United States Democrats are reacting sharply to the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by two million barrels of oil per day starting next month. Calling to re-examine ties with key oil producer Saudi Arabia, the Democrats, as per the Guardian, even issued a fresh ultimatum to the Kingdom, giving it weeks to reverse the decision to reduce oil production, and even threatened it with a potential one-year freeze on all arms sales.

US Democrats ask Saudi Arabia to rollback OPEC+ oil output cut decision, warn of action

American universities continue to witness a fall in their rankings while Chinese universities are on an incline. Nevertheless, American and British colleges continue to dominate the top rankings, with the US taking up seven of the top ranks and Britain taking three of the top ten spots.

'How the mighty have fallen': Number of US universities in top 100 falls, China take up more spots

Nowadays, everyone knows better than to respond to the emails from "Nigerian princes" asking for "loans", as those cons are yesterday's news. Since then, scammers have had to upgrade to newer scams.

Japanese woman swindled out of $30,000 in an 'out of this world' scam

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly accepted Thailand's invitation to attend next month's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok.

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping to attend APEC summit in Bangkok next month, Joe Biden to skip: Reports

As North Korea threatens to beef up its nuclear capabilities, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said that the nation has nothing to gain from it. "North Korea is consistently developing and upgrading its nuclear weapons and posing nuclear threats to not only our Republic of Korea but the world," Yoon told reporters, referring to South Korea by its official name.

As N Korea ramps up missile tests, South Korean president says it has 'nothing to gain from nuclear weapons'

As Russia's assault on its neighbour Ukraine continues for the seventh month and Moscow targeted the nation in a series of deadly missile strikes on Monday, heart-touching videos of defiant Ukrainian children and adults have stolen hearts across social media.

'Ukraine's spirit is unbreakable': Citizens sing patriotic songs amid Russian attacks. Watch!

Experts have warned that criminals can make use of heat-detecting cameras to crack passwords. Researchers discovered that these cameras can help crack passwords up to a minute after typing.

Thieves can use thermal camera and AI to crack your password. Here's how

Fans of Apple went gaga over the recent 'Far Out'event which introduced to the masses iPhone14 and "futuristic" specifications like its much-touted "Crash Detection" feature.

iPhone's crash detection feature assumes woman enjoying rollercoaster has been in crash, calls 911

Shares in major Asian computer chipmakers slumped on Tuesday after the US announced tough new measures to restrict sales of technology to China. The US said it will ban American firms from selling certain chips used for supercomputers and artificial intelligence to Chinese firms, BBC reported.

Asian chipmaker shares slump after US curbs restrict sales of technology to China

Would you ever picture a soldier in a wheelchair when you think of the Army or a war? Russia's compulsory partial military mobilisation almost made that a reality.

Russia summons wheelchair-bound man to fight in the Ukrainian war

At least 85 people are estimated to have lost their lives when an overloaded boat capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria's Anambra, reports AFP quoting President Muhammadu Buhari.

85 feared dead after overloaded boat capsizes in Nigeria's flooded river

On its National Day vows Taiwan 'no compromise' on freedom and democracy

According to a report, several major US and foreign banks stand to suffer losses of $500 million or more if they carry out their commitments to finance Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.

Elon Musk-Twitter saga | Banks financing the deal face $500 million in losses: Report

Police in Gambia on Saturday announced they were launching an investigation into the deaths of dozens of children, amid growing concern over imported medicines. Following the deaths of 66 children, most from acute kidney failure, police said in a statement they were putting senior officers on the investigation.

Gambia police launch enquiry into cough syrup related deaths, President says outbreak 'now under control'

36 years since a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant unleashed one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, now "mutant" black frogs are spawning in the vicinity.

36 years after catastrophic event, Chernobyl nuclear disaster spawns 'mutant frogs'

Multiple incidents in and around the occupied West Banks resulted in fatalities on Saturday. An Israeli female soldier was fatally shot at Shuafat checkpoint at the entrance to a Palestinian refugee camp on Jerusalem's outskirts near the West Bank.

Israeli female soldier dead, 2 injured in Jerusalem shooting, forces launch manhunt for assailant

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing after facing a technical problem near Rawalpindi district in Punjab province on Tuesday.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's aircraft again makes emergency landing after 'mid-air glitch'

As the October 30, Brazillian presidential runoff draws closer far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro during an interview commented that if Donald Trump was still the US President he could've averted the Russia-Ukraine war that has been on for more than seven months now.

'The war in Ukraine would not have happened' if Donald Trump was 'still in power,' says Jair Bolsonaro

Just days after pitching his controversial "solutions" for ending the Ukraine-Russia war, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again voiced suggestions on how to end another long drawn-out tussle: the one between China and Taiwan.

After Ukraine-Russia, Elon Musk now has a suggestion on how to end China-Taiwan tensions

The world has seen its fair share of terror attacks. These terrible attacks result in huge losses of life and the devastation of property. People, who survive these are considered lucky, but are they?

Belgium woman gets euthanised after battling post-terror attack mental trauma for six years

The Indian Air Force celebrated its 90th anniversary on Saturday. On the occasion, a new indigenously made camouflage combat uniform of the IAF has been unveiled.

Indian Air Force unveils new combat uniform during its 90th anniversary celebrations

A joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy has led to the seizure of 200 kilogrammes of Afghanistani heroin worth USD 1.45 million or Rs 1,200 crore from an Iranian vessel.

200kg heroin en route to India from Afghanistan via Pakistan seized by NCB

Toyota Motor Corp on Friday announced that a major leak impacting more than 296,000 of its customers has been detected. As per a Reuters report, around 296,019, email addresses and contact numbers have been exposed in the leak.

296,000 Toyota customers affected by a data breach that went undetected since 2017

Myanmar's junta leader has not been invited to an ASEAN regional summit happening next month, host nation Cambodia announced on Wednesday. In what can be seen as a fresh diplomatic snub, the junta has been invited to "nominate a non-political representative for the upcoming ASEAN Summits".

Myanmar junta's leader won't be allowed to attend upcoming ASEAN summit: Cambodia

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