New Delhi, Oct 22 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed his appreciation to US President Donald Trump for extending heartfelt Diwali greetings during their recent phone conversation. Sharing his thanks on X, PM Modi stated, “Thank you, President Trump, for your phone call and warm Diwali greetings. On this festival of lights, may our…
Madrid, Oct 22 (UNI) FC Barcelona recorded their second Champions League victory of the season with a commanding 6-1 win against Olympiakos at home, highlighted by a hat-trick from Fermin Lopez. However, the match proved more challenging and controversial than the final score suggested. Barcelona looked to be more in control by halftime, with Lopez…
Jerusalem, Oct 22 (UNI) The implementation of a Gaza ceasefire agreement is “going better than expected” and the truce can hold, US Vice-President JD Vance has said during a visit to Israel. Vance also warned that “if Hamas does not co-operate, it will be obliterated”, while refusing to give a deadline for when the Palestinian…
Melbourne, Oct. 22 (UNI) Millions of Australians were warned to prepare for severe weather conditions on Wednesday as heatwaves and damaging winds swept across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Wednesday morning issued severe weather warnings for damaging winds in the east coast states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria as well…
London, Oct 22 (UNI) Arsenal produced a breathtaking 14-minute spell to score four goals and demolish Atletico Madrid, extending its flawless start to the league phase of the Champions League. The Gunners began brightly, with Eberechi Eze striking the crossbar via a deflection early on, while Atletico’s Julian Alvarez almost punished goalkeeper David Raya, who…
Quito, Oct 22 (UNI) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Arenillas, a municipality in Ecuador’s coastal province of El Oro, on Tuesday evening, according to the country’s Geophysical Institute. The quake occurred at a depth of 83 km and was recorded at 7:05 p.m. local time (0005 GMT), the institute said on social media platform X….
Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Not since World War Two Nazi collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain was jailed for treason in 1945 has any…
Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) Jewellery allegedly stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros (£76m; $102m), a French public prosecutor has said, citing the museum’s curator. Laure Beccuau told RTL radio the sum was “extraordinary” but said the greater loss was to France’s historical heritage. Crown…
Washington, Oct 22 (UNI) Donald Trump has said he did not want a “wasted meeting” after a plan to have face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine were put on hold. The US president indicated that a key sticking point remained Moscow’s refusal to cease fighting along the current…
New York, Oct 22 (UNI) US chess grandmaster and popular YouTube chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky has died at age of 29. The chess player’s family announced his “unexpected” death in a statement released by his club, the Charlotte Chess Center, on Monday. No cause of death was given, reports BBC. The statement described him as…
