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A mayor was shot dead in an area of southern Mexico where drug cartels are battling to control trafficking routes, local authorities said Saturday (June 13, 2026). Joel Bravo — the mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, a town of nearly 7,000 residents — died in an armed attack, prosecutors in Oaxaca state said in a…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (June 13, 2026) said a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14, 2026), reopening the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping, and that the U.S. would “go and get” Iran’s highly enriched uranium at a later stage even as Tehran said the talks were…
Achraf Hakimi of Morocco competes for the ball against Vinicius Junior of Brazil during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 13, 2026 | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP The final sentence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby reads: “So we beat on, boats…
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On the tip of each arm, the chocolate-chip sea star has a skeletal part that contains an array of cone-shaped structures that transmit 70% of incident light. | Photo Credit: Rob (CC BY) Sea star sports nature’s optic fibres to focus light A remarkable structure in the chocolate-chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) has come to…
Having witnessed an impressive game in their group between Brazil and Morocco, Haiti and Scotland start their FIFA World Cup campaign in a Group C match on June 14, 2026. The key players for Haiti are Wilson Isidor, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Duckens Nazon. They bring in a mix of European club experience and vital international…
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Samposhan, an Adambakkam-based enterprise that views fashion through the lens of sustainability and promotes a brand of circular fashion with the diacritic placed firmly on reduction of textile waste is wrapping up a garment-mending workshop today. The emphases of the programme are environmental consciousness and creativity. Titled “Pause. Mend. Reuse.”, the event (June 13 and…
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Delhi has awarded ₹1.65 crore in compensation to an Indian Navy MARCOS commando who suffered 88% permanent disability in a road accident that effectively ended his career as a combat diver and marine commando. Judge Abhilash Malhotra passed the award on June 6 in a claim petition filed…
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TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud asserted that the Congress was inquiring into how details related to Meenakshi Natarajan entered the public domain and promised action against those responsible for leaking information. The controversy emerged publicly on June 8 and was subsequently…
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Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi celebrates scoring their first goal as Switzerland’s Miro Muheim looks dejected. | Photo Credit: Reuters Boualem Khoukhi scored an equalizing goal on a header in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Qatar spoiled a dominant day by Switzerland in a 1-1 draw Saturday in Group B of the World Cup. Several of…
Brazil’s forward Vinicius Junior walks during a warm up ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group C football match between Brazil and Morocco at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on June 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP It’s Brazil vs Morocco now on June 14, 2026. Brazil is unbeaten in 20 World…