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Plane Damaged At Riyadh Airport After Houthi Strikes: Report
Yemen's Houthis announced three separate attacks targeting the airport on Thursday.
Indian IT Firms Suspended From US Programme Sponsoring Workers For Green Card
US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the move. He was flanked by US Vice President JD Vance.
Will "Do Everything" To Help End War: Putin To Iran's Pezeshkian
The two have reinforced diplomatic and military links since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, becoming increasingly reliant on each other.
Israel To Honour Captain Smit Machchhar With Presidential Award For Heroism
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the Indian pilot will get the award after he regains his strength.
Plans for Sydney’s controversial new public square in doubt after NSW government intervention
State planning minister declares project ‘state significant’, wresting approval process away from local councilPlans for a grand new public square in centre of Sydney are in doubt after the New South Wales planning minister declared the project “state significant”, wresting the approval process away from the City of Sydney.The lord mayor, Clover Moore, released renders in August for the plaza opposite Sydney’s town hall. The design for the space, which the council had expected to be completed by 2031, include a semi-circular clearing projecting eastwards towards Hyde park, with a fountain and a grove of native trees. Continue reading...
USS Abraham Lincoln’s commanding officer addresses suicide attempts in strike group after record deployment – live
Captain Dan Keeler says there were ‘no lost lives on board’ and adds that deployment was ‘first experience with combat’ for most sailorsThousands turn out to welcome weary USS Lincoln sailorsSign up for the US Breaking News emailDonald Trump has urged James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, to debate Ken Paxton – Republican attorney general that the president has endorsed in the election.On Truth Social, Trump described Paxton as “ready, willing, and able” to take on Talarico – the 37-year-old state representative who has been leading in several polls.In Georgia, Jon Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent will face off against Mike Collins – a congressman and the Trump-backed Republican nominee at 7pm ET.At the same time in Michigan, progressive insurgent Abdul El-Sayed, will debate Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee also endorsed by the president.Finally, it’s the second debate in Maine in as many days. Susan Collins, the five-term Republican incumbent will spar (again) with the Democratic nominee, Troy Jackson, at 8pm ET. Continue reading...
Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat
Contest seen as test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour voters amid threat from Green party’s Zack PolanskiPolls have closed in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a test of whether Andy Burnham can unite Labour’s voters or whether Zack Polanski can peel off support from the party’s progressive flank.Labour is seeking to retain Keir Starmer’s former north London seat, where he won a majority of more than 11,000 votes in the 2024 general election. Continue reading...
A Lost Brother, A Memoir Called 'Nox': Literature Nobel 2026 Winner Anne Carson's India Link
A memoir titled 'Nox' is considered one of her most profound writings. It's an elegy about her elder brother, Michael Carson, who spent years in India as she hoped to meet him one last time, in vain.
Delhi Metro Shining Example Of India-Japan Partnership: Lt-Governor Taranjit Sandhu
"It (Delhi Metro) has changed the way Delhi moves," Sandhu said.
Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56
Flowers, tried six times over 1996 murders of four people, faced execution before supreme court tossed his convictionCurtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the US supreme court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56.Flowers’ family confirmed that he died on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, attorney Rob McDuff told the Associated Press on Thursday. Continue reading...
Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company
The $11-a-share offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI datacentre business failed to materialise.A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Continue reading...
US Won't Attack Iran Till November 3 Midterm Polls, Declares Trump
"We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd," Trump said.
