Bitcoin soared to a fresh all-time high of $116,046.44 on Thursday, driven by strong institutional demand and supportive crypto policies under US President Donald Trump’s administration.Earlier in the day, it had already broken its previous record of $113,734.64 before climbing further by 9:27 pm GMT. With this rally, the world’s largest cryptocurrency is now up…
01:04 IST: Not much went right for the Windies with the ball, as they were taken apart with ease. Their pace attack lacked penetration and struggled for control, allowing England’s batters to dominate from the outset. The spin duo of Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie did manage to pick up a wicket each, but by then the…
GUWAHATI: With the birth of two cubs on Tuesday, the tiger population in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) has gone up further. In a significant increase in the tiger count in the reserve, its numbers rose from 109 in 2022 to 148 in 2024.Forest officials, who sighted the cubs through camera trap images…
Picture this: you’re at the grocery store, reaching for your usual $3 avocado, only to find it now costs $4.50. You look around for answers — inflation? Greedy grocers? Nope. It’s a global trade war. Welcome to Trump’s America, Round Two: Tariffs Edition.On Wednesday, President Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden, squinting into the…
BHUBNESHWAR: In a major relief for investors swindled by Rose Valley chit fund scheme, a PMLA court in Bhubaneswar on Thursday ordered the reimbursement of Rs 332 crore to victims in Odisha.“The special court has released Rs 332 crore of proceeds of crime for restitution to lawful investors,” an Enforcement Directorate official said.ED’s Bhubaneswar division…
China’s average life expectancy has reached 79 years in 2024 as several strategic measures have come into play in the populous country, a health official said at a press conference on people’s livelihood in Beijing on Sunday. The life expectancy in 2024 is 1.7 years higher than in 2019, said Lei Haichao, director of the…
It sure sounds nice, the idea that Major League Baseball’s embrace of legalized betting has opened a door for the late Pete Rose to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. With all this gambling going on, they’d be a bunch of hypocrites if they didn’t put Rose in Cooperstown, right? Well … no. It’s…
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a request for Pete Rose to be removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list, which could lead to his eventual selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. According to reports published last Saturday, Manfred met with Rose’s daughter, Fawn, and his former lawyer Jeffrey Lenkov about reinstatement…
Marshall Rose, a real estate developer who was instrumental in reviving the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and transforming the adjacent Bryant Park from a mecca for drug dealers into a verdant Midtown oasis, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his…
There are a lot of things to admire about Rose Zhang. Before turning pro two years ago, she was arguably the winningest amateur in the history of women’s golf. Now she’s competing on the LPGA and already has a pair of professional wins at age 21. Zhang is as poised as they get and her…