Month: January 2025

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside war operations room, aide says

January 5, 2025 admin

A poster of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. File | Photo Credit: AP Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday (January 5, 2025) disclosed by a senior Hezbollah official. A series of Israeli airstrikes flattened several buildings…

World

Wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejcikova Pulls Out Of Australian Open 2025

January 5, 2025 admin

File image of Barbora Krejcikova.© AFP Reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova said Sunday she was pulling out of this month’s Australian Open over a back injury. “Unfortunately, my back injury, which troubled me at the end of last season, is still not fully healed,” the world number ten said on X. “It’s really…

Sports

Austria’s Ruling Conservatives Pick Interim Leader After Chancellor Karl Nehammer Quits

January 5, 2025 admin

Vienna: Austria’s ruling conservatives picked Secretary-General Christian Stocker as interim successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian media reported on Sunday, after Nehammer quit as his attempts to form a coalition government without the far right fell apart. There was no immediate comment from the People’s Party (OVP), and Nehammer only told reporters after the party’s…

World

Coco Gauff Beats Iga Swiatek, Takes Team USA To United Cup Title

January 5, 2025 admin

Coco Gauff roared past Iga Swiatek to inspire team USA Sunday before Taylor Fritz sealed the United Cup title with victory over Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in Sydney. Gauff opened with a statement 6-4, 6-4 win over Swiatek in 1hr 51min of hard-hitting tennis to fire a warning shot ahead of the Australian Open….

Sports

Israeli Strikes Kill Nine People In Gaza As Truce Talks Resume In Qatar

January 5, 2025 admin

Cairo: Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the weekend death toll to 97, Palestinian medics said, as US and Arab mediators stepped up efforts to conclude a ceasefire deal. Health officials said an Israeli airstrike killed five people in a house in the…

World

Ricky Ponting Gives “Best Ever” Compliment To Jasprit Bumrah After Sensational BGT

January 5, 2025 admin

Jasprit Bumrah was nominated the ‘Player of the Series’© AFP Despite India ending up losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-3, ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting believes that pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s exploits are not only the best he’s seen of a visiting bowler in Australia but probably also the best fast-bowling display of…

Sports

Canada Pauses New Application For Parents and Grandparents Program In 2025

January 5, 2025 admin

Ottawa: In yet another worrying move for Indian immigrants living in Canada, the Canadian federal government has announced that it will not accept any new applications for sponsoring parents and grandparents for permanent residence in 2025. The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said that in 2025, it will only process family sponsorship applications that…

World

Amid Retirement Claims, Virat Kohli Gets Brutal Reality Check: “Even Sachin Tendulkar…”

January 5, 2025 admin

Team India’s bitter defeat against Australia in the Sydney Test didn’t just see them lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy but also the glimmer of World Test Championship final qualification hope. As pundits Irfan Pathan and Sunil Gavaskar reflected on India’s mistakes in the series, Virat Kohli‘s below-par show with the bat stood among the…

Sports

One Of Australia’s All-Time Greats? Pat Cummins’ Legacy Continues To Rise After BGT Series Win

January 5, 2025 admin

Australian skipper Pat Cummins’ status as a modern-day great went up a notch following the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win against India on Sunday, adding one more trophy to his cabinet that shows no signs of shrinking down. The moment debutant Beau Webster hit the winning runs, millions of Australians worldwide watching the match…

Sports

11-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Injured As E-Bike Catches Fire In Madhya Pradesh

January 5, 2025 admin

Ratlam: An 11-year-old girl was killed and two others sustained injuries when an electric motorcycle charging outside a house caught fire in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam on Sunday, police said. The fire broke out around 2.30 am in a colony in the Industrial Area police station limits, an official said. The electric motorcycle was kept for…

Nation