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June 3, 2026 9:34 AM

Haiti rout New Zealand 4-0 in World Cup warmup

Haiti crushed a shambolic New Zealand 4-0 in a steamy World Cup warmup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday, delighting a buzzing crowd of Haitian fans and spoiling a milestone match for All Whites captain Chris Wood. Ruben Providence struck in th...

June 3, 2026 9:31 AM

Centre on alert over possible El Nino impact; farmers’ interests will be protected: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday assured farmers that there is no need to panic over the possibility of El Nino conditions affecting the upcoming southwest monsoon, stating that the Centre has initiat...

June 3, 2026 9:23 AM

Tennis-Resolute Mensik makes Paris semis, Andreeva and Kostyuk set up meeting

Jakub Mensik battled past Brazilian breakout star Joao Fonseca with a 6-4 6-3 7-6(3) win to make the semi-finals of the French Open on Tuesday and become the youngest Czech man to reach that stage at a Grand Slam. While Fonseca fell, fellow teenager...

June 3, 2026 12:12 PM

Hostilities flare in Iran war, oil jumps with talks at a stalemate

Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday, with an Iranian missile attack damaging Kuwait's airport and the U.S. military carrying out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran showed little progress. The latest ...

June 3, 2026 9:18 AM

Oil jumps on Mideast missiles while AI bulls carry stocks higher

Oil prices rose for a third day running on Wednesday and the dollar was on the brink of breaking above 160 yen as fresh hostilities flared in the Gulf after U.S.-Iran peace talks stalled. U.S. crude futures jumped around 2% to $95.40 a barrel. The d...

June 2, 2026 10:15 PM

Rubio: US has not offered Iran sanctions relief to reopen strait

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and insisted that any sanctions relief was tied to Tehran giving u...

June 2, 2026 10:05 PM

Indonesia Open 2026: PV Sindhu, Arjun-Hariharan advance with opening round wins

Back in the top 10 of BWF world rankings, PV Sindhu kicked off her Indonesia Open 2026 with a 25-23, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Istora Senayan stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday. The former world champion had to push hersel...

June 2, 2026 10:01 PM

Trump appoints ally Bill Pulte as acting US intelligence director

President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday, elevating a political loyalist with no national security experience to lead the sprawling U.S. intelligence community at a t...

June 2, 2026 9:45 PM

HM Amit Shah meets delegation of Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday interacted with a Nepalese delegation led by Rabi Lamichhane, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman, reaffirming the commitment to enhance ties between the two countries. In a message on social media platfo...

June 2, 2026 9:35 PM

Energy security: Small modular reactors can ensure reliable power supply for defence manufacturing

India’s defence production and data centre ambitions are converging on the same constraint -- reliable power – and small modular reactors (SMRs) can support precision-oriented power supply for defence manufacturing and their deployment in emergin...