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Vipan Kumar in the hospital after rescuing the girl In January this year, an Indian-origin construction worker became a hero in Romania after risking his own life to save a five-year-old girl who fell through the ice of a frozen lake. This act that has earned him the title of honorary citizen in the city…

A human brain that may date back more than two millennia has been recovered from a skull unearthed near York, offering an unusual case of soft tissue survival in Iron Age archaeology. The remains were first excavated in 2008 from a waterlogged pit at Heslington, where conditions appear to have slowed the normal process of…

UAE unveils major visa changes for 2026, From golden visa perks to new travel opportunities / Image – file The UAE is rewriting its visa rulebook.In a year packed with immigration reforms, the country has unveiled a series of visa and residency changes that could affect millions of residents, tourists, students, investors and skilled professionals….

Passengers on the West Coast Main Line faced widespread delays and cancellations after a railway bridge in Warwickshire partially collapsed when it was struck by a lorry. Services have resumed, but disruption is expected to continue as repair work progresses. Bridge collapse brings rail traffic to a standstill A major railway bridge in Warwickshire suffered…

Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country’s new flagship rocket that has struggled with mission failures while facing an increasingly competitive space industry.The H3 rocket took off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island Friday morning and…

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly ‘caught off guard’ after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled planned strikes against Iran and announced that a diplomatic agreement with Tehran could be signed within days.According to Axios, Netanyahu was not given advance notice before Trump publicly revealed that he had called…

Rivers are often treated as fixed features of the landscape. They bend, flood, and shift over long stretches of time, but they seem permanent enough that entire towns and economies are built around them. The Mississippi River, in particular, has long been regarded as one of North America’s defining geographical landmarks. Yet in the early…

Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died after being in a coma for more than three years, the royal household announced on Friday. She passed away at the age of 47.The princess collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs. Doctors attributed it to a severely irregular heartbeat…

A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.The Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 36 stated that the Pyongyang…

Streamer Clavicular sparked major online debate after revealing plans for a $35,000 bimaxillary osteotomy, also known as jaw surgery. In a viral interview, he described the painful recovery, cosmetic goals and criticism surrounding the procedure. Social media users were divided, with some praising his honesty while others criticized growing beauty pressures online. The controversy also…