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Bread usually brings to mind a familiar image: a golden loaf, neat slices, a crusty baguette or perhaps a soft bun. But across different food cultures, bread can take forms that look almost nothing like what we typically recognise as bread. Some are cooked on hot stones, some are stretched into paper-thin sheets, while others…
In October 2024, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, through her Yield Giving fund, donated $30 million to Housing Trust Silicon Valley, providing the largest individual gift in the nonprofit’s history. The unrestricted donation was aimed at helping the organisation expand affordable housing opportunities across the 14-county Bay Area, one of the most expensive…
India’s Lovlina Borgohain celebrates after winning a gold-medal bout against China’s Ziyi Bao. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHi: Birthday girl Lovlina Borgohain gave herself the perfect gift on Friday, scripting history by becoming only the second Indian woman boxer to win an Asian Games gold medal after the legendary MC Mary Kom.The 29-year-old Indian defeated China’s…
Inside flydubai flight FZ1073: How Captain Machchhar’s quick thinking helped save 174 lives The cockpit door of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 was reportedly opened by the wounded Captain Smit Machchhar from the floor, allowing passengers to enter after he was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot.Passengers are reported to have subdued the alleged attacker before a second…
What happens after G7’s emergency release The G7 is tapping its emergency oil stash, with plans to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products to ease the diesel crunch. Earlier on Friday, the bloc said it would start opening the taps in the coming weeks, beginning with a “frontloaded substantial release” of diesel…
Sri Lanka clinch cricket bronze (Image: X) Sri Lanka bounced back from their heavy semifinal defeat to India with a 63-run win over Bangladesh to claim the bronze medal in the men’s cricket tournament at the 2026 Asian Games.Playing at the Aichi Prefectural Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan, Sri Lanka were in serious trouble…
Social media creator Nazma Shaikh has addressed the controversy surrounding actor Rajpal Yadav, who was reportedly asked to leave during actor Mushtaq Khan‘s burial. On Friday, she posted a photo of herself speaking to the camera on her social media account, explaining the full context behind the viral clips that suggested Yadav had been driven…
What happens when you try to recite the Hanuman Chalisa at double speed? One Texas-based man decided to give it a shot, and the result has left social media impressed.Nick Dearman, a Hanuman devotee and holistic health coach based in Texas, shared a video on Instagram in which he recited the devotional hymn at 2x…
A homeowner in Parkville, a suburb of Baltimore, opened her mail one day to find an unexpected check for $234,368.25 (£176,000) made out to her. It was not a lottery prize or a bank mistake. Instead, it was a tactic used by a potential buyer who wanted to purchase her home without putting it on…
Viral video from Bathinda sparks fresh political row over Punjab’s drug crisis. (Photo: X) NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab came under fire on Friday after a viral video appeared to show a young woman in an intoxicated state at Bathinda’s grain market, triggering a fresh political row over the state’s…
