Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr alleges he was racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 19 Feb 202619 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Real Madrid has sent UEFA, football’s governing body in Europe, “all available evidence” of an alleged racist insult … Read more
Three Scottish brothers set a world record Saturday for completing the fastest unsupported row across the full Pacific Ocean. Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean completed the journey in 139 days, arriving in Cairns, Australia. They rowed over 9,000 miles non-stop from Peru, becoming the first team to achieve the full crossing from South America to … Read more
Zia Yusuf, a self-described ‘British Muslim patriot’, leaves a party accused of fuelling Islamophobia after 11 months. The Muslim chairman of the United Kingdom’s radical right-wing Reform UK party has quit after denouncing a call from within party ranks to ban the burqa as “dumb”. “I no longer believe working to get a Reform government … Read more
Comedian Kunal Kamra shared his statement on his social media handles amid the political slugfest over his ‘traitor’ jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a performance. Kamra, writing on X and Instagram, refused to apologise for his remarks and said he will not bow down to the mob that’s targeting him. “Our … Read more
Main political parties have laid out their economic plans in election manifestos. The economy is turning a corner. That is the message delivered by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak since he called the general elections for July 4. But the latest data shows the worst might not be over for the United Kingdom yet. Economic … Read more
Israel says Brazilian president is not welcome in the country after he compared Israel’s war on Gaza to the Holocaust. Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, and Israel says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not welcome in the country in a diplomatic rift after Lula compared Israel’s military campaign in Gaza … Read more
One of India’s biggest online travel platforms halted bookings to the Maldives, amid an increasingly fraught diplomatic spat that began when officials in the tourism-dependent island nation derided Indian leader Narendra Modi on social media. “Our company is entirely homegrown and made in India,” Prashant Pitti, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, wrote on X, the platform formerly … Read more