‘Hamas stopping residents’: IDF shares call recording; accuses group of using Gaza civilians as shields

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released an audio recording it said captured a conversation between an Israeli officer and a Gaza City resident, alleging that Hamas was preventing civilians from fleeing to safety in order to use them as human shields.“EXPOSED: ‘We want to go south but Hamas are waiting for us on the way” […]

Donald Trump to speak with Zelenskyy: White House confirms call; no immediate talks with Putin amid ongoing conflict

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) that he will soon speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as US efforts to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine appear to have stalled, leaving the White House increasingly frustrated.Trump told reporters during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office that he […]

‘Regret voting for him’: Trump supporter’s British wife faces deportation; lived legally in US for 37 years

Representational AI image A 59-year-old British woman, wife of a Trump supporter, who has lived legally in the United States for more than three decades, is facing deportation after being detained at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.Donna Hughes-Brown, originally from England, is the wife of James Brown, a Trump supporter who now says he regrets his […]

Donald Trump faces tough Putin question: US president blasts reporter; cites ‘India’ to justify stance

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again doubled down on tariffs he imposed on India while huffing at a reporter in the Oval Office. Fuming over a Polish reporter, who accused him of lacking punitive actions against Russian President Putin, Trump said that secondary sanctions on India have cost “hundreds of billions of dollars […]

‘You’ll look like alien’: Senator Kennedy holds up movie poster to warn against eating shrimp; watch

John Kennedy (L), picture from the 1979 movie, ‘Alien’ (R) Louisiana senator John Kennedy on Wednesday held up a poster from the 1979 sci-fi film Alien, warning that eating recently recalled shrimp could turn people into the movie’s monster. The Republican said the frozen shrimp imported from abroad was radioactive, comparing its effects to the […]

End war via talks or I will end it by force: Putin tells Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russian President Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday that there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations “if common sense prevails”, an option he’d prefer, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.Speaking in China at the end of a visit there, Putin […]

Lisbon Tram Accident Claims 15 Lives, Several Injured | Udaipur Kiran

Lisbon, September 4 (Udaipur Kiran): At least 15 people were killed and 18 others injured after a tram accident in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on Wednesday evening. According to Portugal’s emergency services, the injured include foreign nationals and a child. The accident took place around 6 pm local time when the tram, popular among tourists, went […]

US and Mexico Pledge Stronger Cooperation Against Cartels and Smuggling | Udaipur Kiran

Mexico City, September 4 (Udaipur Kiran): The United States and Mexico on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen security cooperation, intensify action against cartels, and curb cross-border smuggling and fuel theft. The announcement came during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Mexico City, where he met President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Minister Juan […]

Data snooping: Google hit with $425m verdict, accused of tracking users; case covers 98m people

A federal jury has ordered Alphabet’s Google to pay $425 million after finding the company violated users’ privacy by continuing to collect data even when millions had switched off a key tracking feature.The verdict, delivered on Wednesday in a San Francisco court, followed a class-action lawsuit filed in July 2020, which alleged that Google had […]

‘Medical freedom’: Florida to become first US state to scrap childhood vaccine mandates; governor DeSantis follows Covid stance

Florida will become the first state in the US to move towards scrapping all childhood vaccine mandates, governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday. The decision, unveiled at a news conference in Valrico, builds on his push during the Covid-19 pandemic to limit health requirements and expand what he calls “medical freedom.” DeSantis said the plan […]