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#MeToo Case: 'Disappointed' Harvey Weinstein to appeal guilty verdict

The verdict is a major loss for Weinstein, who will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars in #MeToo case

Dec 21, 2022

A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for COVID-19 testing in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Jan. 13, 2022.

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 account for 70% of new Covid cases in US

New Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1 was estimated to make up about 38.4% of circulating variants in the week ending December 17, and BQ.1 was estimated to make up 30.7%, according to CDC data

Dec 21, 2022

Hilarious satirical interview of "Elon Musk's PA" goes viral; netizens can't stop ROFL [Watch]

From contemplating buying the rights to alphabets where Musk charges users by the word, to buying people's fingers to be rented further, the imagination does run wild.

Dec 20, 2022

Japanese billionaire invites 'Baalveer' actor Dev Joshi to join SpaceX moon mission

'Baalveer' actor Dev Joshi to join SpaceX moon mission in 2023

Dec 10, 2022

Biological weapons, magnetic field damage and alien invasion: Here's Baba Vanga's terrifying predictions for 2023

Followers of Baba Vanga believe that the Bulgarian mystic had successfully predicted world events which include the rise of ISIS and the World Trade Center attacks

Dec 4, 2022

Filmmaker Rajamouli With Star Wars Director JJ Abrams

RRR, Bahubali fame Rajamouli gets best director award from New York Film Critics Circle

Rajamouli gets best director award from New York Film Critics Circle

Dec 3, 2022

India extends tenure of Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu by one more year to Jan 2024

Taranjit Singh Sandhu has served in Washington DC thrice - as a young political officer handling the Congress between 1997 and 2000, as the deputy chief of mission between 2013 and 2017, and then as ambassador from early 2020.

Dec 1, 2022

Amid homeless crisis, New York to step up forced hospitalization of mentally ill

New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a plan on Tuesday to allow more mentally ill homeless people to be hospitalized against their will in order to tackle "a crisis we see all around us."

Nov 30, 2022

China-linked "police stations" set up in US, UK, Canada; FBI investigating

Chinese public security bureaus established the "overseas police service stations" in several continents, including the US, Canada, London and Glasgow,

Nov 18, 2022

Midterm, Election Day 2014 Guide: Here are information on how to find polling states and where to vote and get live updates.

US Midterm Elections: Predictions go wrong, no red wave; Pennsylvania goes to Democrats [details]

Control of Congress remains unclear as Democrats showed unexpected resilience, negating predictions that high inflation and President Biden's low approval ratings would drag the party down

Nov 9, 2022

Aliens on earth? Spooky picture of 'grey extraterrestrial' inside a car goes viral online

The images spotted on Google Earth show an alien-like figure sitting in the rear seats of a silver-coloured car

Nov 2, 2022

Guinness Records names Monday worst day of week; Netizens can relate

Many vouched for Tuesday being the worst day of the week since weekend highs have long subsided and a full working week lies ahead

Oct 18, 2022

"Liar, thief, chor"; PAK FM heckled at US airport; his aide rains profanities & threats [Watch]

This is not the first time that a member of Pakistan's ruling party has been given a hostile reception abroad.

Oct 14, 2022

Elon Musk facing probe by Federal Authorities over $44 billion deal, says Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing investigation by federal authorities after announcing the $44 billion deal to take over Twitter, claims the latter