Early voting for New York’s next mayor begins on Saturday (October 25, 2025) with an outsider Democratic Party candidate the favorite to upend the city’s politics and face down President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly attacked him. The twisting race has seen state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist, surge from the political wilderness to... Read More

It was a late September afternoon. Autumn had taken hold; the earth had shed her vibrant costumes from spring and summer, and was getting ready for some much needed rest. I was sitting on the verandah watching Phuphee pottering about in her kitchen garden. She walked towards me with a small kraenjul (wicker basket) full... Read More

People wade through a waterlogged road during rain, in Puri, Odisha. File | Photo Credit: PTI The disaster management teams in Odisha are on high alert due to a , which is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to the state from October 27. While the cyclone is not expected to make a direct landfall in... Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (October 25, 2025) urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia. Mr. Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November amid the government shutdown, according to a Department of Agriculture memo that surfaced Friday (October 24, 2025). States temporarily covering the cost of benefits... Read More

File photo of Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation | Photo Credit: Reuters Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said on Friday (October 24, 2025) he does not believe that recently imposed U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies will have a... Read More

National Conference wins three Rajya Sabha seats in J&K; ‘cross-voting’ gives BJP one The ruling National Conference (NC) won three Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu & Kashmir, and the BJP won one seat after voting. The BJP registered a dramatic victory on the fourth seat by bagging 32 votes despite having 28 legislators in the... Read More

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during a practice session of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez race track in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Max Verstappen continued his Formula One comeback charge with the fastest time in practice... Read More

File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (October 214, 2025) reversed a Biden-era air pollution rule that had imposed stricter limits on emissions from copper smelters. The copper rule, finalized in May 2024, had required smelters to curb pollutants including lead, arsenic, mercury, benzene and... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip next week to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump, who leaves Washington on Friday (October 24, 2025) night, is set for a five-day trip spanning Malaysia,... Read More