NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday strongly pushed back against allegations of rising anti-India rhetoric in the United States, saying President Donald Trump remains a “big fan”of both India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing the controversy during a media interaction in Delhi, Rubio dismissed suggestions of systemic hostility towards Indians in…
A row erupted after far-right US political activist Laura Loomer said she wants to return to India following US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s recent visit to the country.Loomer triggered the backlash after posting on X: “Seeing all of Marco Rubio’s photos from India makes me want to go back to India!She added: “I love…
Man expelled to France under UK asylum arrangement secretly returns A man who was deported to France by Britain in accordance with the UK and France “one in, one out” asylum arrangement has managed to secretly re-enter Britain and is currently living incognito, according to reports by The Guardian. According to the asylum seeker, his…
New Zealand announces new visa rules which will come into effect from June 1. New Zealand has announced new visa rules making it difficult for non-English speakers to get work visa in the country, even for low-level jobs. The new rules will be implemented from June 1. English language requirements under the Accredited Employer Work…
A newborn baby who had been missing since Friday was found dead in a wooded area near Halifax, Canada on Sunday.Police charged two relatives of the infant’s mother with concealing the child’s body and obstructing investigators.Halifax Regional Police said the infant’s remains were discovered at about 3:20 pm in woods off Old Coach Road in…
Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party over a 12-year period, in one of Scotland’s biggest political finance scandals in recent years.Murrell appeared before the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, where prosecutors said he…
For years, thousands of clay tablets sat in museum drawers and digital archives with parts of their stories missing. Some were cracked beyond recognition, while others had faded so badly that even experienced specialists struggled to make out the marks pressed into the clay more than 3,000 years ago. In the world of Ancient Near…
Aliko Dangote’s business expansion into East Africa, now linked to proposed pipeline corridors through Ethiopia and Djibouti, is often discussed in terms of scale and strategy. But the deeper story behind these moves stretches far beyond recent headlines. It is tied to a long, uneven journey that began in a wealthy trading family, moved through…
China’s race to build practical humanoid robots has mostly played out behind factory doors so far. Machines have sorted parcels, carried components, and repeated carefully programmed movements in controlled environments. But a different challenge is beginning to emerge, one that appears far messier and far more personal. As reported by the South China Morning Post,…
As the Sun sets over the dry plains of rural Texas, something unusual begins to happen inside a series of long metal buildings surrounded by empty land. One by one, giant roofs slowly roll open, exposing hundreds of telescopes pointed toward the night sky. Some belong to hobbyists in Europe. Others are controlled by astrophotographers…