Category: International

In a new episode of the Stanley Cup mania, a 23-year-old California woman was recently arrested for stealing 65 Stanley tumblers worth approximately $2,500, USA Today reported. The Roseville Police Department, in an update on social media, said that the officers received a shoplifting complaint from the staff of a retail store near Roseville, 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, on January 17. “Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them,” police said. “The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car…

The United States military announced Sunday that the two Navy SEALS that were lost during an operation to capture Iranian weapons bound for Yemen’s Huthis over a week ago are dead, as the forces failed to trace their men after a rigorous search of 10 days.  Previously, the Central Command (CENTCOM) said that two SEALs were lost at sea were involved in the January 11 operation, in which the elite special operations personnel boarded a dhow off the coast of Somalia and seized missile components made in Iran. CENTCOM said…

WASHINGTON: During a fraud lawsuit deposition, former US President Donald Trump claimed he averted a “nuclear holocaust” and saved millions of lives. He repeated this on the stand, while also lashing out at the judge and AG. Months earlier, during questioning about his business practices, Trump stated he was “too busy… saving millions of lives” to focus on his businesses, entrusted to his children. This released deposition footage adds a dramatic layer to the ongoing legal battle against the former president. “I was very busy. I considered this the most…

Yemen’s Huthi rebels have asserted responsibility for an attack on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden early Friday.  The incident comes on the heels of the United States launching strikes against rebel targets due to their aggression towards vessels in and around the Red Sea. The Huthis, backed by Iran, insist that their naval forces successfully targeted the Chem Ranger, a commercial vessel sailing from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Kuwait. According to their statement on social media, they utilised “appropriate naval missiles” that resulted in direct hits. However,…

After negotiations that went on for several weeks to reach an agreement for setting the federal budget, the US lawmakers announced a federal spending limit of $1.6 trillion for fiscal year 2024, averting the government shutdown as presidential elections near this year. The budget was announced by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democrat leaders in Congress, with President Joe Biden appreciating the move. The 81-year-old Joe Biden said: “The deal moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities.” But time is short…

At least four children died and three others including an adult were rescued after a multi-family home caught fire on Quality Avenue, Connecticut Tuesday night, with authorities terming the incident a “tremendous loss”, local media reported. The identities and details of the deceased children were not made public however, reports say that the ages of the victims are 5, 6, 8, and 12 years old. All four belonged to the same family while the adult member was supervising the children. One of the three injured sustained major burns and was…

TOKYO: Tsunami waves over a metre high hit central Japan on Monday after a huge earthquake that damaged homes, set off a major fire and prompted authorities to urge people to run to higher ground. Media reports said two people were feared dead after the 7.5-magnitude quake struck Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan side of the main island of Honshu at 4:10 pm (0710 GMT), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Japanese authorities put the magnitude at 7.6 and said that it was one of more than…

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the Chinese economy had grown “more resilient and dynamic” in 2023, despite financial figures continuing to disappoint as the post-Covid recovery stalls. He also promised in a bullish New Year’s address to the nation that China would “surely be reunified” — a reference to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has pledged to seize. Xi has endured a challenging 2023 at the helm of the world’s second-largest economy, with his administration struggling to sustain an economic rebound…

At least 30 people were killed and over 160 were left injured in the early hours of Friday as Russia launched its largest missile bombardment of the war so far, on Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Lviv. Russia “used nearly every type of weapon in its arsenal”, with homes and a maternity hospital hit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukraine’s air force said it had never seen so many missiles launched at once, amid a drastic improvement of Russia’s air defences, which were overwhelmed on Friday, the BBC reported. An Air Force…

The top election official of the Maine state has declared former US president Donald Trump ineligible for the state elections, removing him from the 2024 primary ballot over his involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Maine becomes the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court removed the former president from the ballot earlier this month, reported CNN. The development is a significant victory for Trump’s critics, who, citing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, say they’re trying to enforce a constitutional…