- Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Hundreds of police fanned out across Vienna on Tuesday, searching for perpetrators of attacks that left five people dead in the city's centre, after what a government minister said was an "Islamist terrorist" incident. In an early morning televised news conference, Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer repeated calls for the…
Video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok on Monday announced a deal to give users access to Sony Music Entertainment's massive archive of hit tunes. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the agreement, which will let clips of music owned by Sony be used in TikTok posts. Social media platforms have…
Prime Minister Imran Khan has angered India after declaring that part of the contested Kashmir region will provisionally become a full province of Pakistan. Pakistan has administered the area now known as Gilgit-Baltistan since shortly after the country's birth in 1947, but New Delhi asserts the mountainous territory bordering China…
Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inducted five new ministers into her executive, two weeks after her party won a landslide victory in the country's general election. "Today has been an incredibly special day. I'm feeling a lot of things including…
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has decided to retire from all cricket after Chennai Super Kings failed to reach the Indian Premier League playoffs, a team member told AFP on Tuesday. The 39-year-old has made nothing public but told his Chennai teammates of his decision in an "emotional" speech after their…
The government on Monday attributed the surge in active COVID-19 cases in Delhi to the festive season, greater movement of people and laxity in adhering to safe COVID behaviour and said efforts will be made to increase testing in critical zones. It also emphasised that metro rail travel should be…
As superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday turned a year older, his Bollywood colleagues took to social media to wish him health and happiness. The actor is celebrating his 55th birthday in Dubai where he is attending the Indian Premiere League with his team Kolkata Knight Riders. Khan started his…
Digital financial services firm Paytm on Monday said it has acquired around 7 million Postpaid micro-credit service users and aims to close the current financial year with 15 million customers. The company is offering Paytm Postpaid service in partnership with two non-banking financial services companies (NBFCs) with an instant credit…
Elephant safaris have resumed at a famous national park in India's northeastern state of Assam, seven months after being forced to shut by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage Site, reopened on Oct. 21, part of a wider easing of lockdown restrictions imposed to curb the…
A new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England will be extended if it fails to reduce infection rates, the government said Sunday, as it faced criticism over the abrupt decision to shut down again. The second national lockdown, hastily announced late Saturday following warnings hospitals could be overwhelmed within weeks, is…
