The biggest storyline of this year’s NBA free agency has centered around LeBron James. After spending eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, the four-time NBA champion decided to leave the franchise, bringing an end to the longest uninterrupted tenure of his career with a single team. Lebron James’ next team announcement may not be…
Crude oil prices rose on Monday, July 13, in early Asian trading after the US and Iran traded fresh round of strikes over the weekend and also offered contrasting versions on the status of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent Crude is now trading above the $78 a barrel mark for contracts that expire in September….
A firetruck is parked at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 42nd Street after buildings in the area were evacuated The temporary suspension of one of New York City’s largest office-to-residential conversion projects after few steel columns buckled last week drew attention to the engineering complexities of transforming ageing office buildings into housing, a…
Jayden Adams, the 25-year-old South African soccer player who represented his country at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, died on July 11. Following his sudden death, his father shared an emotional message, saying the family is still trying to come to terms with the loss. Jayden Adams’ father has spoken out after his sudden death….
File photo: Strait of Hormuz NEW DELHI: India has condemned the attack on commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman, which had 11 Indian nationals on board, of whom 10 were rescued, but one remains missing.The Cyprus-flagged tanker was hit apparently by an Iranian strike for ignoring instructions to follow what it called…
NEW DELHI: For the fifth consecutive time, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has retained third position in the world as the third-most powerful air arm in the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) 2026 Global Air Power Rankings, remaining ahead of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).Only the air forces of the US…
File photo: Ram Temple in Ayodhya LUCKNOW: The SIT probing the alleged theft of donations to Ayodhya’s Ram temple has identified nine critical procedural and security lapses that collectively enabled the alleged large-scale embezzlement.The findings suggest that the theft was not the consequence of a single loophole but of the near-total breakdown of the prescribed…
Seventeen people suffered injuries in the boat tragedy VIJAYAWADA/HYDERABAD: Eyewitnesses of the boat disaster less than 500m off Hon May Rut Ngoai island in Vietnam that killed 15 Indian tourists blamed crew negligence and delays in rescue and emergency treatment, saying the speedboat overturned within seconds after being battered by rough seas and that faster…
Tom Kim’s long wait for another victory finally came to an end. Tom Kim quietly married Lee Seo-yeon last year (Getty Images via AFP) The South Korean was overcome with emotion, shedding tears of joy and relief after producing an outstanding final-round performance to win the Genesis Scottish Open, securing his first title in three…
TUTICORIN: A 40-year-old man electrocuted his two minor children to death before killing himself at Saveriyarpuram near Pudukottai in Tuticorin district on Friday. Police said the man was distraught after his wife left him for another man.The deceased were identified as Mary Michael, a truck driver, his daughter Mary Nirosha, 14, a Class IX student,…
