DUBLIN, June 20 (Reuters) – Coach Andy Farrell had hoped for a tough game against Argentina before the British and Irish Lions boarded their flight for Australia and said his still gelling squad had no excuses after getting more than they bargained for in a 28-24 defeat. “We made it a tough game,” a forthright […]
In 2025, the Hamdan Talent Scale assessed 39,000+ UAE students, discovering over 400 gifted talents/ Image: Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Centre for Giftedness and Innovation As the UAE accelerates its pivot from a resource-driven economy to a knowledge-based one, a quiet revolution is taking place in its classrooms. The country’s long-term ambitions, from artificial […]
There was no 90-metre magic but Neeraj Chopra claimed his first title of the 2025 season with a win at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, June 20. Neeraj secured the win with his first attempt of 88.16 m as it was enough to keep Julian Weber’s challenge at bay. Neeraj could only get three […]
Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Sander Gille was beaten 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in the doubles quarterfinals of the €2,522,220 ATP tennis tournament in London. The Indo-Belgian pair won 90 ATP points and €20,910. In the €145,250 Challenger in Poznan, Poland, Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Sergio Gornes beat the top seeds Matwe Middelkoop and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-7(3), […]
A federal judge in Boston on Friday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s move to strip Harvard University of its ability to enrol international students, handing the Ivy League school a key win as it fights back against a series of federal sanctions and tensions with the White House.Judge Allison Burroughs’ decision ensures Harvard can continue […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday said Iran had a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid potential American airstrikes, signaling he may act even before the deadline he set a day earlier.“I’m giving them a period of time, and I would say two weeks would be the maximum,” Trump told reporters when asked whether a […]
A former US Army Sergeant, Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, who was last stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a Seattle federal court to attempting to share classified military information with the Chinese government.Schmidt admitted to two felony charges — attempting to deliver national defense information and unlawfully retaining […]
Indians evacuated from Iran arrived in New Delhi NEW DELHI: A flight carrying 290 Indian students, primarily from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived at Delhi Airport from Mashhad, Iran, on Friday night after Tehran opened its airspace. The Indian government launched Operation Sindhu to safely transport its citizens from the Middle Eastern region amidst growing tensions […]
Former President Joe Biden has been making weekly trips via Amtrak to his government-assigned office in Washington, DC, though little is publicly known about the nature of his work there.During one of these trips, an Amtrak passenger expressed frustration to The New York Post, saying, “He was talking in the quiet car!” — a major […]
Diana Penty, who made her Bollywood debut with Cocktail in 2012, recently shared an insightful story from the early days of her career when she was approached for a role in Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar (2011). Speaking to Hauterfly, the model-turned-actress opened up about how acting was never a part of her original plan, and how […]
