Ukraine and Russia Trade Strikes as Toll Reaches 14
Ukrainian strikes on Russia killed at least nine on Sunday and Russian attacks killed five in Ukraine, as both sides widen attacks beyond the…
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Le Clos Becomes Most Decorated Commonwealth Athlete
South African swimmer Chad le Clos took his 21st Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow, passing Emma McKeon as the most decorated athlete in Games…
India Take 39 Medals for Fourth at Commonwealth Games
India finished the Glasgow Commonwealth Games fourth with 39 medals, led by a record boxing haul of 10 and its most successful para campaign…
Australia Top Commonwealth Games With 70 Golds
Australia closed the scaled-back Glasgow Games with 70 golds and 171 medals, more than England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland managed between them.
Box Office Sets All-Time Weekend Record at $430m
North American cinemas took $436.6m over the weekend, the biggest three-day domestic frame ever recorded, beating the $402.1m set during Endgame in 2019.
Brewers Overtake Dodgers for Best Record in Baseball
Milwaukee moved to 69-41 with a win over the Angels as the Dodgers fell to Boston, giving the Brewers the best record in Major…
Nolan’s The Odyssey Nears $400m as Rivals Clear the Way
Christopher Nolan's epic took an estimated $51m in its third weekend for a domestic total near $396m, slipping to second as Spider-Man set a…
Spider-Man Sets All-Time Box Office Opening Record
Final figures put Spider-Man: Brand New Day at $360.1m for its opening weekend, the largest in domestic history, ahead of Avengers: Endgame on $357.1m…
Fed Holds Rates at 3.5-3.75% as Three Officials Dissent
The FOMC voted 9-3 to keep the federal funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75 per cent on 29 July, with Hammack, Kashkari and Logan…
Congo Ebola Outbreak Becomes Largest on Record, WHO Says
WHO reports 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths in the DRC as of 30 July 2026, making the Bundibugyo outbreak the largest ever recorded…
After the long wait, Shivakumar gets to govern
D.K. Shivakumar was sworn in as Karnataka chief minister at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru on 3 June, taking the oath from Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot…
The students won a minister. That is not the same as winning India.
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on 25 July after seven weeks of protest by a movement almost nobody in Delhi had heard…
Chained on a Punjab Dairy Farm, a Tamil Nadu Man Goes Home After 23 Years
Prakash left Coimbatore in 2003 after a family quarrel. Rescued in 2022 from a Punjab dairy farm where he was allegedly chained, he is…