[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (Image: AP) China’s Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin’s grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia’s army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce.More than 20 foreign leaders are in Russia […]
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) “What I think people did not realize is that the Nazi time in Germany was only 12 years. What 12 years can do to society and what can happen, it doesn’t need to be 50 years or 100 years,” said Berlin-based German historian Katharina Oguntoye.The crimes, subjugation, racism, enslavement and genocide […]
[ad_1] NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Left)US President Donald Trump (File Photo AP) The German Wehrmacht surrendered on May 8, 1945. This marked the end of World War Two in Europe, which had begun on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland; in Asia, it continued for a few more months until Japan’s surrender.Germany’s Nazi […]
[ad_1] Dubai International airport (File Photo AP) DUBAI: Long-haul carrier Emirates reported on Thursday that it earned annual profits of USD 5.2 billion, making it one of the world’s most-profitable airlines. The Dubai-based carrier served 53.7 million passengers out of its hub of Dubai International Airport, compared to 51.9 million passengers in the fiscal year […]
[ad_1] TIRANA: Albanians vote for a new parliament on Sunday, with socialist Edi Rama hoping to be prime minister again, stopping right-wing veteran Sali Berisha from a return to power.Leftist Prime Minister Edi Rama, a former basketball player who went to art school in Paris, is seeking his fourth term in office on a pledge […]
[ad_1] Bank of England (File Photo AP) LONDON: The Bank of England is widely expected to look past near-term inflationary pressures in the British economy and opt to cut interest rates on Thursday as a result of the potential shock to growth emanating from the tariff policies of the Trump administration. Most economists believe it’s […]
[ad_1] File photo: Robert F Kennedy Jr (Picture credit: AP) US health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr had called for a new probe into his father’s 1968 assassination, citing audio evidence that allegedly captured more gunshots than the convicted killer’s revolver could fire. As per The New York Post, Kennedy Jr wrote […]
[ad_1] FBI Director Kash Patel and Democratic Rep. Madeline Dean clashed during a heated House subcommittee hearing, with Patel accusing Dean of misrepresenting facts and Dean charging that the FBI under Patel had been weaponised to pursue political enemies.Dean, who served as an impeachment manager during President Trump’s second impeachment trial, launched a pointed line […]
[ad_1] Megyn Kelly launched into a furious tirade against the 2025 Met Gala, slamming the prestigious fashion event as a “wannabe version of its old self” and accusing organisers of pandering to Black Americans with an “incomprehensible” theme.Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, the former Fox News anchor took aim at the […]
[ad_1] Over 50 students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University (Picture credit: NYT) Over 50 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Wednesday evening after occupying a reading room in Columbia University’s Butler Library, in a protest that reignited tensions over the Gaza war on US campuses.The occupation began around 3 pm (local time), when masked protesters, […]
