Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died mysteriously in prison on Friday, February 16. 2024, has accused President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband and pledged to continue his struggle for a 'free Russia'.
The world welcomed 2026 with spectacular celebrations across continents. From dazzling fireworks illuminating iconic landmarks like the London Eye, Marina Bay, and Copacabana beach to intimate gatherings at historic sites, the New Year brought together diverse cultures in joyous unity.
The annual Perseid meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through the cosmic debris from the trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle in 1992. It gets more magical when it aligns with the enchanting Aurora Borealis also known as the Northern Lights.
Leaders and common people flocked to St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to listen to Pope Leo's inaugural mass.
The Hunter's Moon, a supermoon occurring in October, is one of several supermoons that will take place in 2024 and 2025.
England racked up an eighth successive victory against Wales with a 3-0 cruise in an international friendly at Wembley on Thursday.
The Sturgeon Moon is named after the sturgeon fish by the Algonquin tribe of north east USA.
The next supermoon will occur on January 31.
European leaders on Thursday agreed to triple its naval search mission in the Mediterranean, restoring its funding to last year's level. The decision comes four days after up to 900 desperate people drowned trying to reach Europe from Libya.
The Gostra festival is an annual event where men run up a greased pole to snatch flags.
Glimpses of anti-Russia protests in different parts of the world.
Giorgio Chiellini, famously bitten by Uruguay forward Luis Suarez during a 2014 World Cup match, comes across as a typically bruising centre back but off the field, the Italy defender is a quiet and dignified figure.
After taking over as Britain's prime minister, Theresa May has joined a small but growing band of female world leaders.
Two Serie A players were banned for three months and 10 days and fined 10,000 euros each on Friday after entering plea bargains in a long-running match-fixing scandal.
Eight images that prove we live in a wonderfully weird world!
Here are the top 10 images from the big news that shook the world in the previous week.
These 10 images prove we live in a wonderfully weird world.
These new assault rifles, which will come at a cost of around Rs 700 crore, will come in 1 year's time.
Nearly 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said.
These 12 images that prove we live in a wonderfully weird world!
These images prove we live in a wonderfully weird world.
How many of these destinations will you add to your 2020 bucket list?
Russia has defaulted on the supply of at least 5 cargoes or shiploads of LNG to India after its retaliatory sanctions hit one of the companies that supply gas to India, sources said. India's largest gas firm GAIL has a long-term deal to import 2.85 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum from a Singapore-based unit of Russian gas producer Gazprom. The company has since June defaulted on the supply of 5 cargoes of LNG under that contract citing difficulty in sourcing gas due to sanctions, two sources briefed on the matter said.
Here's your weekly digest of unbelievably unusual images from across the world.
We present here glimpse of toy manufacturing factories from around the globe.
While OPEC has been unable to agree on an output freeze in an effort to support prices, Iraq was the latest Middle East producer to raise its exports quota
Majority of PLL's long-term deals are linked to crude, which faces price challenge from other fuels. Spot LNG is moving away from this linkage, which puts a question mark on crude linked contracts.
These 12 images prove that we truly live in an incredibly bizarre world.
As England tightened their grip on Euro 2024 qualifying and France maintained their perfect run, hosts Germany's troubles deepened.
This week's collection of unbelievably unusual images that show it's an odd, crazy world we live in.
Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has described Spain as Italy's bogey team and urged their fans not to dream too much. Italy face the titleholders on Monday in their second round match in Paris in a rematch of the 2012 final in which Spain cruised to 4-0 win. Spain also beat Italy on penalties in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals after a 0-0 draw and again at the Confederations Cup semi-final in Brazil in 2013. Another meeting in a group match at Euro 2012 ended 1-1.
These images from across the globe tell us how crazy the world out there is!
Both crude benchmarks are now down around 20 per cent since their last peak in June
The dreary, cold months from December to February may prove to be the undoing of many a nation as they grapple with sky-high fuel prices - a result of the Ukraine conflict and the pandemic. Many - Europe, South Korea, Japan, and China - will still pull through on the strength of their wealth or because of strong storage infrastructure. But India will have its back to the wall. Signs of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rates hitting new records this winter are already evident.
These images from across the globe tell us that it is a bizarre world out there!
These 22 bizarre photos are perfect examples of the weird and sometimes hilarious world we live in.
In their first interview as a couple, the royal and his blushing bride to-be reveal details about their romance, meeting of the families and that oh so important ring.
A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2020 qualification matches.
About one-third of the world's poor live in India but there are countries where 88 per cent of population is extremely poor.
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