Kanye West Arrives in Russia Amid Rumors of Concert Performance

June 30, 2024

US rapper Kanye West has reportedly arrived in Moscow, according to Russian media, citing well-known producer Yana Rudkovskaya. Amid widespread sanctions and travel restrictions due to Russia's actions in Ukraine, Western artists have largely avoided performing in the country. However, the 47-year-old had previously created controversy for expressing his admiration...

West Bengal Opposition Attacks CM Over Chopra Assault Video

June 30, 2024

Opposition in West Bengal on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led state government following the emergence of a chilling video that showed a man brutally beating two people, including a woman, on a street as a crowd watches. Opposition parties CPM and BJP claim the video is...

Varanasi: Three Injured in Shooting Incident Near Kashi Vishwanath Temple

June 30, 2024

Chaos erupted in Mirghat, Dashashwamedh police station area of Varanasi on Sunday as unidentified assailants opened fire. The incident happened near highly sensitive Kashi Vishwanath Temple precincts and resulted in injuries to three individuals, including a child. A woman sustained gunshot wounds. According to sources, the assailants had come intending...

Reasi Terror Attack: NIA raids multiple locations in J&K’s Rajouri

June 30, 2024

National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Sunday, conducted searches at multiple locations across the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in connection with the Reasi terrorist attack that claimed nine lives, including that of a child. The attack, which took place on June 9, involved an LET affiliate group firing...

Canada: WestJet Cancels 407 Flights as Maintenance Workers Strike

June 30, 2024

Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, has cancelled 407 flights affecting 49,000 passengers after the maintenance workers' union went on strike. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association initiated the strike on Friday evening, citing the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate.” The strike disrupted international and domestic flights after the federal government ordered binding arbitration...

Watch | UK PM Rishi Sunak Responds To ‘Paki’ Slur

June 30, 2024

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his anger following a racist slur directed at him by a supporter of Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party. A news channel aired a recording of a campaigner using the derogatory term "Paki," a racial slur aimed at people of South Asian descent, in...

France Snap Elections: 50 Million People Hit Polling Booths

June 30, 2024

People in France, on Sunday, gathered to vote in the snap parliamentary election. This election, called by President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month, could put the country’s governance in the hands of far-right leaders for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will...

T20 World Cup: Comparing Rohit Sharma’s Emotional Celebration to Mitchell Marsh’s Trophy Controversy

June 30, 2024

Team India, on Saturday, created history by emerging victorious in the T-20 World Cup. Amidst cheers and howls from supporters, there were many moments that captured audiences’ attention. Users quickly compared Indian Captain Rohit Sharma and his Australian counterpart Mitchell Marsh’s first reaction after winning the cup. After India's historic...

Snake, Presumed Male For Years, Gives Birth To 14 Snakelets

June 29, 2024

Ronaldo, a 13-year-old boa constrictor at City of Portsmouth College, has astounded caretakers by giving birth to 14 snakelets despite never having contact with a male snake. Initially believed to be male, Ronaldo's unexpected parthenogenesis—the process of virgin birth—has only been documented three times before in Brazilian rainbow boa constrictors....

North Korea Intensifies Crackdown on South Korean Influence

June 28, 2024

North Korea is intensifying its crackdown on cultural influences from South Korea, targeting everything from wedding dresses to slang, according to a report by South Korea's Unification Ministry. The report, based on testimonies from hundreds of defectors, includes the execution of a 22-year-old who admitted to listening to South Korean...