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File photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (Picture credit: AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said high voter turnout in the country’s parliamentary election showed public support for his policies and for the armed forces fighting in Ukraine, after preliminary results gave his United Russia party a record parliamentary majority.More than 97% of the votes…

Daniel Levy spent almost 25 years at the helm of Tottenham Hotspur before stepping down as executive chairman in September 2025 (Image Credit: Getty Images) Daniel Levy spent almost 25 years at the helm of Tottenham Hotspur before stepping down as executive chairman in September 2025. Now, fresh details about the financial terms of his…

Indian-origin man in Canada, a permanent resident, jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old loses bid to avoid deportation A Canadian permanent resident originally from Punjab has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after a judge rejected his request for a shorter sentence that could have helped him preserve his right to appeal a possible deportation…

Every day, food that has reached the end of its useful life leaves kitchens, shops, factories and distribution centres across Sydney. Much of it could end up as waste with little further use. At EarthPower in Camellia, that material takes a different route. The facility uses anaerobic digestion to break down organic food waste and…

Image: Colleen Williams/Ken Bramer More than 30 years ago, a South Dakota collector who goes only by Rick paid $750 for a 30-gallon Red Wing stoneware crock at an auction, storing it in an old granary on his farm, where it sat largely forgotten for decades. It wasn’t until he saw photos of a nearly…

6-year-old Chinese girl breaks Rubic’s Cube world record (female). A six-year-old girl from China has stunned the speedcubing world after breaking the women’s 3×3 Rubik’s Cube average world record twice within three days, becoming the first female speedcuber to record an average time of less than 4.5 seconds.Lian Yunzhi, from Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province,…

For many women, buying pads or tampons is an ordinary part of the monthly shop. For someone already struggling to pay for food, rent or other essentials, the same purchase can become a difficult calculation. Across Western North Carolina, that gap has left some women and girls without reliable access to menstrual products. The consequences…

The Mecca defence pact was signed on August 7 Pakistan on Wednesday appointed a former Pakistan Army officer as the first secretary-general of the country’s trilateral Mecca pact with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.Lieutenant general Nauman Mahmood (retired) will head the alliance’s general secretariat, which is being established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.“The government of Pakistan is…

Zhang’s husband Liu Ming Chung, the CEO of Nine Dragons, is also a billionaire. In 1985, business tycoon Zhang Yin started a paper-trading business in Hong Kong with about 30,000 yuan, or 3,800 US dollars. More than two decades later, she would be named China’s richest person, with an estimated fortune of $3.4 billion on…

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping . China’s ambassador to the US has outlined four “red lines” that Beijing expects Washington not to cross ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to the US, as President Donald Trump prepares to host him amid tensions over Taiwan, human rights and…