Kuwait updates education norms to support exam success / AI generated image Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education has issued a circular laying out how public schools should operate during end-of-semester exam periods for the 2025–2026 school year. The guidance aims to reduce crowding, protect exam integrity and give teachers and administrators modest flexibility […]
Security deployed outside White House after the shooting incident. TOI correspondent from Washington: In a brazen daylight ambush that has shaken Washington DC, two National Guard personnel were shot and critically wounded just a few blocks from the White House on Wednesday by an Afghan national who served with the US military and the CIA […]
Saudi workplaces to follow clearer attire rules under draft / AI generated image Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) has put forward a draft Code of Appearance and Conduct for public and private-sector staff. The rules say Saudi men should wear the national dress (thawb and ghutra/shemagh), non-Saudi employees should wear […]
AFP file photo of a busy road in Jakarta Jakarta is now the world’s most populated city, succeeding Japan’s Tokyo. The Indonesian capital is home to an estimated 42 million people, the UN’s World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 report said. Dhaka in Bangladesh comes second with 37 million people, while Tokyo has fallen to third place […]
This Thanksgiving, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will enjoy a special holiday meal far beyond the traditional turkey salad once used during the Apollo era. Alongside turkey, they will have clams, oysters, crab meat, quail, smoked salmon, and other sides and treats.Mark Marquette, director of the American Space Museum in Titusville, said such […]
Joy Reid; Kirk with Vance (File photos) Joy Reid, an American political commentator and television host has suggested that JD Vance could leave his wife, linking her claim to an online rumour wave that has followed the vice president, his wife Usha Vance and conservative commentator Erika Kirk for weeks. Reid made the remarks on […]
Representational picture (AP photo) Grocery stores in the US are absorbing the rising cost of turkeys this Thanksgiving. A spike in bird flu cases has pushed up wholesale prices, according to new data from the US department of agriculture (USDA). But these higher costs are not being passed on to shoppers. USDA figures show that […]
Firefighters in Hong Kong were still battling a massive blaze on Thursday after a deadly fire tore through a high-rise housing estate, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing.The disaster, financial hub’s worst fire in decades, erupted suddenly on Wednesday afternoon (local time) and rapidly consumed parts of the densely packed Wang Fuk […]
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been “fine-tuned” and he’s sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and army secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with Ukrainian officials. He suggested he could eventually meet with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but not […]
Taiwan will introduce a $40-billion supplementary defence budget to underscore its determination to defend itself in the face of a rising threat from China, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday. As Taiwan faces calls from Washington to spend more on its own defence, Lai said in Aug he hoped for a boost in defence spending […]
