Author: Disha Mishra
President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a faithful backer of the Russian leader and an advocate for the war in Ukraine. Hours after declaring a unilateral Easter ceasefire that Kyiv said was just words as fighting continued, Putin and Sobyanin stood in Moscow’s main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, while Kirill led a procession, video of the service showed. Holding a lit thin red candle and donning a dark suit, white shirt and a red tie as in years…
(Forelines) – A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft porting Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has came back to Earth, according to Russian Roscosmos space agency report on Sunday. “Its deorbiting and descent to Earth were normal,” the agency wrote in a post on the Telegram messaging app. It further stated that the spacecraft came down in Kazakhstan. The crew occupied in space from September 11, 2024.Spacecraft carries American, Russians returnto earth, as per the Russian space agency.
(Forelines) – Gunmen killed 56 persons in central Nigeria, As per AFP Report on Saturday, quoting the governor’s office. AFP did not give any additional details.
(Forelines) – On Saturday, Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted on a X that he is looking forward to visiting India later this year, On Friday, this followed his telephone discussion of the United States billionaire with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It was an honour to speak with PM Modi. I am looking forward to visiting India later this year!” Elon Musk posted on social media platform X after the call. The call shows an ongoing dialogue between the two leaders on enhancing coordination in innovation and technology. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi further took to X to…
The majority of the world’s fresh water come from mountains. According to UNESCO, 50 – 60 percent world’s annual fresh water flows come from mountains.They preserve water as ice and snow and sustaining billions of people across the globe. Approximately, 2/3 of irrigated agriculture relies on mountain waters. These sources are crucial for security of food. Around 24 percent of the world’s landsurface is covered by mountain areas. They sustain wide – ranging ecosystems and cultures, as per UNESCO. Additionally, 40 percent of mountain regions are covered by forest, controlling water flow. Without them, water scarcity and natural hazards rise.…
Although tensions between Canada and the United States are high, Canadians bought a record amount of American shares in February, as U.S. stock markets hit an all-time high, official data indicated on Thursday. Statistics Canada said Canadians snapped up C$29.8 billion in U.S. shares, focused on large capitalization technology and financial firms. Canadians had sold C$15.6 billion in January. The previous record high for Canadian investment in U.S. shares was C$23.7 billion in December 2023. U.S. share prices reached an all-time high in mid-February before retreating by the end of the month. Trump took power in late January and almost…
Iranian Supreme Leader sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday with a letter for President Vladimir Putin to brief the Kremlin about nuclear negotiations with the U.S., which has threatened to bomb the Islamic Republic. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with bombing and to extend tariffs to third countries that buy Iranian oil if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its disputed nuclear programme. The United States has moved additional warplanes into the region. The Trump administration and Iran held talks in Oman last weekend that both sides described as positive and…
British lenders expect to see demand for mortgages level off in the months ahead after they reported an increase in early 2025, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday. The measure of expected availability of mortgages rose to its highest level in four years, the BoE’s quarterly Credit Conditions Survey showed.
Three people have died, one is seriously injured and another is missing after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday, mountain rescue services and firefighters said. The accident happened at Monte Faito, a peak around 45 kilometres (28 miles) south-east of Naples. “The cabin at the top has crashed,” Umberto De Gregorio, chairman of the EAV public transport company which runs the cable car service, wrote on Facebook, calling it “a tragedy.” Several Italian media reports said one of the cables supporting the cabin had snapped. Sixteen passengers were helped out of a…
U.S. President Donald Trump and close ally Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed optimism about resolving trade tensions that have strained U.S.-European relations, ahead of talks at the White House. The 27-nation European Union faces 25% import tariffs on steel and aluminum and cars, and broader tariffs on almost all other goods under Trump’s policy to hit countries he says impose high barriers to U.S. imports. Meloni, sitting across a table from Trump ahead of a lunch at the White House, said she was certain they can make a deal on trade. “I am sure we can make a deal,…