The UK government has revoked travel authorisations for pro-Palestinian figures Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, preventing them from entering the country ahead of scheduled speaking engagements in London.The pair had been due to participate in the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London and speak at the Oxford Union this week.In a statement to CNN,…
London tube network hit by fresh strike as commuters face delays / Image: File The morning rush hour arrived with fewer trains, longer queues and growing frustration across London as Tube drivers began a fresh 24-hour strike, disrupting journeys for thousands of commuters across the capital.The walkout, which started shortly after midnight on Tuesday, June…
Inside a limestone cave on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales, eleven parallel horizontal lines of red pigment have been sitting on a cave wall for roughly 17,100 years. They were first noticed by scientists in 1912, declared a remarkable example of Palaeolithic cave art, then reclassified as a natural mineral seep sixteen years later,…
Image: Korazim excavation team/Israel Nature and Parks Authority The recent archaeological finding, which was made in northern Israel, comes from an amazing discovery of a gemstone by a 12-year-old who found it while he participated in an excavation project at Korazim National Park. The archaeological gemstone was determined to be a very rare Nicolo gemstone…
A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK was told its children must leave. A Sri Lankan family living legally in the UK has been told that its two young children must leave the country despite their mother being granted permission to remain until 2031, according to a report by The Guardian.The case involves…
Across the southern United States, rivers tend to blur the line between open water and wild habitat in a way that is hard to separate on a map. Wide channels slip through marshes, cypress stands, and low floodplains, carrying sediment, fish, and submerged vegetation in slow motion. In these same waters, alligators remain a constant…
Donald Trump with Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir (PTI file photo) Pakistan’s fragile economy is spending an estimated $900,000 every month on lobbying efforts in the United States, taking its annual outlay to roughly $10-12 million, according to public disclosures filed under the US foreign agents registration act (FARA).The spending comes…
Confucius (Image: Wikipedia) This Confucius line keeps resurfacing in articles about anger and decision-making. It is usually shared as a short warning, almost like a proverb that travels faster than its original context. The sentence is stark, and it does not try to soften what it is saying. Confucius is often associated with ideas of…
As tensions across the Middle East continue to escalate, attention is gradually shifting beyond the Strait of Hormuz to another highly strategic maritime chokepoint -the Bab al-Mandab Strait.Iran, through its allies in Yemen, is considering this narrow sea passage as a possible pressure point against its adversaries, according to Iranian state-linked media outlet Tasnim. This…
Around 30 Indian nationals working illegally as commercial truck drivers in the United States have been arrested by US Border Patrol agents as part of a federal immigration enforcement drive dubbed Operation Checkmate. The individuals are expected to face deportation proceedings.According to a statement issued by US customs and border protection (CBP) on Monday, a…
