- Thursday, March 06, 2025
The unprecedented protests against the controversial zero-Covid policy being held in different cities in China may also be due to the Chinese people's "distrust" of president Xi Jinping's regime, Australia's former prime minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday (28). Rudd also pointed out that the current protests appear to be…
Cameroon kept their hopes of making the last 16 of the World Cup alive on Monday after fighting back from two goals down to draw a thrilling Group G encounter with Serbia 3-3. Rigobert Song's team looked almost dead and buried after goals from Strahinja Pavlovic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandar…
England have returned to Pakistan to take part in a historic Test series following their T20 series in September and captain Ben Stokes have announced ahead of the first match in Rawalpindi that he would be donating his match fees earned from the entire series to the victims of the…
The Bharat Jodo Yatra ('Unite India March') led by Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi headed for Ujjain from Indore in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday (28), the sixth day of its journey in the state. The foot march started in the morning from Indore's Bada…
With China facing more protests over its draconian 'Zero Covid' policy, the authorities have moved to censor online content on the demonstrations against authorities. There were even calls seeking the resignation of president Xi Jinping, the powerful leader who last month secured a third term. The protests have been fuelled…
In a questionable move, the Delhi government's forest department recently permitted vehicular movement on a road passing through the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary for people from the northern state of Haryana to attend a spiritual event. The organisers -- Radha Soami Satsang Beas -- said the forest and wildlife department…
A mob of agitators led by the Latin Catholic church Sunday (27) night attacked Vizhinjam police station in the southern Indian state of Kerala in protest against the construction of Adani port, injuring at least 29 policemen and damaging police vehicles. The mob targeted the police station using sticks and…
"We are neither interested in allowances nor any poll promises; I want our son back. I haven't seen him for the last two years," said 56-year-old Ankita Thapariya, the mother of fisherman Ankit who has been languishing in a Pakistani jail for illegally entering the neighbouring country's water territory. The…
Indian National Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor on Sunday (27) criticised the economic policies of the Left government in the southern state of Kerala by claiming that it was at the bottom in ease of doing business due to red-tapism and that people were living beyond their means as the administration…
As Iran prepare to play diplomatic arch-rivals the United States at the World Cup on Tuesday, AFP looks at how geopolitics have spilled onto the pitch in previous World Cups. - Mussolini's 'Blackshirts': France v Italy, 1938 - Just a year before World War II broke out, defending champions Italy…
