A motorcade carrying Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, had a crash on Monday. Fortunately the governor remained unhurt when multiple cars at the rear of the motorcade collided. Reporters said they were “violently thrown forward” as their vehicle was struck from behind, causing a chain reaction involving multiple cars. Only
The Philippines government has blamed the Chinese Navy for intentionally colliding a warship with one of its coast guard ships. The incident happened in a disputed area of the South China Sea which China claims as its own territory despite being 630 nautical miles from it. On the other hand, China accused the Philippines for
Australia has introduced a “right to disconnect” law, allowing employees to ignore work-related communications after hours without fear of repercussions. The new regulation aims to help workers achieve a better work-life balance and ignore calls and emails from bosses after work hours. Bosses Can Contact Employees The new law does not prohibit employers from contacting
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil following a censorship dispute with the Brazilian Supreme Court. The company stated that a Supreme Court judge had threatened the arrest of X’s legal representative in Brazil if the company did not block certain accounts. Judge Imposes Daily Fine The
Scientists from the University of California have said that they have found a huge reservoir of liquid water a mile beneath the Mars surface. This is the first time evidence of liquid water has been found on Mars, located within fractures several miles beneath the surface, according to research led by the University of California,
The Ukrainian army’s top commander has claimed in a video that they have captured 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. Oleksandr Syrskyi, talking in a video uploaded by Ukraine’s President’s Telegram account, said the army had successfully captured large swathes of Russian territory in a latest offensive. The claim was made in reference to Ukraine’s
Video streaming platform YouTube has stopped playing videos in Russia after a technical glitch was reported in the system. Russian News Agency TASS confirmed that one of its correspondents has checked and the problem persists. The correspondent confirmed that when accessing YouTube, a message pops up saying the device has no internet or it takes
Citizens of several foreign countries have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible as the country might face an all-out war. Countries’ fear came as Iran vowed to retaliate to Israel’s assassination of a key terrorist leader in Tehran last week. The United States has openly declared full support for Israel if
A 51,200 years old cave art cave in Indonesia to be the world’s oldest artwork in world’s history. Scientists used advanced dating techniques and confirmed that the enigmatic paintings in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island are the world’s oldest art work. The paintings depict a wild pig and three human-like figures that are 5,000 years older than
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, has revoked Hungary‘s right to host the next meeting of foreign and defense ministers due to its stance on the Ukraine war. The decision follows Hungary’s recent assumption of the rotating presidency of the EU council and the PM Viktor Orban’s controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A global IT outage has caused chaos around the world with major airlines, banks, healthcare, public services and media organizations facing intense drop in functioning. Microsoft, which identified the cause of the outage, said it was caused by a product update offered by a cybersecurity firm called CrowdStrike but the issue has been solved. Almost
Scientists have discovered a new planet lurking in our solar system, increasing the number of planets to nine.
