Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Valentina Gomez (image: X) A woman name Valentina Gomez, affiliated with Republican Party, a MAGA activist and a staunch Trump supporter, sparked online outrage for posting a video where she burnt Quran, the holy book of Islam. In the video, Gomez was seen holding a flamethrower-like object, and before setting the...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Image source: NASA website NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on August 6 using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), according to the space agency’s website. The research team is currently analysing Webb’s data, with a preprint already available online. While interstellar comets pose no threat to Earth,...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he deeply regretted the tragic mishap that occurred at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. The attack on the Nasser Hospital killed 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom was working for Reuters. Following the incident, Israel faced global backlash over the deaths...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 US President Donald Trump said that he hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), later this year. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday during the outset of his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Trump said...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Three people have died and one remains in serious condition after a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight in Britain, police said. “We can confirm that three people have died following a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight this morning. Four people in total were on board, with one...
Postal services in Australia and Switzerland have become the latest to announce a suspension of deliveries to the United States, joining a growing list of countries halting shipments in response to the Trump administration’s sudden tariff changes. The move comes ahead of new levies set to take effect on Friday, August 29. Several other countries,...
Updated: Aug 25th, 2025 Image: AI-generated Pakistan is likely to introduce a bullet train between Lahore and Karachi by 2030, reducing the travel time from 20 hours to 5, according to Pakistan Railways. The ambitious project is part of the $6.8 billion Main Line-1 (ML-1) upgrade under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to reports. ...
Updated: Aug 25th, 2025 Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv new military assistance for Ukraine, according to a news release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. The funding of 2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.45 billion) was committed at the June G7 Summit held in Canada’s Kananaskis, Chinese news agency...
Six students died and 24 others were injured in a drowning accident on Saturday at a beach in Alexandria governorate, northwest of Cairo, Egypt’s Health Ministry said in a statement. The victims were part of a student group on a field trip organized by an academy specializing in air hospitality, the ministry said. The incident...
Updated: Aug 24th, 2025 There are approximately 7 billion mobile users worldwide. Nearly every smartphone user has at least one email address linked to their device. By that logic, the number of email users is almost equivalent to smartphone users. However, based on the definition of active users, Google currently has more than 3.5 billion...