As Germany grappling with the double whammy of an economic crisis and political instability, all in the midst of a raging war in Ukraine: the German ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermanparticipated in a roundtable of TOI editors to discuss a range of bilateral and global issues. In a freewheeling conversation, he discussed the implications of…
A trip to Utah to enjoy the snow almost ended in tragedy Tuesday after an avalanche hit a snowmobiler on a rural hillside, but his younger brother rushed to his aid and saved him. “I could see his hand, his gloves, sticking out, waving,” Braeden Hansen said Wednesday, a day after the avalanche buried his…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together in the new year. In a recent year-end interview, Smith said the work he began in 2023 to create four new organizations in place of one health authority is almost complete,…
An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed on Wednesday near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. Kazakhstan Airlines flight J2-8243 had deviated hundreds of miles from its scheduled route to crash on the opposite shore…
NEW DELHI: BJP received around Rs 2,244 crore in contributions of Rs 20,000 or more from individuals, trusts and corporate houses in 2023-24, which is more than three times its donation flow in 2022-23. The Congress, on the other hand, received Rs 288.9 crore through the same route in 2023-24, up from Rs 79.9 crore…
Yes, yes, it’s true: Fans turned up the sound on Christmas Day as Beyoncé took the stage during halftime of the Houston Texans’ game against the Baltimore Raven. The show marked the first time the artist performed music from her country album, “Cowboy Carter,” in front of a live audience. Beyoncé entered the stadium on…
1USA President-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for Canada’s prime minister. “Just dumped Wayne Gretzky, ‘The Great One’ as he is known in ice hockey circles,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Wednesday afternoon. “I said, ‘Wayne, why don’t you…
Russia on Wednesday attacked Ukraine’s energy system and some cities with ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones in an “inhumane” assault on Christmas Day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Nearly three years into the war, the attacks wounded at least six people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the…
NEW DELHI: The Railways has modified five Air-conditioned sleeper trains and a Vande Bharat with chair cars for deployment on the Jammu-Kashmir route to cope with the harsh weather conditions, before the start of train operations to the Kashmir Valley from the rest of the country. For the safety of passengers and trains, Railways will…
Many Ukrainians were celebrating without heat or electricity after Russia launched a Christmas Day attack on the country’s energy infrastructure, an act Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned as “inhumane.” “Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. “What could be more inhumane?” Zelenskyy said in a post on X early Wednesday morning. “Every massive Russian…