Angela Merkel said this a few months before she became German chancellor. In a July 2005 interview with the Financial Times journalists Bertrand Benoit and Andrew Gowers, she explained her approach to politics in a single sentence: “A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.” She went on to add that anyone in…
An artist’s impression of the Tunguska airburst over central Siberia on 30 June 1908. An explosion powerful enough to destroy millions of trees should have left behind a giant crater. Instead, when scientists finally reached the remote Siberian wilderness where the blast had occurred, they found only a forest laid out like matchsticks. There was…
Spain vs Austria Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32: Spain will look to justify their status as one of the favourites for the FIFA World Cup when they face Austria in the Round of 32 on Thursday, with a place in the last 16 at stake. Luis de la Fuente’s side topped…
A viral video showed two large potholes on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway. NEW DELHI: NHAI has issued show-cause notices to its project director, a contractor and authority engineer after a video of a section of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway caving in went viral. It said the incident was caused due to “water accumulation”, as the permanent cross-drainage…
Rajasthan Royals (ANI Photo) Jaipur: With the Rajasthan High Court suspending the ad hoc committee of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), a major roadblock in state cricket governance has been removed. The High Court has appointed additional chief secretary in the state home dept Bhaskar A Sawant as the sole administrator and has directed him…
Veteran actor Madhoo recently looked back on an emotional moment from the sets of ‘Hum Hain Bemisaal’, recalling how Suniel Shetty abruptly left the shoot after receiving the heartbreaking news of Divya Bharti‘s death. Madhoo revealed that Suniel shared a close bond with Divya and immediately travelled to Mumbai upon hearing of her passing.When asked…
Matteo Berrettini of Italy returns the ball during the second round men’s singles match against Arthur Fils of France at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 2, 2026.(AP Photo) After completing a serve-and-volley sequence with a winner on his third match point, Matteo Berrettini turned to his box and nodded. He knew he…
Visuals from the funeral Image source: Iran International Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, was conspicuously absent from the funeral of his wife Zahra Hadad-Adel, who was killed in the February 28 US-Israeli strike on Ali Khamenei’s residence.The funeral was held on Wednesday at Farhang High School in Tehran and attended by her father, Gholam-Ali…
A general view during the Gentlemen’s Doubles first round match between Sander Arends and David Pel of Netherlands and Tallon Griekspoor and Botic Van De Zandschulp of Netherlands on day four of The Championships Wimbledon on July 02, 2026 in London, England. (Photo/Getty Images) The outside courts at Wimbledon are filled with doubles matches midway…
Vietnamese proverb of the day: “The cat praises its tail to be long” Self-love is good but not to that extreme when it clouds one’s ability to see their own fault. And that’s what this Vietnamese wisdom reminds us in a humorous proverb, which says that the cat thinks its tail is the longest and…