NEW YORK – When Jessica Thompson walked into Hyrox Atlanta in October 2025, she felt intimidated by the sea of fit bodies. She had spent months training for the fitness race, but now, watching muscled men and women sprint and squat, she questioned signing up. “I was terrified,” she said. “I almost turned around and […]
In 2015, I travelled to China and was talking about my previous book, The Origins of Sex. They translated it into Chinese. I was just blown away by the apparatus of censorship there. It’s a totalitarian dictatorship where everything, even online, is scrubbed clean all the time. I met lots of wonderful intellectuals who explained […]
Why India Turned to Iran The world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer, India has not received a cargo from Tehran since May 2019, following US pressure not to buy Iranian crude, but supply disruptions from the US-Israel war have hit the South Asian nation hard, reported Reuters.
When Quentin was 13, he kept seeing ads on YouTube for Talkie, an app with “countless AIs eager to speak with you”. The ads were weird, he said, and sometimes crude. One ad featured an animated girl named Valerie who “likes to fart on you sometimes”. That was in 2023, the year of the social […]
America wants butter chicken – in their tacos And honestly, we can’t really fault them. The aforementioned fast food restaurant chain launched a Global Taco Vote last week, pitting a Thailand-inspired chicken taco against a butter chicken one, the latter an original hot pick from the ‘Desi menu’ launched by the brand back in 2023. […]
SINGAPORE – Taiwanese singer Rainie Yang’s concert in Singapore has been called off for the second time in a row, sparking an outcry among fans. The Singapore leg of Yang’s The Elephant We See tour was due to be held at The Star Theatre on April 11. However, FriedRice Entertainment, one of the concert organisers, […]
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MANILA, Philippines – Not necessarily, but it certainly reduces the risks to the Philippines’ supply of fuel. That’s what Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said late on Black Saturday, April 4. In a statement on her Facebook page titled “A little more clarity on the Strait of Hormuz Safe Passage,” Garin said the assurance that Department […]
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Petroleum Ministry on Saturday refuted the reports alleging that an Iranian crude cargo heading to India was diverted to China due to ‘payment issues’. Advertisement In an X post, the Petroleum Ministry stated that India has faced no payment hurdle in securing crude oil imports. Rubbishing the media […]
Pakistan on Saturday pushed back against media reports claiming that its initiative to facilitate talks between the United States and Iran had run into obstacles after an initial exchange of proposals. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan counters reports of US-Iran talks collapse, calls claims ‘figment of imagination’ (REUTERS) Calling the reports “baseless” and a […]
The Ministry of petroleum and Natural Gas on Saturday dismissed reports suggesting that an Iranian crude oil shipment meant for India had been rerouted to China due to payment-related hurdles, asserting that such claims are incorrect.Clarifying the situation, the ministry said, “The news reports and social media posts of an Iranian crude cargo being diverted […]
The ministry mentioned that such changes are common in the global oil trade. India denies Iranian crude shipment diverted to China No payment issues for Iranian crude imports, says ministry India’s energy supplies remain secure despite global tensions Did our AI summary help? The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Saturday, dismissed recent reports […]
Government urged to learn lessons from failed attempt to gain refiners’ cooperation in 2022 Democrat Party deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij says the government needs to stop “timidly” seeking donations from oil refiners, but instead rely on its fact-finding experts to determine whether refinery margins are excessive. (Photo: Democrat Party) Democrat Party deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij […]
MANILA, Philippines – On March 30, United States President Donald Trump warned that the US would obliterate Iran’s energy plants and oil wells if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said Trump wanted to reach a deal with Tehran before an April 6 deadline he set […]
MANILA, Philippines — Tennis rivals Alex Eala and Iga Swiatek reunited at the Rafa Nadal Academy on Saturday. In a post on Saturday, the school posted pictures of the two tennis stars, who are both alumnae of the academy. “Feels like yesterday… do you remember the last time?” the academy said in a Facebook post. […]
The success of the Kardashian sisters (Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie Jenner) is often attributed to their mother, Kris Jenner. The American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman doubles as the manager for her daughters and has helped them build multi-million dollar brands. Over the years, the Kardashian-Jenner family has become one of the most […]
He added that it was a matter of concern that the briefing held on Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been “misrepresented”. “At a time of heightened regional sensitivity, diplomacy requires both discretion and responsibility. We urge all media platforms to exercise due diligence, avoid speculation and rely exclusively on officially issued statements […]
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March 13, 2026, New York, New York, USA: A woman carries a sign that reads, “No More Forever Wars! Hands Off Iran!” at an Al Quds Day rally in Times Square marching to Herald Square to mark the last day of Ramadan and to protest the US-Israel war on Iran. Photo: Source: IMAGO / ZUMA […]
Pakistan on Saturday (April 4, 2026) rejected media reports that its initiative to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia had hit obstacles after initial exchange of peace proposals. Speculation emerged after a senior official of the Foreign Ministry briefed a select group of journalists on Pakistan’s […]
Given all this, it is worth asking whether workers around the world might eventually protest as AI begins to replace human labour – much as they did during the early years of the Industrial Revolution. In 1811, a group of disgruntled textile workers in the United Kingdom, secretly organised and wrote to factory owners using […]
The conflict is “nearing completion,” Donald Trump said, before repeating that the US might also escalate by hitting Iran’s power plants if there’s “no deal.” The US is “on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” he asserted, before claiming that “we never said ‘regime change’” while simultaneously musing that the […]
Beijing – Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent. Clips of a duckling swimming in a bath or two happy pooches patrolling their neighbourhood are examples of the curated programming on “PetTV”. The new channel […]
United States President Donald Trump has warned that Washington “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran”, threatening a potential expansion of attacks on the country’s infrastructure, which would violate international law. Posting on social media late on Thursday, Trump threatened to attack “Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants”, adding that Iran’s leadership “knows what […]
India is set to commission, on Friday, it’s third indigenous nuclear powered and ballistic missile carrying submarine, named ‘Aridaman’. Advertisement In Naval parlance such submarines are called ‘ship submersible ballistic nuclear’ (SSNB). India has already inducted two such submarines named INS Arihant and INS Arighaat, commissioned in 2016 and 2024, respectively. And the series is […]
Cergy-Pontoise, April 3rd, 2026 – SPIE SA announces the publication of its 2025 Universal Registration Document, including the Annual Financial Report for the 2025 fiscal year, registered by the French securities regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) on April 2nd, 2026 under the number D.26-0216. In accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815, as amended […]
Police arrested a record 6,832 people for marijuana-related cases in 2025, with 70% of them under the age of 29 and increasingly accessing the drug through social media, National Police Agency data showed. The NPA data, released on Thursday, showed the figure more than doubled from 2017, when it was 3,008. Among the 6,800-plus people, […]
Marathon vacations, or “mara-cations”, have been steadily gaining more popularity in the last few years. These are part of the wider run-cation travel trend, which covers everything from race sightseeing, guided trail running, organised runs and self-guided running routes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Rising interest in fitness among Gen Z and millennial travellers, especially women, has supported […]
