New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Amid the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) barb over the seizure of huge amounts of cash during the Income Tax raids at the premises linked to Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu in Jharkhand, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy asked…
German city opens new synagogue, replacing building destroyed in 1938
A new synagogue has opened in Magdeburg in eastern Germany on Sunday, some 85 years after it was destroyed in a pogrom. “The new synagogue stands for peaceful coexistence and pluralism,” said Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier Reiner Haseloff at a ceremony …
Tudun Biri bombing: Southern Kaduna professors back Tinubu’s call for investigation
The Forum of Southern Kaduna Professors has backed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and many others over calls for a thorough investigation of the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. They also applaud…
Putin denounces Ukraine’s leaders and praises armaments industry
Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled the leadership of Ukraine, which he invaded, as “idiots and neo-fascists.” “They have gone completely mad, or to put it more simply, they have become completely brazen,” Putin said with a glass of champagne…
Iran starts EU diplomat trial on espionage allegations in Tehran
A European Union employee from Sweden accused by the Iranian regime of espionage went on trial in Tehran on Saturday, according to both the EU and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Johan Floderus, 33, was arrested at Tehran’s airport in April 2022 a…
Norway rule biathlon World Cup relays
Norway extended their winning run in men’s biathlon World Cup relays to nine races spanning almost two years on Sunday, and the nation also won the women’s race. Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø and Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen domina…
German footballer sees red – after half-hour delay
Hansa Rostock forward Junior Brumado was sent off in Sunday’s second division match against Schalke, half an hour after a foul on Schalke’s Blendi Idrizi. The long delay came because the match was stopped shortly after the incident when fans started fi…
Nineties pop icon looks ageless 30 years after huge hit stormed the charts
By James Brinsford Back in 1990, there was a moment that Betty Boo’s ‘Doin’ the Do’ was dominating the airwaves and the singer was destined to be the decade’s biggest pop icon. Boomania, the debut album which she had produced in her bedroom, became a P…
Netanyahu thanks US for ‘important ammunition’ for Gaza war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the United States has provided Israel with “important ammunition” for a continuation of the Gaza war. At the beginning of a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu thanked US President Joe Biden for t…
German retailers report weak Christmas season sales
Christmas sales in Germany lost momentum again last week, according to a survey from a retail industry group. Nearly 60% of the more than 350 retail companies surveyed expressed dissatifaction with the latest sales trend, according to the survey by the…