Emergency medical personnel work next to a damaged vehicle that was crashed by an 11-year-old boy into a group of Buddhist monks along the roadside in Mukdahan, Thailand, July 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Ruamjai Mukdahan Rescue/Handout via Reuters An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he boards the new Air Force One, a plane gifted by the Qatari government, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) he was thrilled to make his first flight aboard his new Air Force One plane,…
Photos showed that fresh masonry works had replaced some ancient walls, and reconstruction was carried out to increase the height of the walls, the report said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The UN has asked Pakistan to reverse the “reconstructions” that “undermined the integrity” of two historical sites in Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage…
In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules. Even though Japan has a rapidly ageing population and is suffering labour shortages in many sectors, opposition to immigration is growing and…
Supporters of left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez react as they gather after Sanchez took a slim lead over conservative Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s presidential race as official vote-counting continued into a second day. File picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters The defeated left-wing candidate in Peru’s presidential election, Roberto Sanchez, said onWednesday (July 1 2026) that…
The reclassification indicates the progress made since then under a far-reaching economic stabilisation effort backed by the International Monetary Fund. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The World Bank has upgraded Sri Lanka’s status to an upper-middle-income economy, three years after the island nation faced the worst economic crisis, which pushed the country to the…
A decades-old historic gurdwara was demolished by a local businessman in Pakistan’s Punjab province, sparking protests from the minority Sikh community, officials said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026). According to an official of the Punjab government, the historic Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Farooqabad, some 70 kms from Lahore, was recently demolished by a local businessman….
I rang the closing bell at Nasdaq, an American Stock Exchange in New York on May 1. This was as part of an event by Gold House, an organisation in the US that selects the Gold100: a group of 100 leaders responsible for shaping global culture over the past year. It was one of those…
Trump says the U.S. and Iran ‘getting along very well’ President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent indirect talks in Qatar went well. “The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “They’ve had very good meetings,…
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Monday, June 29, 2026, a passengers minivan is seen damaged after a Russian drone strike in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP Russian missiles and drones killed at least 11 civilians and injured 40 others in Ukraine on Monday (June 29, 2026)…