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When Saudi Arabia unveiled NEOM in 2017, it promised nothing short of a city from the future. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presented the mega-project as the centrepiece of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy to reduce dependence on oil. The plans included flying taxis, robot assistants, a 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper known as The Line, a…

DEA under scrutiny: Records show fentanyl shipments reached New Mexico streets during investigations (Image/AP) The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing scrutiny after an investigation by the Associated Press alleged that federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach communities in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025 while building larger…

Paris is celebrated for its grand boulevards, elegant cafés and iconic landmarks. Yet beneath the pavements, far below the tourists and traffic, lies a second city that most people never see.The Paris Catacombs form an immense underground network of former limestone quarries stretching for hundreds of kilometres beneath the French capital. Hidden entrances, flooded passages,…

Far-right millionaire wins Colombia’s razor-tight presidential election. Photo Credit: AP Protests erupted in Colombia’s third-largest city, Cali on Sunday, after the presidential election, with demonstrators burning American flags and clashing with riot police, according to local reports.Police used tear gas to disperse crowds of thousands, following the announcement of a narrow victory for Trump-endorsed hard-right…

REpresentative image (File photo) NEW DELHI: China on Monday imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining, while also banning government procurement agencies from purchasing products made by dozens of American firms, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies.The measures were announced weeks after the United States expanded…

For years, people living near the Albanian-Greek border had little reason to suspect that an immense body of warm water lay concealed beneath the mountains around them. The landscape gave away only small hints. Steam drifted from fissures in the limestone. Mineral springs surfaced in scattered locations. Beneath those signs, though, an entirely separate world…

Most bridges are forgotten almost as soon as they are crossed. A few seconds over a river, a glance through the window, and the journey continues. The longest bridges in the United States belong to a different category altogether. These are structures that stretch for miles across open water, wetlands, and vast coastal landscapes, where…

Three die, five hurt in school shooting in central Philippines. Photo credit: ANI Three people were killed in a shooting at a school in the central Philippines on Monday, police said. Authorities arrested one suspect shortly after the attack and launched a manhunt for a second suspect who remains at large.The shooting took place at…

Russia claims drone attack on Sunday evening. Moscow’s four airports were briefly shut on Monday after Russian air defence systems intercepted dozens of drones targeting the capital, authorities said.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that 59 drones had been shot down, while Russia’s aviation watchdog temporarily suspended operations at all four airports to ensure…

LAPD fatally shoots two-year-old Jameson in Knicks jersey (Images/X) The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of Jameson, a two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle, an incident that sparked widespread outrage after the dog was shot during what police believed was a response to a disturbance call.Officers had responded…