At least 42 people have died and nearly 100 others have been hospitalised in western India after drinking toxic alcohol, police said on Thursday, with authorities ordering a crackdown on bootleggers. Dozens of people became ill earlier this week after drinking methanol — a poisonous form of alcohol sometimes used as an antifreeze — […]

  The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has refuted claims that he was involved in an affair with Nicole Shanahan, wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin. On Sunday, Wall Street Journal reported that the tech mogul was allegedly involved in a romantic relationship with Shanahan, which led to the split of her marriage with Brin, […]

  The long term friendship between the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, and Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, has ended following an alleged affair between the SpaceX boss and Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan. This is according to a report released by Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Quoting “people familiar with the matter”, WSJ noted that the […]

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the signing ceremony for the deal. Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP   Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by […]

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation on Thursday, the office of President Sergio Mattarella said, after his national unity coalition government crumbled. Draghi submitted “his resignation and that of the government he heads,” said the brief statement. The president “took note of this” and the government remained in place to “conduct current […]

  The police have arrested several the United States lawmakers on Tuesday during a protest to support abortion rights which took place in front of the Supreme Court, Washington DC. The politicians gathered in front of the US Capitol before marching to the court building to protest against the Supreme Court’s ruling to strike out […]

  Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected as the new President of Sri Lanka in an election held in parliament on Wednesday. After winning the election, Wickremesinghe addressed the parliament. The newly elected president called on all legislators including the opposition parliamentarians to unite and work together with him to lead Sri Lanka out […]

  At least 22 people were killed and 33 injured in southern Egypt on Tuesday when the bus they were travelling in smashed into a parked truck, officials said. The bus carrying around 45 passengers crashed into the stationary truck near the village of al-Barsha, some 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital Cairo […]

  Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from the beginning — a volatile courtship between a mercurial billionaire and an influential social media platform. That relationship — a love-hate affair from both sides — is now set for an acrimonious court battle. – The courtship – It all began with an expensive first […]

  At least eight people were killed when suspected jihadists attacked a village in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, security sources and locals said on Monday, giving provisional figures. A village called Guissingori “was targeted on Sunday. The attack claimed the lives of around 10 people,” a source in the security forces said. A […]