SpaceX’s Starship lifts off successfully (Source: X/@SpaceX) SpaceX’s Starship megarocket finally took flight on Tuesday, after two scrubbed attempts in the past two days.Starship’s 10th integrated test flight took off the launch pad at the company’s Starbase facility in southern Texas at 6.30 pm local time (2330 GMT). SpaceX shared live footage of the launch […]
Bahrain is ranked 3rd in the Arab world and 38th globally in 2025 UNHD Report/Image: Shutterstock Bahrain has achieved a notable position in the 2025 Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ranking third among Arab countries and 38th worldwide with a Human Development Index (HDI) score of 0.899. This ranking […]
The conference aims to assist 32 LLDCs, representing over 600 million people, by improving trade, infrastructure, and regional cooperation to overcome geographic isolation challenges/ Image: UN The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) opened in Awaza, Turkmenistan, on 5 August 2025, convening world leaders, international policymakers, and key stakeholders to chart a […]
UK roads, dustbins stained with paan spits – Video goes viral (Source: X/@harrowonline) A viral showing London’s public infrastructure stained red with Paan spittle has sparked a flurry of reactions online and reignited the debate on UK’s immigration problem.The clip shared on X by @harrowonline zooms into dustbins, roads and tree trunks turned red, stretching […]
LISBON: Voters in Portugal return to the polls Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country’s increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration, housing and the cost of living.Hopes that the ballot might end the worst spell of political instability in […]
Ukraine, after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, was left with one of the world’s largest nuclear stockpiles. The third-largest nuclear power, it inherited around 5,000 nuclear weapons, including intercontinental missiles that could deliver thermonuclear warheads. After having this powerful arsenal, Ukraine took the unprecedented step of relinquishing its nuclear weapons […]
