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VIDEO: Saudi man captures cloud shaped as ‘child riding a bird,’ but the internet calls it ‘Pareidolia’

The cloud took an amazing shape, like a small child riding a bird, at the time when the sun was setting on Friday.

03 Jul 2022

Meet Aamir Qutub, an airport cleaner turned tech millionaire

Aamir Qutub, who grew up in a small town in India known as Saharanpur, moved to Australia ten years ago to study for an MBA. He started the journey of success from there.

6 hours ago

VIDEO: At least 6 killed, 24 wounded at July 4 parade in Chicago suburb of Highland Park

The city of Highland Park reported on its website that 6 people were dead and 24 transferred to hospital.

9 hours ago

British model locked up for placing garbage bags next to trash cans eight years ago

British model Heather Underwood, 32, was arrested for placing garbage bags next to trash cans eight years ago in Kenton, Newcastle, in the British county of Staffordshire.

9 hours ago

Man stabs his wife in front of the court in Jordan

A Jordanian man stabbed his wife on Monday afternoon in a public street in front of the Sharia Court of the Karak Governorate, in the south of the kingdom.

10 hours ago

Video shows Ohio officers killed unarmed Black man with some ‘60 bullets’

The Ohio city of Akron declared a state of emergency on Monday, setting a curfew and canceling Independence Day fireworks, after protests over the police killing of an unarmed Black man turned unruly on Sunday night.

10 hours ago

VIDEO: Father tutors child in maths for a year, breaks down in tears when son scores only 6 out of 100

A video of a man crying secretly in his bedroom after his son’s poor performance in maths exam in China’s Zhengzhou has gone viral. It was quite unusual for a father to cry over his child’s exam performance but in this case the father was upset because he had been tutoring his son in maths for a year.

14 hours ago

Mystery surrounds octopus boom in Cornwall as fisherman catches 150 in one day

Divers have reported an increase in numbers of the common octopus in Cornish waters, particularly around the Lizard Peninsula, according to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

17 hours ago

Pak army chief tells military, ISI to stay away from politics

PTI leader and former Health Minister of Punjab, Yasmin Rashid recently named the sector commander and alleged him of having been involved in politics to engineer the by-elections in the province.

17 hours ago

Pope Francis denies he is planning to resign soon

Unsubstantiated rumours fuelled reports of imminent resignation; Pope laughs off rumours of cancer: "Doctors didn't tell me"

19 hours ago

Bengaluru Police launch manhunt for biker misbehaving with women cyclists

Separate complaints have been filed in the Sadashivanagar police station in Bengaluru city, the latest being on Sunday when a woman cyclist was hit from behind.

19 hours ago

Driver dies in jet-propelled truck crash at US air show

Chris Darnell, 40, died on Saturday at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show, where he was driving the SHOCKWAVE Jet Truck down a runway at more than 483 kilometres per hour, according to police.

03 Jul 2022

VIDEO: Several hit by gunshots, one arrested at Copenhagen mall

Danish police said several people had been hit by gunshots and one person had been arrested at a shopping centre in the capital Copenhagen on Sunday.

03 Jul 2022

Still time to save Pakistan from looters, ex-PM Imran tells ‘institutions’

He asked the institutions as to how they had allowed the tyrants to be imposed on the nation and said Allah Almighty would ask the judges had they established the rule of law and protected the weak against powerful crooks.

03 Jul 2022

Russia claims key Ukraine city, accuses Kyiv of missile strikes

The development came as Belarus said it had intercepted missiles fired by Kyiv and Russia reported that Ukraine launched three cluster missiles at Belgorod, killing four people.

03 Jul 2022

3 dead after 'strong explosions' in Russia's Belgorod, near Ukraine: Governor

Eleven residential buildings and 39 houses were damaged in the explosions which occurred in the early hours.

03 Jul 2022

Timelapse video shows Milky Way glimmering over Syria's Idlib

On the other hand, the Gaia space probe unveiled its latest discoveries in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented details, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious "starquakes" which sweep across the fiery giants like vast tsunamis.

03 Jul 2022

VIDEO: 35-year-old British woman Zara Aleena killed after night out in London, hundreds join vigil

On Saturday, almost a week after her death, people joined hands at a vigil organised by her family to comfort her loved ones and walk with Aleena “in their hearts” along the route she never had the chance to complete.

03 Jul 2022

Palestinians to hand bullet that killed journalist to US for examination

The Palestinian Authority will hand the bullet that killed prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to US authorities for forensic examination, a Palestinian official said on Saturday.

02 Jul 2022

Elon Musk breaks silence on Twitter, posts a picture with Pope

The world's richest person tweeted a picture where he can be seen standing next to the Pope, captioning it: "Honoured to meet @pontifex yesterday."

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02 Jul 2022

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar to perform Hajj as Saudi’s state guest

Pakistan’s famous cricketer also known as ‘Rawalpindi Express’ in the cricketing world for his fearsome pace bowling will be performing Hajj this year as a state guest of Saudi Arabia.


02 Jul 2022

Over 2 dozen crew members missing in shipwreck during South China Sea typhoon

The three survivors said other crew members may have been swept away by waves before the first helicopter arrived, according to a government statement.

02 Jul 2022

Tesla hit by new lawsuit alleging racial abuse against black workers

The workers said they were subjected to offensive racist comments and behaviour by colleagues, managers and human resources employees on a regular basis, according to the lawsuit filed in a California state court.

02 Jul 2022

Hotel guest dies after falling from 9th floor

Hotel workers found the body of the deceased lying on the street in the early hours of Friday, after he fell from the ninth floor of the hotel.

02 Jul 2022

India top court tells Nupur to 'apologise to whole country' for her remarks

"She and her loose tongue have set the country on fire and her irresponsible remarks shows that she is 'obstinate and arrogant," India's Supreme Court said during a procedural hearing on several criminal complaints filed against Sharma.

01 Jul 2022

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