Daily Archives: June 1, 2024

Onus on other players to take up mantle after Sunil bhai retires: Gurpreet

Kolkata, 31 May: India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Friday said that other players will have to step up and take the national team...

Aditi begins with 73, lies 35th in US Women’s Open

Lancaster, 31 May: Aditi Ashok, looking to make a mark at the Majors, opened with a modest 3-over 74 on a difficult day for...

We are playing good hockey but also struggling at times, says Harmanpreet

London, 31 May: India men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh feels his side is playing good hockey but only in patches and this will have...

When I was told I would be flagbearer at Paris Olympics, it was hard...

New Delhi, 31 May: Veteran table tennis player A Sharath Kamal on Friday said he was "pretty surprised" at being named India's flagbearer at...

Nishant Dev books Paris Olympics ticket; Panghal, Siwach one win away from earning quotas

Bangkok, 31 May: World championships bronze medallist Nishant Dev (71kg) became the first Indian male pugilist to secure a Paris Games quota with a...

Rohit, Kohli should open; hope having seniors work out well for India this time:...

Mumbai, 31 May: Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar says he would have picked a much younger Indian squad for the T20 World Cup since loading...

Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed and 42 others wounded in joint US-British...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 31 May (AP) — Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 42 others,...

Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also...

KYIV, Ukraine, 31 May (AP) — Germany joined the United States on Friday in authorizing Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with...

Hungary’s Orbán pushes back on EU and NATO proposals to further assist Ukraine

BUDAPEST, Hungary, 31 May (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday pushed back against some NATO proposals that would allow Ukraine to...

NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their...

PRAGUE, 31 May (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the...

Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political...

NEW YORK, 31 May (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily...

China says ‘hard to meet’ discussions on Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements

BEIJING, 31 May (AP) — China said Friday it would be “’hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with...

Inflation ticked up in Europe in May. That likely won’t stop a central bank...

FRANKFURT, Germany, 31 May (AP) — Inflation ticked up to an annual 2.6% in Europe in May, according to official figures on Friday. That’s...

UK’s first Black female lawmaker ‘free’ to stand for Labour at election after row...

LONDON, 31 May (AP) — The U.K.'s first Black female member of parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the...

Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year,...

DAKAR, Senegal, 31 May (AP) — Billons of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up...

Top US and Chinese defense officials seek to restore communications as tensions rise in...

SINGAPORE, 31 May (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Chinese counterpart for more than an hour Friday, as the two...

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised drills simulating preemptive attacks on South...

SEOUL, South Korea, 31 May (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised drills involving the firing of nuclear-capable multiple rocket launchers to...

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle...

UNITED NATIONS, 31 May (AP) — The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and...

EU slaps new sanctions on North Korea in response to its missile program and...

BRUSSELS, 31 May (AP) — The European Union has slapped more sanctions on North Korea over its continued efforts to develop ballistic and nuclear...

Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

ISLAMABAD, 31 May (AP) — A new study by the United Nations children’s agency says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in...