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Donald Trump, a former US President and Republican presidential candidate, has praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as a good “friend” and the “nicest human being.” Trump called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “total killer” and said that India was “very unstable” before to his appointment as Prime Minister. Trump discussed his judgment of … Read more
Following the resignation of former Prime Minister Hasina Sheikh, Bangladesh experienced political unrest, and things are still not back to normal. A goddess Kali’s crown was taken from the Jeshoreshwari temple in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar in a recent incident. According to The Daily Star, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the same crown during his March 2021 … Read more
South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, citing her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences issued the statement, which highlighted Kang’s significant contributions to current literature. BREAKING NEWSThe 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded … Read more
The death toll from Hurricane Milton has grown to at least 14 after another person was killed in Hillsborough County, which encompasses Tampa, CNN reported. A woman in her late 70s died while working on post-hurricane rehabilitation efforts after a heavy tree branch fell on her. The event occurred shortly after 11:00 a.m. ET on … Read more
Donald Trump appeared to drop a hint that Vivek Ramaswamy will have a role in his administration, if he wins the upcoming election. During his campaign in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, October 9, the former president said that “smart as hell” Ramaswamy initially gave him tough competition. “He’s really smart, and I hope he’s going … Read more
Israeli airstrikes hit neighborhoods in Beirut on Thursday evening, killing 22 people and wounding 117, Lebanon’s health ministry said. On Thursday, Israeli forces also fired on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon and wounded two of them, drawing severe backlash from various countries, including their key ally, the USA. A spokesperson for the White House … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic satellite footage capturing Hurricane Milton’s landfall in Florida, showcasing the sheer power of the storm from a cosmic perspective. The footage, released Thursday, illustrates the hurricane’s spiralling mass over the southeasternmost US state, featuring intense lightning activity that illuminates its centre. Milton struck Florida’s west … Read more
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday that David Baker will receive half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, while Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper will share the other half for their groundbreaking contributions to protein structure prediction. Proteins, which are essential macromolecules in biological systems, are composed of chains of … Read more
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shiite militia group, claimed responsibility on Wednesday for four drone attacks on four “vital” sites in Israel. In an online statement, the group said it had launched two drone strikes on targets in northern and southern Israel, with two additional attacks aimed at locations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, … Read more
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, announced on Tuesday that John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton had won the Nobel Prize in Physics. According to the official announcement, this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics have developed techniques that serve as the foundation for today’s potent machine learning using tools from physics. An associative … Read more
Hezbollah, a militant organization based in Lebanon, launched a new round of missiles into Israel on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israel continued its renewed onslaught on two fronts, moving more troops into southern Lebanon and pushing farther into northern Gaza. According to the Israeli military, Hezbollah fired over 180 missiles into the northern Israeli port city of … Read more
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, as revealed by the Nobel Assembly on Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The duo jointly received the prestigious award for their discovery of microRNA and its role in regulating gene expression after transcription. The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery … Read more
The World Health Organization kicked off its 77th session of the Regional Committee for Southeast Asia in New Delhi from October 7 to 9. India’s Minister of Health, JP Nadda, has been elected as the Chairperson of the 77th Session. RC77 Seventy-seventh Regional Committee Session of WHO South-East Asia is the annual governing body meeting … Read more
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported that 27 Chinese military aircraft and six naval boats were spotted operating around Taiwan between 6 a.m. (local time) on Sunday and 6 a.m. (local time) on Monday. According to Taiwan’s MND, 19 of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the … Read more
Israel resumed its shelling of Lebanon with a new wave of airstrikes in Beirut suburbs on the eve of the somber October 7 Hamas attack anniversary on Sunday. A separate Israeli hit earlier in the day on the village of Qamatiyeh, southeast of Beirut, killed six people, three of them were children, according to the … Read more