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US: Armed man killed after trying to breach FBI office

Ohio Police officers killed an armed man who tried to breach the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cincinnati field office on Thursday. IMAGE: A FedEx truck is inspected outside of the front gate......

Chinese military drills near Taiwan conclude with island attack

The Chinese military, on the last day of its largest-ever military exercises to vent out its anger over United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, carried out island saturation......

China slaps sanctions on Pelosi, family for Taiwan visit

China on Friday announced sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family members for her visit to Taiwan this week, disregarding the strident warnings from Beijing, asserting......

Can India Fight A Three-Front War?

China will use airpower to support Pakistan from the start of a war.China will use the opportunity to at least take Ladakh.Its growing navy will prevent India from blockading or attacking the......

India's first woman permanent representative to UN assumes charge

Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, who assumed charge as India's first woman Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, says she looks forward to a 'productive tenure' that weaves New......

US Fed hikes interest rates by 75 percentage points to combat inflation

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday (local time) raised interest rates by 75 basis points (bps) or three-quarters of a percentage point in the boldest move since 1994. IMAGE: US Federal Reserve......

Sitharaman meets IMF chief in Washington, highlights growth measures

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and discussed a range of issues, including impact of geopolitical situation on global growth. IMAGE:......

IMF cuts India's FY22 growth forecast to 9%

The IMF on Tuesday cut India's economic growth forecast by 0.5 percentage points to 9 per cent for the current fiscal year, with its chief economist Gita Gopinath saying that the slight downgrade......

Pandora Papers: A Rich Man's Game

The money stashed away in tax havens is estimated at between $5.6 trillion and $32 trillion, numbers to make your eyes pop, asserts T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com 'The main......

Digital tax on US companies to go latest by March 2024

New Delhi and Washington have agreed to count the benefits of a global agreement on taxation from the next financial year. However, the benefits would actually accrue once the global pact comes......

Salman's Abs Are Back!

Priyanka can't stop laughing... Akshay is grateful to... Sunny's in a mood... Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram After a long time, Salman Khan shares a picture of his chiseled body......

Jurassic World Dominion Review

Dear Mr Spielberg, can we now put to rest this overstretched, bloated dinosaur franchise? asks Aseem Chhabra. We are in the year 2022. The dinosaurs that roamed the restricted Jurassic Park are......

Johnny Depp Wins; Amber Heard to pay $15 million

IMAGE: Johnny Depp waves to his supporters as he leaves the Fairfax County Courthouse. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images Johnny Depp has won the high-profile defamation case between him and his......

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Fight So Far

How the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard relationship evolved and dissolved. IMAGE: Johnny Depp with his then fiancee Amber Heard at the 2014 Met Gala. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images When......

Johnny Depp Can't Remember His Movies

Johnny Depp, entertaining on screen and off it, had the courtroom in splits when he was asked to list his movies, and he could not remember them. The Hollywood star was testifying in a defamation......

Halep wins Canadian Open title; Murray edges Wawrinka

Halep beats Haddad Maia for third Canadian Open title IMAGE: Simona Halep poses with the National Bank Open trophy. Photograph: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Simona Halep ended......

Russia sentences US basketball star Griner to 9 years in jail

IMAGE: US basketball star Brittney Griner had admitted having the vape cartridges containing hashish oil but said it was an honest mistake. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters A Russian court......

Top Performer: Liam Livingstone

IMAGE: Punjab Kings' Liam Livingstone spared no bowler as he went about his match winning 49* off 22 balls against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede stadium, May 22, 2022. Photograph: BCCI......

'Dre Russ is always a threat; he showed his class'

SCORECARD: KKR vs SRH IMAGE: Andre Russell scored an unbeaten 49 off 28 balls, including 3 fours and 4 sixes, and took three wickets, as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL......

KKR-SRH: Top Performer: All Round Russell

IMAGE: Andre Russell on his way to a crucial 49* off 28 balls for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MCA stadium in Pune, May 14, 2022. Photograph: BCCI Scorecard;......

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