India and New Zealand on Saturday officially elevated their ties to strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to Auckland at the invitation of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.PM Modi and his counterpart Luxon inked 18 agreements, setting out an ambitious framework to deepen cooperation across trade, agriculture, security, innovation and…
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz as Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with Israel saying it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group. Iran’s joint military command said the strait had been closed, citing the Israeli attacks and…
President Donald Trump said that Iran nuclear deal is ‘over’, but allowed talks to continue as tensions escalate and Tehran accuses the US of ‘bullying’ over the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Police arrested Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre for allegedly assaulting doctors at a KDMC-run hospital in Dombivli after protests by the medical fraternity. NCERT’s…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Government has begun the exercise to decide on the process for sale of its stake in IDBI Bank and is looking to speed up the process months after rejecting bids that were below the reserve price.Two high-powered meetings of officials took place on Monday, govt officials said, with focus on two qualified bidders-Prem…
Newlyweds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce step out together for first time post-wedding Just one week after saying “I do” at their own star-studded Madison Square Garden wedding, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were back on the wedding circuit, but this time as guests. The newlyweds stepped out together on July 10 for the Southern…
France’s Kylian Mbappe (AP Photo) France captain Kylian Mbappé has strongly criticised Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla after she posted a series of racist remarks on social media following Paraguay’s elimination from the FIFA World Cup. The controversy erupted after France defeated Paraguay in the Round of 16 on Saturday, with Mbappé scoring the decisive penalty…
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremor, which occurred at 7.52 pm at a depth of 10 km, had its epicentre in the Denkanikottai–Hosur region near the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka border. KRISHNAGIRI/CHENNAI: A mild tremor measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale struck parts of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Wednesday evening, triggering moments of…
Owning a home in Sydney has become a pipedream for many, with home ownership rates dropping to the lowest level in about 70 years. New research by accounting firm KPMG shows the city’s home ownership rate dropped to 59.9 per cent in 2025, down sharply compared to the previous national census levels of 61.1 per…
For most people, accessing reliable, clean water involves walking into the kitchen. But for Maxine Ningella, it means a regular 600-metre walk with a wheelbarrow to collect water from the filtration system in the remote community of Pandanus Park. Around 2,300km north of Perth and 170km east of Broome in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley, the…
An afternoon stroll on a quiet shoreline with her sandy, joyful golden retriever encapsulates the reason Joanne Ballard retired on the Capricorn Coast. “It’s just wonderful. We really enjoy being here.” The grandmother moved to the area in 2021 with her husband after working for decades in Gladstone and western Queensland. But her idyllic adopted…