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...
Updated: Aug 23rd, 2025 US President Donald Trump has announced the nomination of longtime aide and trusted political strategist Sergio Gor to serve as the next United States Ambassador to India, as well as Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs. In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump praised Gor’s loyalty, organisational talent,...
Updated: Aug 23rd, 2025 Five people were confirmed dead as a tour bus crashed in the US state of New York, the New York State Police announced. The accident happened on Interstate 90 in Pembroke, Genesee County while the bus carrying more than 50 passengers was returning from Niagara Falls to New York City on...
Updated: Aug 22nd, 2025 Addiction to short-form video content such as Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok clips may impact the brain in ways similar to substance addictions like alcohol and nicotine, according to new research. The study ‘Neuroanatomical and functional substrates of the short video addiction and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular...