Rangitoto framed – Tiritiri Matangi Island Off the coast of Auckland, in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, lies an island that looks like a slice of untouched wilderness. Dense native forest blankets its hills, rare birds call from the canopy and visitors walk along quiet tracks surrounded by ferns and flowering shrubs. Yet just a few…
‘Meri pehli Teej ka tyohaar, Rekha didi ke ghar pe’: Kangana Ranaut celebrates first Teej with Rekha Gupta, calls Delhi CM her ‘badi behen’ for making her feel at home Actor and politician Kangana Ranaut marked Teej by joining Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for the festive celebrations. Sharing glimpses from the gathering on social…
Record heat hits farms as Asia endures extreme summer (Representative image) South Korea recorded its hottest summer on record this year, with the southeastern city of Yangsan reaching 42.5°C on August 2, the highest temperature recorded in the country since modern weather observations began in 1904.A South Korean potato farmer in Gangwon province has seen…
India’s Dhruv Jurel gets bowled by Afghanistan’s Mohammad Saleem on day two of a Test cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in Mullanpur. (PTI) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: At the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) Ground in Colombo, Dhruv Jurel was sitting by himself when a chirpy Sarfaraz Khan, who had joined the team just hours earlier,…
Some childhood faces remain connected to a film long after its release. Even when the actors move away from the spotlight, fans continue to wonder where they are and what they are doing today. A similar curiosity has now returned on social media, with a recent video of the little girl who appeared alongside Vijay…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt The TOI correspondent from Washington: For a White House that has never been shy about deploying its best-looking and sharpest tongue, Karoline Leavitt was something of a two-for-one political bargain: the photogenic face of the Trump White House, vaporising critical reporters with verbal volleys before they finished the question….
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) (AP Photo) Lionel Messi returned to football just four days after the death of his father, Jorge Messi, making an emotional appearance for Inter Miami in their crucial Leagues Cup clash against Club León on Wednesday, August 12.Messi’s return came as a surprise given how recently he had travelled…
153 civilians dead in three US strikes on Yemen A Pentagon review says US airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen killed 153 civilians and injured 243 others across three attacks in April 2025. The assessment, submitted to Congress as part of the Pentagon’s annual civilian casualty report, found that the strikes “more likely than…
Rupee began the session in red, falling 7 paise against the greenback Rupee came under pressure in early trade on Thursday, slipping 7 paise to 95.40 against the US dollar amid elevated crude oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty. The currency opened at 95.40 at the interbank foreign exchange market, after closing the previous session at…
A federal judge has tossed out a child sex trafficking lawsuit by four members of the Cascio family against the Michael Jackson estate.On Wednesday, August 12, US District Judge Hernan D. Vera, threw out the claims brought by Edward, Dominic, Marie-Nicole and Aldo Cascio against the King of Pop’s estate, ruling that under the terms…