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Watch: Trump v Obama - which president has the star power?
The BBC's Sarah Smith followed the current and former presidents as both parties hope their biggest names can drive midterm turnout.
Pentagon funding a naval training facility in Ecuador
The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador’s largest city as the United States deepens its security cooperation with the South American nation in a broader push to combat drug cartels on the continent, two U.S. officials familiar with the efforts told The Hill. Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help…
Israeli elections too close to call as turnout shatters record
TEL AVIV — Early returns in Israel’s election Tuesday evening showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc neck and neck with the “Change” coalition headed by the bereaved retired general and leader of the center-right Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot. Eisenkot’s grouping is slightly edging out Netanyahu’s bloc. But Israel’s complicated coalition negotiations — and Netanyahu’s…
Drunk driver Ishan Pandhare mowed down two California Polytechnic State University students, left them like 'garbage in the roadway', alleges lawsuit
A lawsuit has revealed a heinous overspeeding case in California that took place earlier this year when two 19-year-old students of California Polytechnic
A historic English pub linked to Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe was almost destroyed by fire, leaving its future and Tilbury’s naval heritage uncertain
The historic World’s End pub in Tilbury, Essex, was almost destroyed by a fire on 23 September 2026, prompting concern over the loss of a landmark
In 2017, Jake Gyllenhaal bought a New York apartment in an 1882 bookbinding factory for $8.63 million; eight years later, he sold it for $14 million while the building faced a $376 million lawsuit
In downtown Manhattan, celebrity real estate often comes with a peculiar combination of history, discretion and extraordinary price tags.
Israel election exit polls show no clear winner as Netanyahu and rivals fall short of majority
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to emerge as the largest party in the Knesset, but opposition parties led by Gadi
Taurus Shani Horoscope Today, 28 October 2026: Exalted Moon in your sign brings emotional strength and visible charm
Taurus looks and feels at its best this Wednesday.
Farmers lock naib tehsildar's office in Kurukshetra over ‘wrong paddy data’
Farmers in Kurukshetra locked the naib tehsildar’s office over alleged wrong paddy data on a govt portal; SDM assured corrections by Wednesday 2 pm.
A Long Beach couple, Jeff and Ann Haberman, have turned their corner home into a free nightly Halloween show run by 28 computers, with singing pumpkins, skeleton princesses and a flying ghost dog from The Nightmare Before Christmas
A residential corner in Long Beach, California, has become a seasonal attraction thanks to a Halloween display that blends music, animated figures,
In 2024, Colin Farrell launched a foundation inspired by his son James; by 2026, it had selected 16 US organisations for grants of $10,000 to $50,000 to help adults with intellectual disabilities
For many families, planning for a child with an intellectual or developmental disability to transition into adulthood brings difficult questions about
No entry into Agamic temples for non-Hindus sporting religious markers, rules Madras high court
MADURAI: Non-Hindus who sport their religious markers -- and who do not subscribe to their reverence to the deity -- cannot be permitted to enter the
A 41-acre California vineyard estate owned by the family trust of heart surgeon Thomas Fogarty has sold for $11.04 million; the property has a 14,500 sq. ft. Italian villa with wine-tasting room, home theatre and spa
The 41-acre vineyard estate in Portola Valley, owned by the Fogarty Family Trust associated with the late cardiovascular surgeon and Thomas Fogarty Winery
Denver voters rejected development on a 155-acre former golf course in 2023; after a land swap and $70 million bond allocation, the city is moving to permanently protect it as a public park
Denver is moving ahead with plans to turn the former Park Hill Golf Course into a major public green space, appointing a prominent landscape architecture
Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after election defeat, vows to challenge Lula's victory: Report
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left the country for the United States,
2 men charged with national security offences over suspected Iran-linked plot at US air base in UK
Two British men have been charged with national security offences in connection with a suspected plot targeting RAF Fairford, a US-operated military air
A disused railway tunnel in West Sussex became a winter refuge for rare bats, including a species declared extinct in the UK in 1992
A disused railway tunnel in West Sussex has become a vital winter refuge for rare bats, including the greater mouse-eared bat, which was declared extinct