A parade of seniors in their late sixties walked across the stage in blue caps and gowns in the city of Moore in Oklahoma on Saturday (June 9). They were the Class of 1974 formally receiving their high school diplomas 50 years after their graduation ceremony was abruptly cut short by a tornado warning. On […]
How do you keep your cool when there’s no pistachio in your pistachio ice cream? A woman who unwittingly bought the said concoction went nuts. Finding no pistachio in her pistachio ice cream, a woman on Long Island, New York, filed a lawsuit. And a judge who moonlights as a magician agreed she had a […]
Can Brits save the sinking fortunes of the Washington Post? The newspaper’s owner Jeff Bezos named Sir William Lewis, the British formerly chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, as chief executive officer and publisher in November 2023. Lewis, who took charge in January this year, is now filling senior […]
Campus protests against the Israeli bombing of Gaza have led to nearly 3,000 arrests across the United States. Jobs are also on the line. US students face recruitment challenges after Gaza protests, reports the Financial Times. The newspaper cites the case of Ryna Workman, a New York University law student who made a pro-Palestinian statement […]
How did India-Canada relations come to such a pass that the two countries expelled each other’s top diplomats? The murky record of the dead man at the centre of the row and the political considerations alleged to be at play are highlighted by the Indian news site, Firstpost, in a YouTube video. “Why did Trudeau […]
India’s automotive landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation as rising incomes and changing consumer preferences drive a surge in car ownership, particularly toward larger SUVs. Vehicle registrations have more than doubled in the past decade, with the number of cars increasing from 19 million in 2012 to 49 million in 2022, reports The Economist. Car […]
In a surprising turn of events, Sun Ninghui, a leading Chinese computer scientist and president of the China Computer Federation, has publicly criticized tech giant Huawei’s development model. Sun’s remarks, made in a video clip posted on Bilibili, suggest a growing rift between China’s academic community and its tech industry, reports the South China Morning […]
Donald Trump became only the second American president to return to power after losing an election — a feat pulled off only by Grover Cleveland in 1893. Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, called it “the greatest political comeback in US history”, but many people saw it coming — from Elon Musk, who spent millions supporting […]
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted its first known intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test in 44 years on Wednesday morning, launching a missile into the Pacific Ocean, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Defence. China’s latest known ICBM is the DF-41, which entered service in 2017 and has an operational range of […]
