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Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, authorities revealed Friday (March 7, 2025). Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical … Read more
A civilian man rides his motorcycle in front of a military convoy heading towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria’s ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Fighters siding with Syria’s new government stormed several villages near the country’s coast, killing dozens of … Read more
International Women’s Day is observed worldwide every March 8; heads of states, governments, and private players and commercial brands send out messages celebrating women’s equality and empowerment , but often without acknowledging its historical roots. Also Read: Mann Ki Baat: Women achievers to take over PM Modi’s social media accounts to mark Women’s Day What … Read more
A freight truck carrying lumber crosses the border from Canada to the U.S. as seen from Champlain, New York, U.S., on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (March 7, 2025) that he could impose reciprocal tariffs on Canadian dairy and lumber within days — a move set to … Read more
People demonstrate outside the South Carolina Department of Corrections, where death row inmate Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed on March 7, 2025, by firing squad method, at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday (March … Read more
Trump’s tariff war | Is India prepared to deal with it? | Video Credit: The Hindu Donald Trump’s on a tariff war on the world. Which countries will be worst hit by the U.S. President’s latest plan for reciprocal taxes and non-tariff barriers from April 2? Does New Delhi have a diplomatic game plan to … Read more
Four boats carrying migrants have sunk off Djibouti and Yemen, killing at least one person and leaving more than 180 missing, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday (March 7, 2025). The sinkings occurred late Thursday (March 6) along a route that is increasingly used by Ethiopians hoping to find work in Gulf countries … Read more
Japan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka Akio Isomata (L) and Secretary to Sri Lanka’s finance ministry Mahinda Siriwardana shake hands after signing of debt restructuring agreements between two governments in Colombo on March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka signed a deal with Japan on Friday (March 7, 2025) to restructure $2.5 billion in … Read more
Philippine Navy personnel watch the Canadian vessel HMCS Montreal (FFH336) during the Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity. File | Photo Credit: AP Canada and the Philippines, both vocal critics of China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea, have concluded talks for a key defense pact that would allow their forces to hold joint … Read more
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Hamas on Friday (March 7, 2025) urged U.S. President Donald Trump to meet with Palestinian prisoners freed during the ongoing truce in Gaza, following his meeting with released Israeli hostages the day before. Also Read | Trump warns Hamas, Gaza ‘you are dead’ if hostages not freed … Read more