Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest
A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California where his massive gourds have won the top prize four years…
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After 67 days adrift, Russian man was rescued but his brother and nephew are dead
MOSCOW: A Russian man was rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat…
Annual wife-carrying championship attracts many couples in competition
An annual event involving beer and cash once again drew dozens of eager competitors to a ski resort in Maine on Saturday. More than…
When friends become family in fiction
Subplots take various shapes in fiction, with romance usually being a top contender in most media forms. Without an additional layer adding flavour to…
Couple divorce three minutes after wedding following groom’s comment
A couple may have just broken the record for one of the most short-lived marriages, lasting just three minutes. Reports claim that the couple…
The occupation’s massacre at Abu Hussein School in Jabalia Camp
Gaza: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates calls on the international community and all its legal institutions to stop the occupation’s crimes against…
Mukesh Ambani’s net worth tumbles by $2 billion in just one day
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries and Asia’s richest person, saw a dramatic drop in his wealth within just one day on the…
Bangladesh court orders arrest warrant for ex-leader Sheikh Hasina
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Thursday ordered an arrest warrant for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was…
Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad hospitalised once again at 99
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection, his office said on Wednesday after media reported the…
Ukraine Launches uResidency: E-Residency for Foreign Entrepreneurs
The program is being implemented by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine with the support of the European Union within the EU4DigitalUA and…
No elections before reforms in Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus
DHAKA: In a major development, Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has refused to give a timeframe for elections before electoral reforms in the country.…
Rigathi Gachagua: Kenya’s embattled deputy president
NAIROBI: Kenya’s Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua was a scandal-tainted political novice when he rode an anti-establishment wave to become deputy president — only to now…
Category 5 Hurricane Milton roars towards storm-battered Florida
TREASURE ISLAND: Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with…
‘Invisibility’ and quantum computing tipped for physics Nobel
STOCKHOLM: An “invisibility cloak”, an atomic force microscope or quantum computing are some of the scientific achievements that could win a Nobel prize in…
Survivors wait for aid as Trump’s lies help cloud Helene response
PENSACOLA: In the mountains of North Carolina, real frustrations over federal aid for victims of Hurricane Helene have been supercharged by a whirlwind of…
Tragedy of Madrid street sweeper highlights how heatwaves kill
MADRID: Three hours into his shift as a street sweeper in Madrid on a summer afternoon when temperatures went above 40 degrees Celsius (104…
Fireworks expected as Orban heads to EU parliament
STRASBOURG: Hungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orban heads to the European Parliament Tuesday for what promises to be a stormy face-to-face with EU lawmakers —…