Washington, June 26, 2026The United States Senate has passed a joint resolution directing President Donald Trump to halt American military operations against Iran, approving the measure by a vote of 50 to 48. The resolution had already cleared the House of Representatives earlier this month, marking the first time since the enactment of the War…
Beijing, June 25, 2026British hygiene giant Dettol has issued a public apology over a Chinese advertisement that, while intended to challenge gender stereotypes, triggered a fierce backlash and calls for a product boycott.The five-minute ad, produced to promote the brand’s multipurpose disinfectant, opened with a man searching for a partner who is “clean” and “unspoiled…
Mumbai, June 25, 2026Bollywood’s OG action star Ajay Devgn has set the internet ablaze with the announcement of his upcoming action film Chauhaan, unveiled on the death anniversary of his late father and legendary action choreographer Veeru Devgan.The 2-minute 24-second teaser, released by Jio Studios, opens against a dramatic Kashmir backdrop where militants are seen…
Jerusalem, June 25, 2026The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, a group dedicated to advocating for the rights of Palestinian detainees, has raised serious concerns over the grave physical condition of journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh following his release from Israeli administrative detention, calling it a reflection of what it describes as systematic mistreatment inside Israeli prisons.Bani Mufleh was…
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, a central figure in a major ongoing police graft inquiry in South Africa, has pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud and money-laundering charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors. He was accused of bribing top police officials to win a 360m rand ($22m; £16.5m) tender for his health company Medicare24 in…
France’s health ministry stressed that the risk to the population was “very low”. Likewise, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “the risk to the rest of the world is low” and that there was “no need to panic”. Efforts are underway to trace people who may have been in contact with the doctor. Healthcare workers…
FATEH JANG, Punjab — Farmers and landowners in village Shehray Bahadur, Tehsil Fateh Jang, have launched protests against state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) after its Survey Camp SP1 continued seismic and geological surveys on private agricultural land for nearly a year without disbursing any compensation to affected residents.Local sources confirmed that not…
BEIJING — A video going viral from China’s Sichuan province shows a humanoid robot kneeling on a sidewalk, hands clasped in a pleading gesture, begging passersby for money — to pay its electricity bill.The robot, equipped with a donation tray and a QR code for digital payments, repeatedly broadcast the message through an attached LED…
NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual and history’s first trillionaire, has lost that distinction just days after achieving it, as a brutal selloff in SpaceX shares wiped out more than $118 billion of his net worth in a matter of hours, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.SpaceX shares plummeted below the $150…
NEW YORK/LONDON — Global oil prices continued their downward trajectory Wednesday following progress in Iran-U.S. nuclear negotiations, as markets priced in the prospect of a significant surge in Iranian crude supply returning to international markets.Market Snapshot:| Benchmark | Price | Movement ||—|—|—|| West Texas Intermediate (WTI) | $73.00/barrel | Declining || Brent Crude |…
