Army explores procurement of 350 light tanks for mountainous terrain after border standoff with China

NEW DELHI: The Army is now exploring the possibility of procuring 350 light tanks, which can also be transported by air, to augment its firepower in high-altitude areas in the backdrop of the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.The Army on Thursday issued an initial Request for Information ( RFI ) to vendors Continue reading

Mongolia ignores an international warrant for Putin’s arrest, giving him a red-carpet welcome

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia on Tuesday, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The trip, which concluded Tuesday night, was Putin’s first to a member nation of the International Criminal Continue reading

Mongolia ignores an international warrant for Putin’s arrest, giving him a red-carpet welcome

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia on Tuesday, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The trip, which concluded Tuesday night, was Putin’s first to a member nation of the International Criminal Continue reading

The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The nation’s premier swing state, Pennsylvania, begins in-person absentee voting the week after. In just 63 days, the final votes will be cast to decide which Continue reading

Miss Manners: How to respond when asked if I breastfeed my kids?

I recognize that this is 2024, and many people have put forth a huge amount of effort to promote breastfeeding as a best practice for babies and young toddlers. But people I barely know, women and men alike, will ask me if I am breastfeeding my children. I am a fairly private person, and I Continue reading

U.S. Paralympian Says She Was ‘Verbally Accosted’ And Bullied After Winning Silver Medal

Christie Raleigh Crossley of Team USA won silver in the women’s 50-meter freestyle S10 final. Michael Reaves via Getty Images Paralympic swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley has spoken out about being bullied and having her disability questioned in the wake of her silver medal win last week. “It’s so great that I just broke a world Continue reading

Remand prisoner Simeon Burke could be released with ‘one flick of a pen’, judge says

Simeon Burke was supported in court by his parents, Martina and Sean, and siblings, Ammi and Isaac, pictured at an earlier hearing at Cloverhill Court. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin A judge has told remand prisoner Simeon Burke that he is in custody voluntarily but could be released with “one flick of a pen” and Continue reading

49ers’ Ricky Pearsall to miss at least 4 games after being shot in attempted robbery

49ers’ Ricky Pearsall to miss at least 4 games after being shot in attempted robbery San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall, who was shot Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attempted robbery in San Francisco’s Union Square, was released from the hospital on Sunday and “extremely lucky” to be alive, his mother and the 49ers Continue reading

X blocked in Brazil after supreme court panel upholds suspension order

A panel of Brazil’s federal supreme court justices voted unanimously to uphold orders suspending the use of Elon Musk’s social network X nationwide. One justice, Luiz Fux, voted to uphold but expressed “reservations” about a measure of the order that allows the court to fine individuals or businesses that engage in “subterfuge,” for example using Continue reading

German chancellor condemns first state election success for far-right party since WWII

“Our country cannot and must not get used to this,” Scholz, a lawmaker for his center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), said a day after Alternative for Germany (AfD) triumphed in Thuringia and came a close second in Saxony. It is weakening the economy, dividing society and ruining our country’s reputation,” he added. While mainstream parties Continue reading