A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Seeds of seabuckthorn and buckwheat grown in the cold desert of Ladakh are part of the experiments on board the International Space Station … Read more
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Federal Reserve announced Friday (August 1, 2025) that governor Adriana Kugler will step down next week, opening up a spot on the central bank’s powerful board that President Donald Trump will be able to fill. Ms. Kugler, who did not participate in the Fed’s … Read more
Security personnel walk at a subway station platform in Suzhou, eastern China, where a Japanese woman living in China was reported to be attacked and injured on Thursday by a man, on Aug. 1, 2025. A Japanese woman living in China was attacked and injured by a man in a Suzhou subway station, Japanese media … Read more
More than 120 firefighters were trying to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said early on Sunday (August 3, 2025) on the Telegram messaging app. In the Krasnodar region where Sochi is located, a fuel tank … Read more
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the earthquake occurred at 2:04 a.m. PST at a depth of 102km, with its epicentre located in the Hindukush Mountain region in Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Islamabad, leaving residents in a state of … Read more
Police officers stand guard outside India House where the High Commission of India is located, in London, Britain. | Photo Credit: Reuters Even as India concluded a trade deal with the United Kingdom, Indian diplomatic vehicles have racked up almost £10 million (₹115.8 crore) in unpaid dues and penalties for London’s congestion charge, a £15 … Read more
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Against the backdrop of racist attacks on foreigners in Dublin, the Embassy of India in Ireland has issued an advisory for citizens urging them to take “reasonable precautions”. The advisory came soon after an Indian national took to social media, on July 31, reporting that he became the … Read more
Representational image of a n Indian Oil fuel station in Sonipat. | Photo Credit: Reuters India will keep purchasing oil from Russia despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of penalties, two Government sources told The New York Times, not wishing to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. “These are long-term oil contracts,” … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last week that his government would recognise the state of Palestine during the coming UN General Assembly session in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows more humanitarian aid and commits itself towards … Read more
On August 1, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on the social media that he had ordered two “nuclear submarines” to be positioned in “the appropriate regions”, in a direct threat to Russia. Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defence, reposted Mr. Trump’s post. The reason for Mr. Trump’s escalatory move: back-to-back social media posts by Dmitry … Read more
