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Now, Kapil Sharma’s new café in Surrey comes under attack
SURREY (TIP): Renowned laughter man Kapil Sharma is a worried man now. His newly set up Kap’s Café in Surrey, British Columbia, has been in the news since Wednesday, July 9 night. It was the […]

Damien Kurek paves the way for Pierre to enter the House of Commons
TORONTO (TIP): Decks have been cleared for the leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, to return to the House of Commons. The Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has already announced that a by-election to Battle […]




‘Russia has conducted direct assault on Ukraine’s culture’: Ukrainian ambassador
Kyiv (TIP)- Ukrainian ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk responded to his Russian counterpart’s letter (‘Ukraine has repressed Russian-speaking people’, July 10). The Russian ambassador’s letter was in response to one story in TOI ’s eight-part series on […]

US resumes ammo supply to Ukraine
The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused, U.S. officials said Wednesday, July 10. The weapons heading into Ukraine include 155 […]



South Korea, US and Japan top military chiefs meet in Seoul
SEOUL (TIP)- The top military chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Seoul Friday, July 11, as US President Donald Trump piles pressure on Washington’s allies over defence spending and trade. […]

A look at the tensions with Cambodia that led to Thailand prime minister’s suspension
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office Tuesday pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian leader that followed a border row that erupted on […]

South Korea’s leader says trade deal with US remains unclear ahead of Trump’s deadline
SEOUL (TIP): South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that it remained unclear whether Seoul and Washington could conclude their tariff negotiations by the deadline set by US President Donald Trump for next week, noting […]

Indonesian rescuers intensify search for 30 people missing after ferry sinks near Bali
GILIMANUK (TIP): Indonesian authorities intensified on Friday a search operation for 30 people missing after a ferry sank near the tourist island of Bali. The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after […]

‘This is not life’: Gazans reel from Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter
Gaza City (tip): Young children wandered through the charred shell of what had been a school sheltering displaced Palestinians on Thursday, after a pre-dawn Israeli strike killed 15 people there according to the civil defence […]

An oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least 4 crewmen, Egypt says
CAIRO (TIP): An oil-drilling ship capsized in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crewmen and leaving four others missing, authorities said Wednesday. The drilling ship overturned Tuesday evening off the city of Ras […]

Stabbing attack wounds several in Finland; suspect held
HELSINKI (TIP): Several people were stabbed and wounded on Thursday near a shopping centre in the Finnish city of Tampere, and the suspect has been arrested, police said. “The situation no longer poses a danger […]


Adanis, Indigo rule Indian aviation as government agencies are getting elbowed out
A lot has been said and written about air disasters in general, and the recent crash of AI 171, a flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick (London), in particular. The flight was carrying 169 Indians, 53 […]

Shocking’ COP30 lodging costs heap pressure on Brazil’s host city Belem
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): “Belem is ready,” Brazilian officials have insisted ahead of the COP30 gathering in November — but eye-watering lodging costs in the northern city have panicked many would-be attendees. President President Luiz […]

Israel allegedly drugs flour bags distributed as aid to Palestinians; at least 62 killed today in Gaza
Gaza Strip (TIP): Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) on Friday confirmed reports regarding narcotic pills of the type “Oxycodone” being found in flour bags distributed as aid to starving Palestinians by the US-backed and Israeli […]

Chinese flight makes emergency landing at Nanjing airport following ‘aircraft malfunction’
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese domestic flight made an emergency landing on Friday after experiencing an ‘aircraft malfunction’, with passengers reporting loud noises and a foul smell in the plane. A Shandong Airlines flight from Qingdao […]

6.1-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Philippines
MANILA (TIP): A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck deep off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which […]
