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Moscow: Russia’s once-dominant gas supply to Europe via Ukraine, which flowed for decades, is set to end on New Year’s Day with the collapse of a contract between the two warring countries that paid out billions to Moscow in gas revenue and to Kyiv in transit fees. The shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to…
GENEVA: A United Nations report published on Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian territory on the verge of collapse. The report by the UN human rights office said such strikes raised grave concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law. “Israel’s pattern of…
Chief of Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials warns that anyone blocking arrest can be prosecuted. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol will be arrested before a warrant issued over his short-lived declaration of martial law expires next week, the country’s chief anticorruption investigator has said. Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office…
LONDON: Newly-declassified UK government documents published on Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. Minutes of an emergency cabinet meeting on March 17, 2003 — a week after Chirac said he would veto any resolution approving…
Sydney: Two teenagers have been hospitalised after being stabbed during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne. Police in Sydney said on Wednesday that officers were called to a park in the suburb of Guildford, 20 km west of central Sydney, at 10:40 p.m. local time on Tuesday night following reports of a stabbing,…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Tuesday alleged that an order was issued by a panel on the “directions of Lt Governor VK Saxena” for demolition of multiple Hindu and Buddhist religious structures, a charge refuted by the Governor’s office as “cheap politics”. The Lt Governor secretariat in a statement said neither are any temples,…
Kyiv: Russian gas supplies to the European Union (EU) states via Ukraine ended on Wednesday after Ukraine’s gas transit operator Naftogaz refused to renew its latest five-year transit deal with Russia’s Gazprom. Under a five-year deal signed in 2019, Ukraine had allowed Russia to pipe gas to Europe via its territory. However, the agreement expired…
Aladdin is coming as a daily series in Tamil from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanthi One TV. Aladdin, the timeless classic, continues to be a beloved story that is being retold over decades across the media. The enchanting tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is back on the small screen. The tale…
Ajith Kumar in ‘Vidaamuyarchi’. | Photo Credit: Sun TV/YouTube The release of Vidaamuyarchi, starring Ajith Kumar and directed by Magizh Thirumeni, has been postponed. The highly-anticipated Tamil film, produced by Lyca Productions, was set to release on Pongal 2025. The makers announced the development with a statement on X on December 31, 2024. “Due to…
New Delhi: Blake Lively has filed a fresh lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni and demanded monetary compensation for mental pain, anguish, severe emotional distress, and lost wages, per a TMZ report. Earlier, Blake Lively filed an 80-page complaint at the California Civil Rights Commission against the actor-director. This time, she…
