The Spanish tennis star avenged the most surprising defeat of his career at the Rotterdam Open. According to Tennis 365, the 21-year-old player returned to action after his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open quarterfinals, this time wearing a nose strip. In a rematch with the Dutch tennis player, the 21-year-old claimed a 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-1 victory on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, in the first round of the Rotterdam Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion, after taking revenge for his 2024 US Open defeat, admitted that it was a tough match and that he was “really nervous.”…
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United Airlines Flight 1382 was evacuated after passengers noticed flames on one of the aircraft’s wings due to an engine malfunction during an aborted takeoff. According to Newsweek, the incident occurred at 8:35 AM on Sunday at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport as the Airbus A319, bound for New York, began taxiing down the runway. Passengers alerted the crew to the fire, prompting the emergency evacuation. A video of the incident went viral on social media, showing cabin crew inside the moving aircraft instructing passengers to stay seated while one traveler loudly pointed out: “No, it’s on fire.” This incident…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in the sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, joining millions at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after dozens died in a stampede at the event. Authorities reported that 30 people were killed in the stampede on January 29, the most auspicious day of the six-week-long Hindu festival, as over 76 million people gathered at the river for the ‘royal dip’. Some sources claimed the death toll exceeded 50. Devout Hindus believe that bathing at the confluence of the three sacred rivers — Ganga, Yamuna, and the…
Swedish police said on Wednesday that “erroneous narratives” were being spread on social media about the mass shooting on Tuesday at an adult education centre, the deadliest gun attack in the Nordic country. “We want to be clear that based on investigative and intelligence information at present, there is no information pointing to the culprit acting on ideological motives,” police stated in a brief message on their website. Police reported on Tuesday that 11 people died and many were injured in the shooting at Risbergska School in Orebro, located about 200 kilometers west of Stockholm. The motive for the crime…
Around 10 people were killed Tuesday in a shooting at an education centre in Sweden, including the suspected gunman, police said, following the rare gun attack on a campus in the Nordic nation. Authorities had initially reported several injuries from the incident at Campus Risbergska, a secondary school for young adults in Orebro, but had not announced any fatalities. “Around 10 people have been killed today,” Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest told reporters, adding that the police could not provide more specifics about the number. “The suspected assailant is not known to police.” He also mentioned that police had…
After joining US President Donald Trump’s administration, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has already begun reshaping the country’s federal government. However, a recent article in The New York Times highlighted how Musk’s strong influence on the government may raise concerns over his role as the leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). According to the article, Musk, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, was the driving force behind the appointment of former Pentagon official Troy Meink as Trump’s Air Force Secretary. Meink previously ran the Pentagon’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), where he was responsible for “overall day-to-day management…
US President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a US military plane departed to return deported migrants to the country. A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the C-17 aircraft had departed for India with migrants aboard but would not arrive for at least 24 hours. Trump spoke with Modi on January 27, when they discussed immigration and stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and fostering fair bilateral trading ties. India, a strategic partner of the…
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce on Tuesday, aiming to bring the agency in line with US President Donald Trump’s priorities, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A CIA spokesperson stated that these moves were intended to align the agency with the goals of new CIA Director John Ratcliffe. “Director Ratcliffe is moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the Administration’s national security priorities. These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy,” the CIA spokesperson said in a statement. The agency does not disclose…
A United States military plane carrying illegal Indian immigrants landed in India’s northern city of Amritsar on Wednesday, as reported by a Reuters witness, deporting these individuals as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Some local media outlets reported that the flight brought back 205 people, while others cited 104 individuals, most of whom were from the northern state of Punjab, where Amritsar is located, and the western state of Gujarat. The Trump administration has increasingly turned to military aircraft to help execute its immigration agenda, using these planes to deport migrants and opening military bases to house them.…
Washington: The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that Elon Musk’s government reform team will be able to view data from its sensitive payment system but cannot make any changes to it. This came after Democratic lawmakers raised concerns and called for an investigation. Musk, the world’s richest person, is leading President Donald Trump’s federal cost-cutting efforts under the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As part of that initiative, he reportedly pushed for a team led by IT executive Tom Krause to be given access to the Treasury Department’s closely guarded payment system, which handles trillions of dollars in transactions,…
