Ukraine Spying Case: Scottish ex-military instructor jailed for over eight years in Ukraine for spying for Russia | World News

Ukraine Spying Case: Scottish ex-military instructor jailed for over eight years in Ukraine for spying for Russia | World News

A Scottish man who travelled to Ukraine as a military instructor has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after admitting to working as a Russian spy.Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline in Fife, pleaded guilty in a court in Odesa to passing sensitive military information to Russia while Ukraine remained under martial law, according to…

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'No choice': Asian nations tap Russian oil under US waivers amid Middle East war

‘No choice’: Asian nations tap Russian oil under US waivers amid Middle East war

Representative image (AI-generated) With the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting global oil supplies, several Asian countries are turning to Russian oil to fill the gap caused by the Iran war.Energy-starved nations in the region are taking advantage of US sanction waivers to secure Russian crude, Bloomberg reported. The Philippines recently received its first…

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Are fitness bands communication devices? Supreme Court to examine | India News

Are fitness bands communication devices? Supreme Court to examine | India News

NEW DELHI: Are fitness bands, popularly used for measuring and monitoring physical activities and vital parameters, a communication device?The Supreme Court has agreed to examine this question but has flagged that its Bluetooth connectivity capability could have been the reason for its classification as a communication device.Petitioner GOQii Technologies imported activity trackers/fitness bands, and the…

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Remained isolated for 180 million years: How Madagascar Island became a hotspot for Earth’s unique creatures | World News

Remained isolated for 180 million years: How Madagascar Island became a hotspot for Earth’s unique creatures | World News

The biological narrative of Madagascar is a 180-million-year history of isolation and evolutionary divergence. Once a part of the Gondwana supercontinent, it broke away from Africa and later split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago. This separation turned it into a secluded natural lab. With no competition from mainland species, Madagascar’s plants…

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Quote of the day by Saddam Hussein: 'A lion doesn't care if a monkey in a tree is laughing at him'

Quote of the day by Saddam Hussein: ‘A lion doesn’t care if a monkey in a tree is laughing at him’

Born in 1937 in the village of al-Awja near Tikrit, Saddam Hussein rose through the ranks of Iraq’s Ba’ath Party before becoming the country’s president in 1979. (File photo) Even after losing power and facing trial for crimes against humanity, Saddam Hussein remained defiant. Sitting inside a Baghdad courtroom in 2006, the former Iraqi president…

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