Who is Kami Rita? Nepal’s Sherpa who broke his own record with 31st Everest summit

[ad_1] Dubbed as the “Everest man”, Nepal’s Kami Rita, 55, has successfully scaled the world’s highest mountain for the 31st time. Rita broke his own record on Tuesday, more than thirty years after he ascended his first summit.According to Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks based in Kathmandu, Rita was in good health and reached […]

Argentina’s President Javier Milei to receive $1M Genesis Prize in Israel

[ad_1] Argentina’s President Javier Milei (Image credit: AP) Argentina’s President Javier Milei is headed to Israel. Milei was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize in January in recognition of his support of Israel. After he postponed a planned visit in March, he is now set to receive the prize in a ceremony at Israel’s Knesset […]

Philadelphia Shooting: 2 dead, 9 injured in Philadelphia mass shooting | World News

[ad_1] Two died and eight people were injured in a mass shooting late Monday night in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.The shooting took place around 10.30 PM near the intersection of Lemon Hill Drive and Poplar Drive, local police told News Action. Police confirmed that at least two of the victims wounded in the incident are juveniles. […]

Punches, kicks and code: China hosts world’s first humanoid robot kickboxing match

[ad_1] World robot competition, Mecha fighting series (Image credits: X @CollinRugg) In a first-of-its-kind event, humanoid robots took center stage in a kickboxing match in Hangzhou, China. The competition, part of the China Media Group (CMG) World Robot Competition – Mecha Fighting Series, was held on May 25 and marked the debut of robotic fighters […]

Louisiana and Texas arrest three more in ongoing manhunt for jailbreak inmates, two left

[ad_1] Troopers with Louisiana State Police escort Orleans Parish Prison escapee Lenton Vanburen to a waiting vehicle (Image credits: AP) Three more inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested on Monday in separate states, more than a week after their bold escape.Louisiana State Police announced on X that one […]

Samoa’s leader seeks an early election after opponents reject her budget

[ad_1] Samoan Prime Minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (left) (Image credit: AP) Samoa ‘s Prime Minister said she would seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a vote on her government’s budget for the next year failed Tuesday. Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s admission of defeat followed months of political havoc in the South Pacific […]

‘Could hear bumps as he drove over people’: Eyewitnesses recount Liverpool car-in-crowd horror

[ad_1] Eyewitnesses shared harrowing details of the car-in-crowd incident at Liverpool victory parade that left nearly 50 injured on Monday. With 27 people hospitalised, a bystander recounted how one could “hear bumps” as the car drove over people.“It was extremely fast. Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off […]

Wildfire sweeps through historic Fort Stanton site in New Mexico

[ad_1] Smoke can be seen from the Camp Fire behind Fort Stanton (Image credits: AP) A fast-moving wildfire swept through the historic Fort Stanton site in southern New Mexico on Monday, burning more than half a square mile (1.4 square kms) of land and prompting evacuations of nearby campgrounds and a horse ranch.The blaze damaged […]

‘Hell-bent on militarising outer space’: North Korea slams Trump’s Golden Dome plan

[ad_1] Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump (AP photos) North Korea slammed US president Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield project on Tuesday, calling it a “very dangerous” move that threatens global security and accelerates the weaponisation of space. In a memorandum released by its foreign ministry, North Korea said the initiative was a direct […]

Working closely with B’desh govt, says army amid reports of rift with Yunus

[ad_1] DHAKA: Senior Bangladesh army officers on Monday seemed to put to rest reports of differences between the military and the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim govt, emphasising their unified effort to safeguard national interests and sovereignty. This came days after a rift burst into the open over a controversial proposal to facilitate a “humanitarian corridor” to […]