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Anthony Joshua was in a car accident in Nigeria, resulting in two deaths. Local authorities confirmed he sustained minor injuries. Anthony Joshua was involved in a vehicular accident in Nigeria on Monday, which led to two deaths, confirmed local authorities to ESPN. The boxer is said to have sustained only minor injuries. Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, was riding in the rear of a vehicle on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway close to Sagamu, which is Joshua’s ancestral hometown, when the incident occurred. Ogun State Police Commissioner Lanre Ogunlowo said, “The accident happened as a result of a burst tire on AJ’s…

China launched live-fire exercises around Taiwan, saying the drills were intended to simulate a blockade of the island’s key ports. China’s latest round of military drills around Taiwan has escalated regional tensions, spilling over into civilian life through major air travel disruptions and heightened security alerts. Taiwan has detected intensified Chinese military activity across its surrounding airspace and waters.Data released by the defence ministry showed that 89 Chinese military aircraft, along with 28 warships and coastguard vessels, were operating near the democratic island on Monday, the highest single-day tally of Chinese aircraft since October 15, 2024. Taiwan’s aviation authorities said…

Unnao rape case: Ishita, in a post on X, said she is writing the letter “as a daughter who is exhausted, frightened, and slowly losing faith”. Ishita Sengar, daughter of Unnao rape case-accused former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Kuldeep Singh Sengar, wrote an open letter seeking “justice” for her father whose trial she said has made her and the entire family receive “relentless” threats. Ishita, in a long post on social media platform X, said she is writing the letter “as a daughter who is exhausted, frightened, and slowly losing faith, but still holding on to hope because there…

Hearing a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the high court’s decision, the apex court issued notice to Sengar. Expressing relief over the Supreme Court’s intervention, the Unnao rape survivor on Monday said she would not rest until convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar is hanged, after the top court stayed the Delhi High Court order suspending his life sentence. While hearing a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the high court’s order, the Supreme Court issued notice to Sengar and asked him to file his response. “I am very happy with this decision. I…

The MEA responded to the reported remarks by Pakistani foreign ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi on Monday. The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday rejected the reported remarks made by the spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over alleged minority attacks in India and said that no amount of “finger pointing” will obfuscate Pakistan’s “horrific and systemic victimisation of minorities of various faiths”. “We reject the reported remarks from a country whose abysmal record on this front speaks for itself. Pakistan’s horrific and systemic victimisation of minorities of various faiths is a well established fact. No amount of finger pointing…

Celebrated worldwide for her film career and screen presence, Bardot later withdrew from cinema and devoted herself almost entirely to animal welfare. Brigitte Bardot, the French actor who became one of the defining sex symbols of the 1960s before reinventing herself as a militant animal rights activist and outspoken supporter of the far right, has died at the age of 91. Brigitte Bardot died on Sunday at her home in southern France, Bruno Jacquelin of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals said. Celebrated worldwide for her film career and screen presence, Bardot later withdrew from cinema and…

Somali president warns Israel’s recognition of Somaliland threatens regional stability. Israel’s recognition of Somaliland “is (a) threat to the security and stability of the world and the region,” Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an emergency parliamentary session Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Friday announcement, made his country the first to recognise Somaliland, “is tantamount to a blunt aggression against the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and the unity of the people of the Somali Republic,” Mohamud said. Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a…

Manickam Tagore said RSS is an organisation built on hatred, even as he took a self-goal jibe at the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s remark on BJP-RSS’s organisational strength has continued to ruffle feathers within the Congress and evoking jibes from the saffron camp. A day after Digvijaya shared an old photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP veteran LK Advani, lauding the party’s strength, Congress leader Manickam Tagore has sparked row, equating RSS with Al-Qaeda. Reacting to Digvijaya’s remark, Tagore said RSS is an organisation built on hatred, even as he took a self-goal…

A three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices JK Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is likely to hear the matter. The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea by the CBI challenging the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. A three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices JK Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is likely to hear the matter. The high court on December 23 suspended the jail term of Sengar, who is serving life…

The MEA had flagged “unremitting hostilities” against minorities, citing the recent killing of Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched in Mymensingh last week. The Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday responded to India’s recent comment on the “unremitting hostilities” against minorities in the country, saying the remarks “does not reflect reality”. The Bangladesh foreign ministry, as quoted by Dhaka Tribune, rejected India’s position on the lynching of a Hindu youth in Mymensingh and claimed that “portraying the incident as a minority-related issue was not only inaccurate but also misleading”. India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Friday had flagged “unremitting…