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Spain denies cooperation with US operations in Mideast
MADRID (AP) — A diplomatic tussle between the United States and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments exchanged contradictory statements over the possible use of Spanish military bases by American armed forces for operations in the Middle East. Moments after a White House spokesperson said the Spanish government in Madrid had agreed to help…
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Pig carcass found inside Eidgah in Telangana’s Suryapet, FIR filed
Hyderabad: Police in Telangana’s Suryapet district have registered a case after the carcass of a pig was found inside an Eidgah in Basha Naik Tanda, an incident local Muslims say was meant to provoke communal tension during the month of Ramzan. A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Suryapet Rural Police Station on Tuesday, March 3, by Md Inthiyaz,…
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Beth Israel Lahey CEO Dr. Kevin Tabb to step down
Under Tabb’s leadership, the system ran a $100 million operating gain last year — the first one in the black in four years. In an employee survey last spring, majority of respondents said they were happy working for the organization and would recommend the workplace. Beth Israel has also added dozens of primary care clinicians in the past year, including…
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7 Sci-Fi Movies That Tried To Be The Next Star Wars, But Failed
The original 1977 release of Star Wars fundamentally altered the film industry, transforming a risky space adventure into an unprecedented cultural and financial juggernaut. Before this release, science fiction often relied on bleak dystopian themes or slow-paced cerebral explorations. However, George Lucas infused the genre with high-fantasy archetypes, delivering a space opera characterized by mystical energy fields, chivalric sword fights,…
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Senators clash over Iran war resolution as vote approaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to embark on a war against Iran, an extraordinary test in Congress for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy. The legislation, known as a war powers resolution, gives lawmakers an opportunity to demand congressional…
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Amit Shah, Telangana CM meet; fuel speculation on Maoist Ganapathy surrender
Hyderabad: Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy, the ideological head of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and arguably the most consequential figure in the organisation’s history, has reportedly been taken into custody by central intelligence officials and is being held at an undisclosed location in Delhi. Reports indicate that Ganapathy, 77, had been living in Nepal not as a Maoist…
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Middle East crisis live: US submarine sank Iranian warship, Hegseth says; Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran | US-Israel war on Iran
Key points from Pentagon briefing US defence secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian ocean as he declared that the Iranian navy “rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf” and that it was “ineffective, decimated, destroyed”. He declared that “America is winning” and suggested that in under a week the US…
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Microbes Mine Meteorites in Groundbreaking Space Station Experiment
Can microbes unlock valuable metals from space rocks? In a pioneering experiment aboard the International Space Station, researchers tested whether bacteria and fungi could extract platinum group elements from a meteorite under microgravity conditions. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans…
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The Forgotten Oscar Darlings: 11 Academy Award Winners That Faded Over Time
An Academy Award is the crowning achievement for any film—but a win won’t necessarily immortalize it forever. Here are the movies across Oscars history whose statuettes have long gathered dust. The Oscars are ostensibly the anointing of a year’s great films: Here’s what the high minds of Hollywood made these past 12 months; let’s exalt them now, for our sake…
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US submarine sinks Iranian warship as war expands
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power. As the war expanded yet again, Tehran warned of the destruction of the Middle East’s military and economic infrastructure. The tempo of the strikes on Iran…
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