- Thursday, February 27, 2025
EMBATTLED British prime minister Boris Johnson on Monday (6) survived a no-confidence vote by his own Conservative members of parliament (MPs) against his leadership but yet, not many observers are optimistic about his future in the power seat. Johnson, who will turn 58 later this month, got the backing of…
VETERAN England seamer Stuart Broad has dismissed speculation of a rift with former test captain Joe Root, saying that it would be “pathetic” if he were to fall out with him over being dropped for the tour of West Indies earlier this year. Broad and fellow paceman James Anderson, England’s…
WHILE the controversy around the anti-Islam remark of Nupur Sharma, a member of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) refuses to die down and the country's diplomatic circle finds a major challenge in hand to protect its rapport with the Muslim world, the suspended leader has found…
THE Delhi Police has provided security to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her family after an FIR was registered on a complaint that she was getting death threats over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, officials said on Tuesday. She had requested the police to provide security citing harassment…
A BRITISH woman was allegedly raped near the Arambol beach in the Indian state of Goa in front of her male partner by a local man under the pretext of giving her a massage, police said on Tuesday (7). The accused, local resident Vincent D'Souza (32), was part of a…
South Africa said on Monday (6) the United Arab Emirates had arrested Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption under former South African president Jacob Zuma. Confirming South Africa's statement on Tuesday (7), Dubai police said on Twitter that it had coordinated with South African authorities "regarding the extradition file…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of confidence in his leadership, as 211 Conservative Party members of Parliament voted in favour of him staying on as their leader. But the end result, which Johnson insisted was decisively in his favour, saw as many as 148 Tory…
BATTLING British prime minister Boris Johnson had told Tory parliamentarians that he would repeat the behaviour which has been outlined in Sue Gray's report into the series of lockdown-violating parties held in Downing Street. Facing a serious challenge over his handling of the Partygate accusations and his insistence that no…
SURVIVORS of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday (6) after suffering what a doctor described as lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries. At least 50 people including children were killed, according to media…
THOUSANDS of workers across different sectors of the UK economy are participating in a major global study starting Monday by working for four instead of five days a week, while on full pay. The 4-Day Week UK Pilot Programme is aimed at measuring productivity and wellbeing of staff over six…
