Global News Bulletin

In an unprecedented escalation of hostilities amid rising tensions in the Middle East, neighbouring nations Pakistan and Iran engaged in reciprocal airstrikes. On January 18, Pakistan launched a series of “highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes” against alleged terrorist hideouts in the Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran. Several terrorists were reportedly killed…

A video of an employee of US-based IT services company Couldflare being fired over a conference call had gone viral on the Internet. The video, posted by Brittany Pietsch, titled “POV: You’re about to get laid off,” shows her in a virtual meeting with HR executives at Cloudflare. In the video, she talks about being…

Iran launched a barrage of 181 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, triggering nationwide air raid sirens and forcing nearly 10 million Israelis into bomb shelters. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that a large portion of the missiles was intercepted by the country’s advanced missile defence systems, including the Iron Dome and Arrow…

Apple has canceled work on its electric car, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, a decade after the iPhone maker kicked off the project. Shares of the company were up 0.7% in afternoon trading, having pared some losses from earlier in the trading day. Several employees working on the electric car…

Washington: A recent collaborative media investigation has established a connection between the enigmatic symptoms known as Havana Syndrome and a Russian intelligence unit, disclosed on Monday. The onset of Havana Syndrome was initially documented in 2016 when US diplomats stationed in Cuba reported instances of sudden illness and disturbing nocturnal noises, sparking conjecture about a…

Japan’s much-loved “tonkatsu” pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings. The culprit is a changing climate. Last year’s record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the leafy…

Tokyo: Japanese investigators are scrutinizing a potentially catastrophic collision at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, involving a coast guard plane and a passenger jet, which airline executives claim had been granted permission to land. Tragically, all five occupants of the coast guard aircraft lost their lives, while all 379 passengers and crew members managed to escape to…