MAY 15, 2022
Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Devasahayam Pillai, or `Blessed Lazarus`, who became the first layman from India to be granted sainthood. Pillai, a Hindu who converted to Christianity in the 18th century - drawing the ire of the then rulers, was canonized at 2.30 p.m. (IST) at the St Peter`s Basilica in Vatican along with nine others....
MAY 14, 2022
Former Australian test cricketer Andrew Symonds has died in a car accident in Queensland, Australian media reported on Sunday. Multiple media outlets said Symonds, who was 46 and played 26 times for Australia, had been involved in a single-vehicle incident in Hervey Range, 50 km from Townsville on Saturday night.
"Early information indicates, shortly after 11 p.m. the...
MAY 14, 2022
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that a conspiracy is being hatched to kill him and that he has recorded a video that has the names of all those people who are involved in the alleged conspiracy to oust his government.
Khan added that in case something happens to him the video will be...
MAY 14, 2022
Islamabad (Pakistan): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that the establishment is calling him but he is not ready to talk to them, adding that he has blocked their numbers. "I am not going to speak to anyone until the date for the elections is announced," Geo News quoted the former leader as saying while speaking...
MAY 13, 2022
Soldiers training in Kankaanpaa, Finland, this month. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced skepticism Friday about Sweden and Finland potentially joining the NATO defense alliance, a sign of dissension in efforts to revamp Europe’s security architecture after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Turkish warning came a day after a landmark recommendation from Finland’s leaders that the country...
MAY 13, 2022
Russia says Finland's race to join NATO poses threat.
Senior Russian officials have slammed Finland's decision to seek membership in the NATO alliance — which came as a direct reaction to President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin both said on Thursday that their country should apply to join the...
MAY 13, 2022
As the Terra crisis draws on, some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world have begun to delist Terra’s UST stablecoin and its linked Luna token, citing a need to protect users from risk.
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, halted the trading of Luna and Terra on Thursday. The OKX exchange — one of...
MAY 13, 2022
New Delhi: The RBI on Friday imposed several restrictions on Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, including on withdrawals, in view of the lender's worsening financial position.
However, 99.84 per cent of the depositors are fully covered by the DICGC insurance scheme. Under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) insurance scheme, deposits of...
MAY 13, 2022
Chennai Super Kings' skipper MS Dhoni said the five-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians in which his team was bundled out for 97, was a good learning experience for his batters on how to bat in conditions helping the bowlers.
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MAY 13, 2022
Bill Gates sold about $940 million of Canadian National Railway Co. shares, trimming one of the largest holdings of the investment firm that controls his $117 billion personal fortune.
Cascade Investment unloaded roughly 12% of its shares in the Montreal-based company from April 27 to May 12, leaving it with a stake of about 9% or $6.8 billion,...
