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Bangladesh’s interim government plans to sign a secret tariff agreement with the United States on February 9, just three days before the country’s parliamentary elections and about a week after India secured a trade with the US. The move has sparked concerns among business leaders and analysts due to its timing and lack of transparency,…
Eileen Gu (Image Via Getty) Eileen Gu is back in the spotlight, but this time it is not just about her skiing. The 22-year-old freestyle skier, who was born in San Francisco, is once again being talked about for her decision to represent China instead of the United States. The topic came up again after…
Kiriakou said the CIA ran secret prisons that made detainees disappear/ Image: Screengrab Ladbible Youtube Before John Kiriakou ever became a whistleblower, he was the kind of CIA officer Hollywood turns into a franchise. Between 1990 and 2004, he moved through the agency’s ranks and across the world, working in 72 countries and, after 9/11,…
Arvind Kejriwal (L) and Raghav Chadha (R) NEW DELHI: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party removed Raghav Chadha as its Rajya Sabha deputy leader, the MP launched a pointed attack on the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, asserting that his silence in Parliament should not be mistaken for defeat.Once seen as a Kejriwal loyalist, Chadha, without…
Ontario will allow publicly funded colleges and universities to raise tuition for the first time since 2019, as part of a new funding framework aimed at stabilising the province’s higher education sector. The tuition freeze, introduced in 2019 alongside a 10% cut in fees, was intended to make higher education more affordable. Since then, institutions…
MUMBAI: Inspira Global, which owns the Chinese Wok brand, is acquiring Burger King India operator Restaurant Brands Asia (RBA). As part of the deal, Everstone Capital will exit RBA by selling its entire 11.3% stake to Inspira Global for about Rs 460 crore. The quick service restaurant space has been going through a slowdown on…
Bournemouth’s Evanilson, and Eli Junior Kroupi celebrate (AP Photo/Dave Shopland) Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes suffered a major setback on Saturday as they were beaten 2-1 at the Emirates by Bournemouth, handing Manchester City renewed belief in the race at the top of the table.Bournemouth struck first in the 17th minute when Junior Kroupi pounced…
Princess Diana’s marriage imploded publicly. First, “Squidgygate”: leaked tapes of intimate calls with James Gilbey (“Squidgy” 53 times) humiliated Charles amid his Camilla affair rumors. Then, her 1995 BBC Panorama interview dropped: “There were three of us in this marriage,” she said of Camilla. Admitting bulimia, self-harm, and Charles’s infidelity, it drew 23 million viewers….
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday alleged the BJP-led Centre of “completely ignoring” the state’s needs in the Union Budget.There is no mention of Punjab anywhere in the budget and no reference to the long-pending rural development fund (RDF) of Rs 8,500 crore that is legitimately due to the state, Cheema said.Calling the…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s sublime century once again underlined his enduring greatness, even though it came in a losing cause as New Zealand clinched the ODI series 2-1 with a 41-run win in the decider on Sunday. Kohli’s 108-ball 124 — his record-extending 54th ODI hundred — was the centrepiece of India’s chase, but it…
