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As India shared its victory at ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma's video from the stadium left fans gushing. Apart from the celebration on ground after India's win, there were several moments between Virat and his actress wife Anushka Sharma which went viral. In one viral clip, Virat Kohli had his arm around Anushka Sharma as they stood on the field, lost in conversation. Right before this, the cameras caught a beautiful moment where Virat ran up the stands, straight into Anushka’s arms, to hug…

NEW YORK: US immigration agents arrested a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University as part of President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on activists. Mahmoud Khalil, a student at the university's School of International and Public Affairs, was arrested by US Department of Homeland Security agents at his university residence on Saturday evening, the Student Workers of Columbia labor union said in a statement. His wife is a US citizen, eight months…

OTTAWA: Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister. Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon. Carney, 59, took 86% of votes cast to beat former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in a contest in which just under 152,000 party members voted. "There's someone who's…

KYIV:  President Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, ahead of talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia. The United States, once Ukraine's main ally, has upended its wartime policies in its stated pursuit of a rapid end to the fighting, engaging directly with Moscow while cutting off military assistance and intelligence sharing for Kyiv. Zelenskiy is expected to meet Mohammed bin Salman, whose Saudi Arabia has played various…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20%, launching new trade conflicts with the top three US trading partners. The tariff actions, which could upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual US trade went into effect hours after Trump declared that all three countries had failed to do enough to stem the flow of the deadly fentanyl opioid and its precursor chemicals into the US. China responded…

NEW DELHI: An Indian woman Shahzadi Khan convicted of murdering the child and sentenced to death in Abu Dhabi has been executed. This was revealed when the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed the Delhi high court on Monday that Shahzadi Khan, aged 33, sentenced to death in Abu Dhabi over the death of an infant, was executed on February 15. Shahzadi was convicted of murdering the child and sentenced to death, a ruling that was upheld by the UAE’s highest court, the Court of Cassation. UAE authorities notified…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday directed a “pause” to United States assistance to Ukraine as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to engage in negotiations to end the war with Russia. The move comes just days after a disastrous Oval Office meeting in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance tore into Zelensky for what they perceived as insufficient gratitude for the more than $180 billion in military aid the US has sent to Kyiv since Russia invaded three years ago. The halting of…

JERUSALEM: Israel has halted the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza and threatened Hamas with more "consequences" if the Palestinian group does not agree to extend phase one of their fragile ceasefire agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that “the entry of all goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip will be halted,” accusing Hamas of refusing to accept a framework for the continuation of talks proposed by US special envoy Steve Witkoff. "Israel will not allow a ceasefire without a…

Mikey Madison claimed her first Academy Award on Sunday, winning best actress for her role as a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch in the drama "Anora." The 25-year-old beat "The Substance" actor Demi Moore, Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, Cynthia Erivo of "Wicked" and "Emilia Perez" star Karla Sofia Gascon. In "Anora," Madison played an exotic dancer named Ani who gets married on a whim to Ivan, a member of a wealthy Russian family. Ivan's family does not respond well to the marriage. Madison…

LOS ANGELES: Zoe Saldana won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as a Mexico City lawyer and fixer for a former drug lord in the crime drama and musical "Emilia Perez." It was the first Oscar win for the 46-year-old Saldana and was preceded by wins at the Golden Globes and BAFTA and SAG awards this year for the same role. Saldana helps the drug lord fake his death and then get gender-affirming surgery so that Emilia Perez can become a woman, played by Spain's Karla Sofia Gascon. In return, she…

LOS ANGELES: Kieran Culkin won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for playing a motor-mouthed American tourist in "A Real Pain." A star of the HBO program "Succession," Culkin was a heavy favorite to win after sweeping BAFTA, Critic's Choice, Golden Globe and SAG awards for the movie, which is about two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland. "I have no idea how I got here," Culkin said while accepting his award on stage. "I've been acting all my life. I never felt like this was my trajectory." The movie…

LOS ANGELES: Adrien Brody won his second best actor Oscar on Sunday for playing a Jeweish immigrant architect who chases the American dream in the epic postwar drama "The Brutalist." The 51-year-old New York City native had previously won for "The Pianist," when he became the youngest best actor winner at age 29. "Acting is a very fragile profession," Brody said. "No matter where you are in your career, it can all go away. I think what makes this most special is the awareness of that." Brody joins an elite group of…