Photo credit: @OPPCommissioner/X An Indian-origin police officer, Tarun Bali, was killed in the line of duty during an investigation near Hearst in northern Ontario on Tuesday, authorities said. An 18-year-old has been taken into custody as investigators probe the circumstances surrounding his death.Constable Tarun Bali, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Dufferin Detachment…
A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of England’s earliest surviving paper-based archives. It is the kind of object most visitors would walk past without realising they are looking at something that predates printing presses, predates modern record keeping,…
Archaeologists working in western Slovakia did not expect the perimeter ditch of an early farming settlement to become one of Europe’s most unsettling burial puzzles. But as excavation layers were removed from the Neolithic site near modern-day Vráble, what emerged was not a typical cemetery. It was a boundary feature filled with disarticulated, headless human…
For just a fleeting moment under the pristine water of Swaraj Dweep, a group of divers converted months of hard work into a world record. Together, they managed to set up the tallest human pyramid under the water, breaking a record and earning themselves a place in the Guinness World Records. This was a difficult…
Indian-origin billionaire Dr Shamsheer Vayalil has announced a Dh1 million humanitarian support package for families affected by the recent Emirates Road crash that killed seven workers and injured nine others.Dr Vayalil is a radiologist, businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Burjeel Holdings, a leading healthcare group in the Middle East, with…
The Akrotiri evacuation remains one of archaeology’s most uncomfortable puzzles because it does not behave like a disaster site. On Santorini, where a massive volcanic eruption buried entire settlements in ash around 1600 BCE, researchers expected a Bronze Age version of Pompeii, chaos frozen mid-moment, bodies left where they fell, daily life interrupted violently. Instead,…
MacKenzie Scott has spent the past several years doing something few billionaires have attempted at such scale: giving away vast amounts of wealth as quickly as possible. That approach has now earned the Amazon co-founder and former wife of Jeff Bezos a place on Forbes’ Iconoclast 50 list, which recognises people reshaping industries and challenging…
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) administration launched a search operation for four protesters and announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for information leading to the arrest of leaders linked to the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) after massive protests in region, according to a report by Dawn.PoK authorities have also ordered sedition proceedings against two JAAC…
Donald Trump on Wednesday launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran shot down a US Apache helicopter near the troubled Strait of Hormuz. The escalation came amid months of tensions in the Middle East following the launch of the US mega military campaign against Iran – Operation Epic Fury.The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said…
Candace Owens and Turning Point USA became embroiled in a public dispute after Owens questioned the authenticity and context of a viral Charlie Kirk video. Owens claimed the organization ignored her private email seeking clarification, while TPUSA responded publicly, insisting the video was real and accusing her of being “obsessed.” Screenshots of Owens’ alleged email…
Soulja Boy and Kai Cenat (Image Via Getty) Soulja Boy has once again found himself at the center of online conversation, this time because of comments aimed at popular streamer Kai Cenat. A recent clip circulating on X shows the rapper speaking during a livestream while expressing frustration about not being part of Kai Cenat’s…
IShowSpeed (Image Via Getty) IShowSpeed is taking his connection with FIFA to a new level ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFA recently shared a 63-second trailer showing the popular streamer at its headquarters alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The video officially introduced Speed’s upcoming “World Cup 26 Tour,” a project that will follow…
