Photo credit: Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam Ireland has now recovered the remains of 99 infants and children from the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home in County Galway, a place that has become a symbol of one of the darkest chapters in the country’s institutional history. The new…
Myles Garrett arrives at the ESPY Awards at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Myles Garrett is turning the page on a major chapter of his life, both on and off the field. Fresh off a blockbuster trade from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams, the…
India’s Tulika Maan (PTI photo) New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Games campaign has suffered another major blow with Olympian and 2022 Birmingham CWG’s silver medallist Tulika Maan being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for alleged whereabouts failures, ending her Glasgow 2026 participation even without flying out of India.Sources told TOI that Tulika, one…
A wall of flames advances as a wildfire burns near Burgohondo, in Ávila province, Spain (Picture credit: AP) Spain declared a national emergency over wildfires for the first time on Friday, while France requested European Union assistance to battle a major blaze on its Atlantic coast, as an intense heatwave drove destructive fires across southern…
Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck’s mother, Chris Anne Affleck, passed away at 83, six months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. (Instagram) Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of cancer.Chris Anne Affleck has passed away after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer six months ago. She was 83 years old at the time of her passing….
Vietnam is planning to require social media platforms to stop users under the age of 16 from posting content, commenting or reacting to posts, under a draft decree aimed at strengthening online protections for children, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.The proposed rules would require social media accounts belonging to children under 16 to…
Late legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja’s long-cherished dream project, the screen adaptation of Vela Ramamoorthy’s acclaimed novel ‘Kuttra Parambarai’, is finally being revived on a grand scale. Previously stalled due to prolonged rights controversies and copyright debates, the story is now being reimagined as a Rs 50-crore web series directed by Sasikumar. Featuring a screenplay penned by…
Artificial intelligence has fuelled a global race to build faster chips, larger data centres and more powerful computing systems, propelling companies like Nvidia into the spotlight. Yet some of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI revolution are businesses that few people would associate with cutting-edge technology. In Japan, manufacturers known for making toilets, glass fibre…
Scientists prepare a field for Miscanthus plants in northern Czech Republic (AFP photo) More than four years of war have left lasting damage across parts of Ukraine. It has not only affected buildings and infrastructure, but also the natural environment. Areas that once supported forests, wildlife and agriculture have been reduced to barren lands which…
Before making a name for himself in Bollywood, Suniel Shetty had dreamt of becoming a cricketer. A passionate sports enthusiast, the actor never imagined that years later, his daughter Athiya Shetty would marry Indian cricketer KL Rahul. The couple tied the knot in 2023 and are now parents to a daughter, Evaarah Vipula, who was…