The Daily Gaurdian

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

30 Jun 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

29 Jun 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

28 Jun 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...

Iran Elections: Voting Extended Keeping Turnout In Mind

28 Jun 2024

As thousands of people queued up across Iran to vote for the country’s next president, election authorities have decided to extend the polling hours. According to Al Jazeera, Iran’s election commission announced that voting would now continue until 10 pm local time. Originally, the commission had planned to extend voting...

60 Indians Arrested In Sri Lanka For Online Fraud

28 Jun 2024

At least 60 Indian nationals involved in online financial scams have been arrested by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The arrests occurred on Thursday in the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela and Battaramulla, and in the western coastal town of Negombo. The suspects are believed to have been involved in...

Azerbaijan To Hold Snap Elections In September

28 Jun 2024

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has scheduled snap parliamentary elections for September 1, according to a decree published on Friday. This move, though widely anticipated, is not expected to significantly alter the composition of parliament. Aliyev, who has been in power since 2003, secured a victory in a snap presidential...

US Presidential Debate: Trump Calls Biden ‘Very Bad Palestinian’

28 Jun 2024

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump has called US President Joe Biden “a very bad Palestinian” who doesn’t want to help Israel “finish the job” against Hamas in its war on Gaza. “He doesn’t want to do it. He’s become like a Palestinian – but they don’t like him because he’s a...

Bolivian President Faces Coup Attempt Amid Political Tensions

28 Jun 2024

Bolivian President Luis Arce successfully foiled a coup attempt led by the nation's former Army Chief, General Juan José Zúñiga, a day after his dismissal. The attempted coup, which took place on Wednesday, has further destabilized the already tense political climate in Bolivia. The crisis erupted when breakaway military chiefs...

Israel Threatens to Send Lebanon ‘Back to the Stone Age’ Amid War with Hamas

28 Jun 2024

Israel’s defence minister said that they don’t want a war. Still, they have the potential to send back Lebanon to Stone Age if necessary, as the UN’s humanitarian chief warned such conflict would be “potentially apocalyptic”. Lebanon, a sliver of land located along the Mediterranean sea, created headlines when it...

China’s Communist Party Expels 2 Former Defence Ministers Over Corruption

28 Jun 2024

China's Communist Party expelled former defense minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe on Thursday for "serious violations of discipline," a euphemism for corruption, according to state news agency Xinhua. Li was suspected of receiving "huge sums of money" in bribes and bribing others. An investigation found he "did...

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