Russian Strikes Across Ukraine: Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 10; missiles hit Poland too

Shocked residents stand outside the building partially destroyed by Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Lviv A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday, and Nato scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the…

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‘Monumental step toward lasting peace’: Donald Trump announces ‘historic’ Gaza deal as Board of Peace agrees on Hamas disarmament

File photo: Inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, in Washington (Picture credit: Reuters) US President Donald Trump on late Thursday (local time) announced that the newly formed “Board of Peace” had reached what he described as a “historic agreement” for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza, saying the…

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Quote of the day by Bertrand Russell: ‘There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other…’ and how most of us are guilty of the second

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Walk into a crowded coffee shop or scroll through social media, and you will quickly spot a familiar ritual. A heavy paperbound volume of James Joyce’s Ulysses or David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest lies open on…

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Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso: “When I was as old as these children, I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to…” – a profound lesson on creativity, simplicity and rediscovering the fearless artist within | World News

Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso (Image: Wikipedia) Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso: “When I was as old as these children, I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to…” – a profound lesson on creativity, simplicity and rediscovering the fearless artist withinChildren draw without hesitation, painting…

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Quote of the day by Khaled Hosseini: ‘A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer’ and why guilt is the starting point for redemption

Quote of the day by Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner, published in 2003, was one of the greatest works of Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir and Hassan against the backdrop of an unstable Afghanistan. In the novel, Rahim Khan, the moral guide and father figure to Amir says…

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Quote of the day by Anton Chekhov: ‘If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry’, and a surprising take on human psychology and relationships

Anton Chekhov married Olga Knipper three years before his death. One of the most famous quotes by Russian writer Anton Chekhov is his pithy take on marriage, in which he implied that it inevitably results in loneliness. And those who are afraid of loneliness should not marry. Chekhov wrote this in his collection of private…

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Videos of Moroccan migrants entering Spain after swimming around border barriers go viral; ‘Declare national emergency’

Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere) Chilling videos of thousands of people running amok in joy as they entered Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta went viral. Within hours on Thursday, thousands of jubilant people from Morocco swam and entered Ceuta. Ceuta’s president Juan…

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