Foreign ministers of the G20 largest economies began a two-day meeting in the US on Friday (local time), with the gathering notably skipping the customary group photograph.According to reports, US secretary of state Marco Rubio cancelled the traditional group photo after several European officials threatened to boycott or walk out over Russia’s participation. Moscow is…
A UK woman who claimed that hip pain left her unable to walk, drive or work has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 after admitting to fraudulently claiming Statutory Sick Pay while working for other clients and running her own body-piercing business. Claire Hopkinson, a resident of Telford, Shropshire, submitted false medical fitness certificates,…
Photo: New York City’s High Line / Instagram New York City’s High Line began in 1933 as the West Side Elevated Line, carrying meat, dairy, and produce above Manhattan’s streets. Nearly two decades after its first section opened as a public park in 2009, the final garden at West 34th Street is set to open…
A striking silver cabin shaped like an airship has become one of Scotland’s most recognisable holiday rentals, and now the business behind it is on the market. AirShip 002, along with two neighbouring retreats at Druim Na Cracaig on the Morvern Peninsula near Oban, has been listed by Savills for offers over £750,000. The collection…
The increases triggered demonstrations across Syria is the most widespread since Assad’s fall. Protesters burned tyres, blocked key roads, including the highway linking Damascus to Aleppo, and disrupted crude tanker convoys heading towards refineries in central Syria. Nearly two years after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, Syrians who had hoped for a better life under President…
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump will hold campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday, reversing an earlier decision to cancel the events as Republicans seek to retain their Senate majority in the November midterm elections, people familiar with his plans told AP.The Iowa rally will take place in Cedar Rapids instead…
Ahmed Maqbul Syed sentenced in US for 8 years. An Indian national has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for helping launder money collected through fraud schemes that targeted elderly people across the country.Ahmed Maqbul Syed, 60, a former Illinois resident, received a 96-month prison sentence on Tuesday. He was…
James Talarico impresses Indian-Americans as he makes dosa during a campaign stop in Texas. Texas Senate hopeful Democrat James Talarico impressed his Indian-American voters as he tried his hands at making a masala dosa during his campaign in Irving. He made a stop at Madira N Masala and made sure he goes viral with his…
A woman who used her grandmother’s inheritance to buy a piece of land on Lasqueti Island 45 years ago has helped create a large, connected conservation area in Canada’s Salish Sea. Domena Diesing and her partner, Bruce Fleming-Smith, worked with the BC Parks Foundation to permanently protect 140 acres of mature forest on their property….
More than 30 years after country music legend Dolly Parton started her childhood reading programme, a wave of public support following her death in August has led to record numbers of new registrations and large donations to the charity’s local branch in her home state of Tennessee. A report published on 29 October 2026 by…
