File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said a US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian oil sales could hand Moscow about $10 billion in extra revenue, warning the move would directly undermine efforts to end the war in Ukraine.“This one concession alone by the United States…
Asian equity markets are facing heightened volatility after geopolitical tensions in the Middle East triggered sharp swings in oil prices and global risk sentiment, exposing uneven vulnerabilities across the region, according to a report by Moody’s Analytics.The report said the conflict sent “shock waves through global financial markets”, with Brent crude briefly surging to around…
Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani (AP/PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders have added Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani to their squad for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League 2026.The franchise confirmed the signing on Friday as they look to bolster their pace attack ahead of the new campaign. Muzarabani, a towering 6 ft 8 in right-arm fast…
Student club approvals tightened at Harvard Law School under new cap policy Harvard Law School has introduced a new policy capping the number of officially recognised student organisations at roughly 90, citing financial and administrative limitations related to auditing and oversight of club accounts. The decision, implemented during the current student organisation application cycle, significantly…
Swara Bhasker’s mother and film scholar Ira Bhaskar has criticised Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar while discussing the politics of contemporary Indian cinema during a recent panel conversation hosted by activist-writer Harsh Mander on his YouTube channel Karwan e Mohabbat. The scholar further criticised the way Muslims are portrayed in the film, saying the narrative reinforces certain…
The landlords can also take back their property under certain conditions like when they need the property for their own use or when the tenants have breached certain key terms of the rental agreement. However, all of this is done following certain legal procedures so that a sense of justice is maintained. It is important…
US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Friday claimed that the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and “likely disfigured” after being critically wounded in an air strike.In a press briefing on the ongoing conflict with Iran, Hegseth reacted to Mojtaba’s first statement amid the war, saying the absence of a…
A man who attacked a synagogue in Michigan was shot dead after the incident. Investigators said he had shared images of children killed in Israeli airstrikes moments before the attack.The attacker was identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who drove a vehicle into the grounds of Temple Israel on Thursday. Security personnel at the synagogue confronted…
The US economy expanded at a markedly slower pace in the final quarter of 2025 than previously estimated, according to government data released on Friday, as consumer demand and public spending turned out weaker than earlier projected.The Commerce Department said gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 0.7 per cent in the…
India and Pakistan flags (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: In the humid, electric air of the DY Patil Stadium on June 1, 2008, a tall, lanky left-armer with an action that looked like a tangle of limbs stood at the non-striker’s end. The scoreboard read 163 for 7. One ball remained. The Rajasthan Royals needed one…
