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Genocidal scorecard

A United Nations report, published on Monday, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate ‘the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.’ This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, ‘is now metastasizing to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.’..

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Russia hikes interest rates to 20-yr high

Russia’s central bank hiked interest rates to 21 per cent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than two decades as Moscow’s Ukraine offensive has triggered rapid price rises at home...

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Bangladesh end 10-year long winless streak

Bangladesh began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run over debutants Scotland to put an end to their 10-year-long winless streak in the tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Thursday.

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Shelling in Pokrovsk as Russia inches closer

Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow’s troops inched closer to the key logistics hub...

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Focus should be on functional literacy, not only three Rs

THE literacy rate for people aged above seven years that the national statistical office has come up with every year for 19 years, from 2023 backward to 2005, shows a consistent increase, by small leaps though. Literacy rate is reported to have been 52.1 per cent in 2005 and it has increased to 77.9 per cent in 2023, keeping to official documents...

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Zelensky vows more ‘retribution’ for Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more ‘retribution’ against Russia on Ukrainian Independence Day Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow announced the exchange of 230 prisoners just over two weeks into Ukraine’s surprise offensive on Kursk. ...

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India’s Ola Electric shines in market debut

India’s biggest e-scooter maker Ola Electric Mobility dazzled on its market debut Friday after raising $734 million, as traders bet on surging demand for battery-powered vehicles...

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Australia sink brave Scots, England advance

Australia saw off a determined challenge from Scotland to claim a five-wicket victory in a decisive final Group B match of the T20 World Cup for both teams at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.

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Berrington anchors Scotland win

Captain Richie Berrington upstaged his Namibian counterpart in leading Scotland to a table-topping, five-wicket victory in Group B at the T20 World Cup on...

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England washed out after Scotland scare

Scotland openers George Munsey and Michael Jones gave England a fright in their T20 World Cup opener in Barbados on Tuesday before rain spared the defending champions a potentially tough chase....