questioned the “intention…
Most bridges are forgotten almost as soon as they are crossed. A few seconds over a river, a glance through the window, and the journey continues. The longest bridges in the United States belong to a different category altogether. These are structures that stretch for miles across open water, wetlands, and vast coastal landscapes, where…
Aaditya Thackeray accuses rebel MPs of selling loyalty, reputation amid Shiv Sena (UBT) split (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday launched a sharp attack on the party’s rebel Lok Sabha members amid the ongoing ‘Operation Tiger’ buzz, accusing them of selling their loyalty and reputation for political gain as the…