International

Driven by an aggressive online channel strategy and anti-China sentiments in the country, South Korean-made Samsung, for the first time in two years, surpassed China’s Xiaomi to become the leading smartphone market shareholder. While Xiaomi’s […]

SAULHEIM, Germany—A formerly obese German man lost around 88 pounds in two months through a diet primarily consisting of sugar-free chewing gum. The massive weight loss left divorced father-of-one Jorg Lang, 47, with skin aprons, […]

MADRID, Spain—Police raided an illegal party this past weekend in Spain, where they found an African prince and others breaking the country’s new curfew. Authorities also freed six people who claimed they were locked in […]

Bengaluru — Nine-year-old Garvit Sood, who had suffered from eye problems since the age of 3, created an eye-testing app, which he claims is one of its kind. The boy says all this in an advertisement for WhiteHat Jr, an online learning platform […]

A large-scale environmental catastrophe was averted in India’s Lakshadweep islands on Jan.15 this year. Officials received a tip-off from an anonymous source, that unknown to them, marine poachers were trying to smuggle the region’s famed […]

For Indians,  Khadi is not just another textile; it is synonymous with India’s freedom struggle. During India’s fight for independence from the British, Mahatma Gandhi urged his countrymen to boycott foreign goods and use Khadi, […]

“If it were not for the pandemic, the whole town would have been celebrating — singing along and clapping to the beats of the kirtans (hymns) sung in the Ramlila,” said Vijayanand Tewary, a resident of Ramnagar, […]

BONAO, Dominican Republic—A woman whose face was disfigured in an acid attack nine years ago has launched a campaign to lift the stigma surrounding the phenomenon and push for tougher punishments in the Dominican Republic […]

MUNICH—A major illegal distributor of erectile dysfunction drugs on the internet has been busted in a joint operation involving Spanish, pan-European and U.S. authorities. The raids took place a variety of cities in Spain, where […]