German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, dealing another setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).According to preliminary results, AfD won 38.3 percent of the vote, ahead of the Social Democratic Party…
India’s petrol pricing benchmark has risen to a 50-month high of $133.05 a barrel this month, putting state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) under renewed pressure as geopolitical disruptions threaten to push international oil prices higher, according to industry officials and official data. The sharp market price rise for petrol is already resulting in losses on…
The Indian hockey teams – both men’s and women’s – got off to a flying start at the Asian Games 2026 on September 20. The men’s team defeated Indonesia 13–1, powered by a four-goal performance from Dilpreet Singh. On the other hand, the women’s team produced a record-breaking performance as they crushed Uzbekistan 19–0, led…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attended Patrick Mahomes’ 31st birthday bash in style as they attended the party together at his and Mahomes’ contemporary steakhouse. (Instagram) Newlyweds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrated Patrick Mahomes‘ birthday, the star American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, who just turned 31 years old. The duo arrived…
Shares of six companies are expected to be in focus on Monday, September 21, after the companies announced fresh order wins across sectors including oil and gas, telecom, railways, marine infrastructure, urban water and waste management. Welspun Corp Welspun Corp‘s associate company East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry (EPIC), a listed entity in Saudi Arabia,…
Gold prices eased in early Asian trade on Monday (September 21) as higher US Treasury yields weighed on the non-interest-bearing asset, while silver held on to gains and traded near $67.30 an ounce. COMEX gold was trading at $4,416 an ounce, down $8.90, or 0.20%, in early trade. Prices moved between a high of $4,422.10…
Far below the surface off the coast of Rhode Island, the bases of offshore wind turbines are becoming something more than supports for machines. Their hard foundations are providing places for marine organisms to settle, creating patches of habitat on an otherwise softer seafloor. Barnacles, mussels, algae and other small creatures can attach themselves to…
Abbas Araqchi accused France of killing 1.5 million Algerians during Algeria’s war of independence. (Reuters photo) Iranian authorities have shut down a French language centre linked to the French embassy in Tehran, escalating tensions between the two countries ahead of a planned meeting between their foreign ministers.The centre was sealed following a judicial order, Tehran’s…
Travis Kelce went to the University of Cincinnati, where he played college football for the Bearcats before becoming one of the NFL’s biggest stars. Kelce attended Cincinnati from 2008 to 2012 and initially arrived as a quarterback before moving to tight end. Travis Kelce’s college journey took an unexpected path, from quarterback to Cincinnati Bearcats…
Surgeons Leonardo Riella and Tatsuo Kawai with patient Tim Andrews after Andrews’ xenotransplant in 2025. A genetically engineered pig kidney kept a 66-year-old man off dialysis for a record 271 days before he successfully received a donor organ, marking a major advancement towards using animal organs to “bridge” the widening gap between organ demand and…
