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The lone surviving guest of a lunch where three others died after being served food laced with deadly mushrooms told an Australian court on Monday the actions of host and convicted murderer Erin Patterson had left him feeling “half alive”. Patterson was found guilty last month of luring her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, to lunch at her home and poisoning them with individual portions of Beef Wellington that contained toxic death cap mushrooms. A jury also found the 50-year-old guilty of the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, who survived the 2023…

Updated on: Aug 25, 2025 09:32 am IST Raja Jackson unleashed a brutal attack on wrestler Syko Stu at a KnokX Pro Wrestling event in Los Angeles, leaving the latter unconscious.  Raja Jackson’s actions during a live wrestling event has left fans aghast, as the son of former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, unleashed a brutal assault on wrestler Stewart Smith aka Syko Stu. One wrestler, going by the stage name ‘The Epic’, managed to get Raja Jackson away from Syko Stu, when the former was raining blows on the latter. (Facebook/Douglas Malo) The video from the event…

The military said some troops are now carrying guns as Trump claims there is now ‘no crime’ in the US capital.National Guard troops patrolling the United States capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, the military said on Sunday.“Starting the late evening of August 24, 2025, [Joint Task Force-DC] service members began carrying their service-issued weapon,” the Joint Task Force-DC said in a statement.The troops are only authorised to use force “as a last resort and solely in response to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm”, the statement said.Unnamed officials told the…

Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will initiate wastewater surveillance for 10 viruses across 50 cities over the next six months. Currently, five cities are being monitored. The move is aimed at identifying any increase in virus growth trend at the earliest, said ICMR head Rajiv Bahl.What is the plan? “The next six months will see the scaling up of surveillance across India which will enable us to pick up any rise in virus load in the community. Currently, the COVID-19 virus and polio virus are under surveillance,’’ explained…

Singer-actor Selena Gomez was spotted having a blast in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in what many believed to be her bachelorette party with her girlfriends. However, fans couldn’t help but notice the absence of her close friend Taylor Swift, sparking curiosity among social media users about where Taylor was. Taylor Swift, who has been friends with the star for almost 20 years, is on the guest list to attend Selena Gomez’s nuptials in September, Selena Gomez’s Cabo getawayOn Sunday, Gomez was pictured letting loose in Cabo San Lucas. Several photos have surfaced on social media showing Gomez, 33, soaking up…

Kerala’s star batter Sanju Samson turned up with a whirlwind century to fashion Kochi Blue Tigers’ stunning last-ball victory against the Aries Kollam Sailors at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. After a sluggish start in the Kerala Cricket League batting down the order, scoring only 13 off 22 deliveries while batting at number six the previous day, the onus on chasing down a whopping 237-run target against the Sailors fell on Sanju. Amid growing reports that he could lose out on his opening slot in the T20I set-up for India in the Asia Cup with the inclusion of…

Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing the music streaming provider’s Co-President and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom. The increases would be accompanied by planned new services and features, the FT cited Norstrom as saying in an interview. Spotify did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Story continues below this ad Earlier in August, the Swedish firm said it would increase the monthly price of its premium individual subscription in some markets from September, as it looks to improve profit margins. It…

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is all set to make his directorial debut with the show Ba***ds of Bollywood. The preview of the show was launched at a grand event in Mumbai. Now, Sunny Deol has expressed his views on the series and heaped praise on Aryan. Sunny Deol heaps praise on Aryan Khan’s show Ba***ds of Bollywood. Sunny Deol hails Ba***ds of BollywoodOn Sunday, Sunny took to Instagram and shared a preview of Aryan’s Ba***ds of Bollywood. Along with it, the actor penned a note which read: “Dear @aryan, your show is looking absolutely fantastic! Bob…

Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall, on Sunday, August 24, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary.A Defense Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly said some units on certain missions would be armed — some with handguns and others with rifles. The spokesperson said that all units with firearms have been trained and…

With Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to New Delhi, India and China appear to be one step closer to resuming direct flight connectivity between the two most populous countries in the world. With the exception of the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong, India and China have had no direct flights since early 2020, just before COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. “Both sides agreed to resume direct flight connectivity between Chinese mainland and India at the earliest, and finalize an updated Air Services Agreement. They also agreed on the facilitation of visas to tourists, businesses, media…