Pezeshkian hits back at Trump at UNGA Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took the UNGA stage on Wednesday and turned his fire on Donald Trump on American soil.Referring to Trump’s remarks about the Islamic Republic a day earlier, Pezeshkian hit back at the US president’s labelling of Iran as “terrorist”.He said Iranians were in fact “victims…
Town officials have voted to move toward dissolving a North Carolina town founded in 1907, based on advice from the NC Local Government Commission. Ronda, a small town situated along the Yadkin River in Wilkes County, has been on the North Carolina Local Government Commission’s Unit Assistance List for just over a decade. In that…
Failure is never an option for most people, as it can lead to disappointment, frustration and the feeling of having tried your hardest and it still not being enough. However, one of Simon Cowell’s quotes serves as a gentle reminder that even the shiniest successes and the most anticipated events can tarnish with time. The…
Mirabai Chanu (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India added five medals on Wednesday as Mirabai Chanu ended her long wait for an Asian Games medal with a silver in weightlifting, while the men’s and women’s skeet teams, Jay Meena and the men’s badminton team won bronze medals.India’s overall tally now stands at 12 medals – one…
Pic credit: Bonhams Skinner Every thrifter dreams of it: buying something for less than a pizza, discovering it’s actually valuable, and walking away with a fortune. For Tracy Donahue, a New Hampshire resident, the dream happened to be real.In 2017, she picked up a painting at a thrift store for $4. She hung it in…
Pakistan families allege children contracted HIV in hospitals (AP photo) A routine visit to a hospital has turned into a life-changing ordeal for dozens of families in Pakistan, with parents alleging that their children contracted HIV while receiving medical care.The children were reportedly being treated for ordinary illnesses or undergoing routine procedures when, weeks or…
Congress’ Milan Pradhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: A court in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on Wednesday sent Milan Pradhan, the Congress‘ candidate for the upcoming Nandigram bypoll, to judicial custody until October 7, a day after voting, in connection with a 2007 criminal case.The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Contai Court remanded Pradhan to…
Manu Bhaker remembers late coach Jaspal Rana (Image credit: Agencies) NAGOYA: Manu Bhaker wore a disappointed look after finishing fifth (181.1) in the women’s 10m air pistol event. The position was unchanged from the previous edition of the Asian Games, but almost everything else had.In Hangzhou, she had been part of the gold-winning trio in…
The soldier, whose identity has not been made public, left India in mid-September. An Israeli soldier accused of alleged war crimes in Gaza has left India weeks after the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Palestinian rights group, filed a criminal complaint against him, according to a report by Middle East Eye.The soldier, whose identity has…
Petrol, diesel margins for OMCs seen recovering sharply in Q2FY27 (representative image) India’s oil marketing companies (OMCs) could see a sharp recovery in petrol and diesel margins in the second quarter of FY27, although continued losses on LPG sales are likely to limit the overall benefit, according to a report by JM Financial Institutional Securities.The…
