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Trump urges 30-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war after phone call with Zelenskyy

US president Donald Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine shortly after his phone call with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said, “Talks with Russia/Ukraine continue. The US. calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire.” . Zelensky earlier confirmed the call and […]

Live Updates: Robert Francis Prevost, Now Leo XIV, Is First American Pope

Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. The decision from the 133 voting cardinals, which arrived in a plume of white smoke at the end of their second day of voting […]

Agatha Christie, who died in 1976, has started ‘teaching’ a writing class

Agatha Christie is dead. But Agatha Christie also just started teaching a writing class. “I must confess,” she says, in a cut-glass English accent, “that this is all rather new to me.” The literary legend, who died in 1976, has been tapped to teach a course with BBC Maestro, an online lecture series. Christie, alongside […]

Stephen Curry says he knows patience will be required when dealing with his hamstring injury

Stephen Curry sat down after the Golden State Warriors went through their gameday shootaround practice in Minneapolis on Thursday, quickly announcing that he’s feeling great. He was not telling the truth. “Sarcasm,” the four-time NBA champion with the Warriors quickly clarified, just in case anyone missed the joke. Curry is going to be a postseason […]

US may cut China tariffs from 145% to 50% ahead of trade negotiations in Switzerland

The Trump administration is expected to announce a significant reduction in tariffs on Chinese imports—possibly as early as next week—just as American and Chinese trade officials gather in Switzerland for key negotiations. Sources told The Post that current tariffs of 145% on Chinese goods could be lowered to between 50% and 54%, a rate seen […]

‘Great honour for United States’: Trump hails Pope Leo XIV’s election as first American pontiff despite past friction

US president Donald Trump on Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on becoming Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump described the event as a “great honour” for the United States and added, “What excitement, and what a […]

37-year-old Indian-origin man fatally stabbed inside Lloyds Bank in Derby, England

Gurvinder Johal, a 37-year-old Indian-origin man, was fatally stabbed inside a Lloyds bank branch in Derby, eastern England, on Tuesday, reported BBC.The incident took place in broad daylight on St. Peter’s Street. Emergency services were called to the scene around 2:30 pm, but Johal was pronounced dead shortly after.A 47-year-old Somalian man named Haybe Cabdiraxmaan […]

BCCI’s Special Arrangement To Evacuate Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals Players From Dharamshala

Trump asks Supreme Court to end Biden-era humanitarian parole, threatening legal status of 500,000 migrants

The Trump administration has turned to the Supreme Court in a fresh effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. In an emergency filing on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to reverse a lower court’s order that blocked plans to cancel humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. […]

The Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday it would stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage. The move would leave insurance companies, researchers and government policymakers without information to help understand the patterns of major disasters like hurricanes, drought or wildfires, […]