Car Weathers’ career spanned five decades and included over 75 appearances in movies and TV. Los Angeles: Carl Weathers, the US actor who played boxer Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” franchise, going toe-to-toe with Sylvester Stallone in some of cinema’s most memorable — and bloody — boxing moments, has died, his family said Friday. He
No casualties were reported in the incident, the police said. (Representational) Karachi: An explosion occurred outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office in Karachi, as per police sources reported by ARY News. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Sajid Sadozai, no casualties were reported in the incident. The bomb disposal squad was
Syrian war monitor meanwhile said that six pro-Iran fighters were killed in strikes in eastern Syria. Washington: The US military has launched air strikes against targets in Syria as the start of retaliation for the recent deaths of three soldiers at a remote US base in Jordan, US media reported Friday. The Pentagon did not
Oleg Orlov is fighting charges of “discrediting” Russia’s armed forces. Moscow: Russia’s Justice Ministry has designated Oleg Orlov, a veteran Russian human rights campaigner, a “foreign agent”, the ministry said on Friday. The foreign agent designation requires that people and entities on the list place a disclaimer on items they publish and imposes strict financial
There are many different types of cancer, each with its own cause. The World Health Organization’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), issued a stark warning today: new cancer diagnoses are projected to skyrocket by 77% by 2050, reaching over 35 million cases annually. This alarming increase is attributed to a
Contrasting hundreds by Sachin Dhas and skipper Uday Saharan were the twin pillars on which India built their commanding 132-run win over Nepal in their final Super Six Group 1 match, which also carried them to the semifinals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinals in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Friday. Dhas (116,
The court case comes as Bitcoin becomes more widely accessible. (Representational) London: A court case starting in London on Monday will seek to determine whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright invented Bitcoin, the world’s first and biggest cryptocurrency. Wright says he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of bitcoin’s creator and author of a white paper
A toddler climbed into a “Hello Kitty” arcade machine and didn’t want to leave. (Representational) Paris, France: From some flighty pigeon paranoia to the fugitive who cheated justice to the end… your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. Off their perch A “spy pigeon” held by Indian police for eight months has
India skipper Rohit Sharma might have refused to shut the doors on Cheteshwar Pujara last month but the Saurashtra veteran did not help his cause by getting out cheaply in a Group A Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra in Solapur, Maharashtra on Friday. Maharashtra were tottering at 116/7, squandering the advantage of bowling out Saurashtra
The UPI was formally launched at the Republic Day reception held in France. Paris: The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been formally launched at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Indian Embassy in France said on Friday and termed it as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “vision of taking UPI global.” The UPI was
