Author: News Desk

Qatar: Lionel Messi joined Gabriel Batistuta for the most goals scored by an Argentina player in the history of the FIFA World Cup with his goal against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal. In the 73rd minute, Messi converted a penalty kick to score his tenth goal for Argentina in the World Cup game. Batistuta scored a total of 10 goals in 12 appearances over the 1994–2002 World Cups. Messi scored his fourth goal at the World Cup in Qatar. Against Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Australia, he scored one goal each. His overall goal total with Argentina increased by one after…

United States: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking a federal judge to hold Mr. Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena issued this summer ordering the former president to submit the documents marked classified in his possession. The development comes after Mr. Trump’s legal team stated that it conducted searches at four locations and found out two documents with classified markings at a storage facility in Florida. The Trump team turned over those two documents to the FBI and announced to a federal judge in Washington, DC, that they believed Trump was…

Peru: Mr. Pedro Castillo, Peru’s ousted President, has appeared in court on the charges of rebellion and conspiracy. The court will decide whether Mr. Castillo should be held in preliminary detention as he faces charges for “breaching constitutional order” after his failed attempt to shut down congress and rule by decree until new elections. Mr. Castillo’s was removed from power hours later lawmakers accused him of staging a coup. The lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to remove the President in a scheduled impeachment vote, thwarting his last-ditch attempt to hold on to power. In recent years, the Andean country has experienced intense political…

South Korea: The South Korean Parliament has passed a historical law to scrap country’s two traditional methods of counting age. The country decided to adopt international standard age system. The shift to new system will make its citizens either one or two years younger on official documents. The traditional “Korean Age” system will no longer be permitted on official documents from June 2023. The revision is aimed at reducing unnecessary socio-economic costs because legal and social disputes as well as confusion persist due to the different ways of calculating age. Mr. Yong Sang-bum, representative of People Power Party, commented. According…

United States: The Google’s anti-hacking unit has reported that the North Korean hackers exploited South Korea’s deadly Halloween crowd crush to target internet users. According to the Threat Analysis Group at Google, the hackers planted malicious software in Microsoft Office documents disguised to look like a South Korean government report on the Halloween crush. At least 158 people had died in the Halloween tragedy due to a crowd surge, which occurred when Halloween partygoers became stuck in a narrow alley in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood. Based on the statements from Google, this incident was widely reported on and the lure takes…

London, UK: The controversial Netflix documentary starring Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been released on Netflix. In it, the couple promises to recollect their painful separation from the British royal family. Netflix announced the project, “Harry & Meghan,” last week following months of rumours that the couple will star in a tell-all series. Soon after the couple completed their final royal duties in March 2020, Harry made the following statement in a video diary that was featured in the first episode: “It’s really hard to look back on it now and go, what on earth happened? Like…

Indiana, US: The Indiana Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming that it deceives its users, particularly young children, about the amount of objectionable content and the security of user data. Republican Attorney General Mr. Todd Rokita claimed that while the social video app says it is safe for users 13 years and older, the app contains “salacious and inappropriate content” available to young users “for unlimited periods of time, day and night, in an effort to line TikTok’s pockets with billions of dollars from U.S. consumers.” In a further complaint, Mr. Rokita claimed…

United States: Mr. Jaylen Smith, an 18-year-old college student from the state of Arkansas, has become the youngest black mayor to be elected in the US. Mr. Smith, a representative of Democratic Party, is elected to lead the rural town of Earle, 30 miles (48km) west of Memphis, Tennessee. Citizens of Earle, Arkansas, it’s official. I am your newly elected Mayor of Earle, Arkansas. It’s Time to Build a Better Chapter of Earle, Arkansas. I would like to thank all my supporters for stepping up getting people to the polls. I am truly grateful for you all. Mr. Smith posted…

London, UK: The UK has approved a controversial plan to open the nation’s first new coal mine in three decades after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch coal at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. The UK housing and communities secretary, Mr. Michael Gove, gave his approval on Wednesday to the plan to open the Whitehaven coal mine in Cumbria, a county in northwest England that is home to the Lake District, which has been listed as a World Heritage Site. The coal mine is expected to create more than 500 jobs. According to the UK Climate…

Peru: Ms. Dina Boluarte has become the first female President of Peru after Mr. Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress. Earlier, Mr. Castillo stated that he was replacing Congress with an “exceptional emergency government.” The armed forces of Peru rejected Mr. Castillo’s attempt to sideline lawmakers, calling it an “infringement of the constitution.” The former President’s move was ignored by lawmakers, and in an emergency meeting impeached him. Mr. Castillo was then detained and accused of rebellion. The new President was appointed hours after a majority…