- Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Chelsea’s American owners witnessed their first season’s last hope for any success crumble as their club, which they had acquired in a deal worth £4.25 billion ($5.28bn) last year, was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid. Chelsea is currently struggling in the unfamiliar lower half of the Premier League,…
As midnight falls during Ramadan, a basketball court in central Karachi is illuminated by makeshift floodlights, turning it into an urban cricket stadium where young Pakistani men chase taped-up tennis balls flying through the night sky. Donkeys and goats look on from the outfield and nearby piles of garbage, sometimes…
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has called on politicians to stop “spiralling down gutter politics” which she said was leading to hate and division in communities. The former chairperson of the Conservative party said the problem was widespread, pointing to home secretary Suella Braverman’s recent inflammatory rhetoric on immigration and child sexual…
NATIONAL faith leaders, government officials and young people came together to celebrate Ramadan and break their fast at the Natural History Museum on Monday (17) in an event organised by the Naz Legacy Foundation. The annual interfaith event was attended by over 100 young people from all backgrounds with the…
Pakistan police reported on Tuesday (18) that a Chinese national working on a hydropower project in the Kohistan district has denied allegations of blasphemy made by his colleagues, who claimed he had insulted the Prophet Mohammad on Sunday (16). Blasphemy is a capital offense in Pakistan, and while no one…
As the coronation of King Charles III approaches, a new poll by YouGov conducted and published on Tuesday (18) has revealed that over half of the British population is against the idea of funding the ceremony with taxpayers’ money. The poll found that 51 per cent of the respondents believed…
India is projected to become the world’s most populous country by the end of June, surpassing China, according to the UN Population Fund’s State of World Population report released on Wednesday (19). This significant change will result in India having a population of 1.4286 billion, which is about three million…
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is urging for national action after a recent analysis conducted by City Hall revealed that private landlords are receiving billions of pounds in rent for sub-standard homes. This situation is particularly concerning given that over a billion pounds of this rent are derived from…
A new report by a UK-based think-tank, the Henry Jackson Society, has highlighted incidents of anti-Hindu hate in schools in Britain. The report, titled ‘Anti-Hindu Hate in Schools’ includes examples such as Hindu students being bullied to convert to Islam and others having beef thrown at them. According to the…
The government on Wednesday (19) published an updated list of ministers’ interests, including an outline of the affairs of prime minister Rishi Sunak, who is under investigation over whether he properly declared his wife’s shareholdings. Parliament’s Commissioner for Standards began an investigation on April 13 into whether Sunak properly declared…
