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A major Russian drone-and-missile strike hit the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21 others, according to local officials. Kharkiv’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said the latest barrage damaged 18 apartment blocks and 13 private houses, according to news agency Associated Press.The mayor also confirmed that the assault involved…

Irfan Pathan and the Pakistan cricket team (X) A subtle post from Irfan Pathan has sparked chatter ahead of the India vs Pakistan Asia Cup showdown. The former India all-rounder wrote on social media: “Sri Lanka is the second-best team in the Asia Cup so far.” Irfan Pathan tweet To many, it seemed like a…

US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian neighbours locked in a long-running territorial dispute, had agreed to halt all hostilities with immediate effect.Trump said he had a “good conversation” with the prime ministers of both nations about their “long-running war”, after which…

Bitcoin surged to a fresh all-time high in early Asian trade on Thursday, crossing $124,000 for the first time, supported by upbeat US market sentiment and policy changes favouring the cryptocurrency sector.According to AFP, the world’s largest digital asset briefly touched $124,500 before easing back, breaking its previous record set in July. The rally came…

French president Emmanuel Macron (AP file photo) France will officially recognise a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly in September, president Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Posting on X and Instagram, Macron wrote, “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will…

GHAZIABAD: Police have identified one of their own, a constable posted in Kaushambi district, and an old name from juvenile crime registers as killers of a former Indian Air Force officer, who was shot near his house here the day after Christmas.Police said the two are hitmen, who were hired by victim Yogesh Kumar’s sons….

FILE – Attendees walk past an electronic display showing recent cyberattacks in China at the China Internet Security Conference in Beijing, on Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) Security researchers have uncovered an unprecedented data breach involving 16 billion login credentials across 30 databases, potentially affecting users of major platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Gmail,…

(AI image generated using ChatGPT) Russia has reacted furiously to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new sanctions on its oil sector, with former President Dmitry Medvedev calling the move “an act of war” and accusing Washington of abandoning diplomacy.In a post on Telegram, Medvedev denounced Trump’s decision to sanction Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft…