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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens to a question at a press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions on March 7, 2025 in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday (March 7, 2025) that India-China relations have made “positive strides” and achieved a series of … Read more
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first telephone in 1876. Can’t imagine a day without your phone? You have Alexander Graham Bell to thank for that. He invented the first telephone on March 7, 1876 nearly 150 years ago. To honour his contributions to science and technology, March 7 is celebrated as Alexander Graham … Read more
A woman crosses herself in front of a picture of Pope Francis during the celebration of Ash Wednesday at the Basilica San Jose de Flores in Buenos Aires on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has apologised for a social media post that joked the hospitalised Pope … Read more
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. File. | Photo Credit: AP A South Korean court has ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be relased from jail, according to news reports on Friday (March 7, 2025). The Yonhap News Agency reported that the Seoul Central District Court made the ruling Friday. Other South Korean … Read more
Columbia University senior Maryam Alwan was visiting family in Jordan over winter break when she received an email from the school accusing her of harassment. Her supposed top offence: writing an op-ed in the student newspaper calling for divestment from Israel. The university has launched a flurry of investigations, led by a new disciplinary committee … Read more
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first telephone in 1876. Can’t imagine a day without your phone? You have Alexander Graham Bell to thank for that. He invented the first telephone on March 7, 1876 nearly 150 years ago. To honour his contributions to science and technology, March 7 is celebrated as Alexander Graham … Read more
Timeless tunes: A student practises during a class session at Eman Begena School in Addis Ababa. | Photo Credit: AFP Biruktawit Tasew’s fingers glide over the strings of the begena, producing a deep, hypnotic sound. Along with six fellow musicians, she breaks into a solemn religious melody, holding their audience spellbound. One of Ethiopia’s oldest instruments, … Read more
Authorities are counting on fashion designers to promote the traditional garb. | Photo Credit: AFP Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more “Tajik-style” and not wear either revealing western clothes or Islamic head coverings — supposedly to reinforce national identity. Some in the secular Muslim country are speaking out against … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on U.S. March 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters India is a very high tariff nation, U.S. President Donald Trump has said as he reiterated that reciprocal tariffs on countries that … Read more
Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana has submitted a renewed application to Chief Justice John Roberts seeking a stay of his extradition to India after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his emergency bid. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an “Emergency … Read more