New York, United States The Women’s NBA players union said on Monday it has voted to opt out of its current collective bargaining agreement, sparking talks for a new deal before the 2025 season ends. A day after the New York Liberty won the 2024 WNBA title, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) made the...
Author Hardeep Singh Assassination of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in India-administered Punjab is hitting headlines these days. During the Panchayat elections, he was shot dead by unknown bike borne armed men on October 9 while returning home from the village gurdwara on his motorcycle. This killing is being viewed as part of the...
Jakarta, Indonesia Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in Sunday as president of the world’s third-largest democracy, Indonesia, with the wealthy ex-general accused of rights abuses taking over eight months after a landslide election win. The 73-year-old fiery nationalist will take an oath at parliament before heading to the presidential palace where Joko Widodo will hand over...
Vigo, Spain Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior’s goals earned Real Madrid an entertaining 2-1 win at Celta Vigo on Saturday to pull them level with La Liga leaders Barcelona. France striker Mbappe started and sent the Spanish champions ahead amid reports he is being investigated for an alleged rape during a visit to Sweden. The 25-year-old...
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates New Zealand saw off the danger of Deandra Dottin to book their place in the Women’s T20 World Cup final with a nail-biting eight-run win over West Indies in Sharjah on Friday. After Dottin’s 4-22 restricted the White Ferns to 128-9, the all-rounder clubbed a superb 33 from 22 balls with three...
Washington, United States The United States on Friday reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023’s level on greater spending, including for interest on the public debt. The overall deficit expanded by $138 billion for the year ending September 30, said the Treasury Department. The nation’s debt remains a key...
Sensuntepeque, El Salvador A court in El Salvador on Friday acquitted six former guerrillas, including five anti-mining campaigners, whose trial for a civil war era murder was criticized by fellow environmentalists as politicized. Prosecutors had sought up to 36 years in prison for the former rebels of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front. But the...
Author Hardeep Singh In the continuation of betraying Sikhs to please their bosses at New Delhi, Badals and company, which is known as “Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)” in masses, has pushed the community into deep crisis once again by undermining and damaging supreme authority of the Akal Takht Sahib, highest Sikh temporal seat. For their...
Detroit, United States Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump’s fitness for office Friday as the oldest major-party White House candidate in history faced speculation that he is “exhausted” after backing out of a spate of interviews. While he has been appearing on friendly TV networks, the 78-year-old Republican has canceled sitdowns with media outlets including NBC, CNBC...
Geneva, Switzerland The one million children in Gaza are living a “hell on Earth”, the UN said Friday, with around 40 children having been killed there every day over the past year. More than a year into Israel’s war against Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory “children continue to suffer unspeakable daily harm”, said James Elder,...