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As Russia nears Dobropillia, Ukraine, residents flee the once-peaceful town amid drone strikes, bombings, and rising fear of frontline violence. A forlorn group of evacuees filed into a bus, bags bulging with whatever remnants of their lives they could take with them as they left Dobropillia, a Ukrainian town which has seen the frontline of Russia’s invasion creep ever closer. “It’s hard, to live in one place and then to tear yourself away. But what can I do? Nothing,” said Liubov, who declined to give her surname, as she sat on the bus which would take her away from her…

Julia Hyman sought refuge in a panic room during a Midtown mass shooting but was fatally shot by gunman Shane Tamura. Julia Hyman had reached the safety of a fortified panic room inside her office at 345 Park Ave. during the Midtown mass shooting. But when she briefly stepped out, gunman Shane Tamura fatally shot her, according to a chilling new timeline of the rampage. As Tamura stepped out of the elevator and started firing an assault fire, the 27-year-old employee of Rudin Management rushed to the panic room on Monday evening. The panic room was hidden in the bathroom…

Millions of Americans will receive tax-free stimulus payments from the IRS to alleviate living costs. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will soon start rolling out stimulus payments to millions of Americans who are eligible to receive them. These tax-free checks are part of a federal plan to provide relief to low and middle-income households from escalating prices and living standards. Since these payments are tax-free, beneficiaries need not include them while filing their tax returns for the year. This $1,390 payment also won’t impact beneficiaries’ existing benefits like Medicaid, SNAP, or housing assistance. Eligibility criteria Since this stimulus check is…

Pope Leo XIV will officially name St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church, recognising the Anglican convert’s major impact on Catholic theology and unity. Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decided to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on the deeply influential 19th century Anglican convert who remains a unifying figure in both the Anglican and Catholic churches. The Vatican said Leo confirmed the opinion of the Vatican’s saint-making office during an audience Thursday with its prefect, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, and would make the decision official soon.The…

Trump imposed 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods and an unspecified penalty for purchases from Russia. Day after imposing 25 per cent tariffs on India, United States President Donald Trump said that tariffs were making “America great and rich again.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that tariffs had been used against the US for decades. “…Coupled with really dumb, pathetic, and crooked politicians, (the tariffs) were having a devastating impact on the future, and even the survival, of our country,” he said. He added that the “tide has completely turned”, and that the US had…

Bengal teacher retirement extension case: SC sets aside 2023 Calcutta HC order. The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a 2023 Calcutta High Court order upholding the West Bengal government’s stance that the retirement age of a teacher cannot be extended as he did not fulfill a 10-year continuous teaching condition in a university in the state. The court also said classifying employees based on past teaching experience from universities within or outside West Bengal, particularly on the verge of retirement, after having served for decades “lacks nexus and discernible object”. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj…

According to the AIIMS administration, there are still five people under treatment at the facility. The death toll in the recent Mansa Devi temple stampede rose to nine on Wednesday with another person dying at AIIMS, Rishikesh. Phoolmati, 55, a resident of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh was seriously injured in the stampede and was referred to the AIIMS from the district hospital in critical condition. She had been on ventilator support since then, District Magistrate Mayur Dixit said. Eight people died and 30 others were injured on Sunday, the day the stampede occurred. According to the AIIMS administration, there are…

Utmost priority to bridge gender gap in India: Centre on WEF Gender Gap report. The Centre on Wednesday said it has given utmost priority to bridge the gender gap in India, in response to the country slipping to the 131st position out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2025, down from 129th rank in 2024. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur said the government is committed to reducing gender disparity through a “multi-pronged approach” across economic, educational and political domains. “The Government…

Amit Shah said he had received messages from people across the country saying that whenever these terrorists are found, they should be shot in the head. Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said all three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack were shot in the head during ‘Operation Mahadev’ on the outskirts of Srinagar. “A month after the Pahalgam attack, we received information about the presence of terrorists. The Intelligence Bureau and Military Intelligence further verified their identities, and by July 22, the task of tracking their wireless sets was completed. Their exact, pinpointed location was identified,” Shah told…

Donald Trump said that India will pay a penalty over and above the decided 25% for its trade with Russia despite the ongoing Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that “friend” India will be paying a 25 per cent tariff from August 1. He also noted that New Delhi will have to pay additional penalty due to its oil and military purchase from Russia in the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social, Trump noted that despite being friends, India and US have done relatively little business. “Remember, while India is…