In 1871, Switzerland put a toothed rail between normal train tracks so carriages could climb steep Mount Rigi; 155 years later, the same system still works

China’s 15-year-old Zhu Yuanling won gold in the women’s street skateboarding competition at the Asian Games on Sunday, the latest in a series of young winners at this edition of the continental multi-sport event. Zhu’s win came a day after Japanese primary school student Yuki Kurihara, 11, demolished opponents three times his age on the way to a historic gold in esports. Earlier in the Games, Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi, 13, became one of the faces of the event with three golds, all in record...

Tejaswin Shankar wins Bronze in the men's Decathlon at the 2026 Asian Games.

Two giant pandas have arrived in Atlanta to take up residency at the southern US city’s zoo. The pandas, male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang, left Chengdu in China’s southwest on Sunday, within days of Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapping up his three-day state visit to the United States. During the visit, Xi said the pandas would arrive “in a few days”. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, whose names mean peace and double blessings, arrived at Atlanta International Airport on a chartered flight, state...

India received 6.91 lakh foreign tourists in August compared to 6.25 lakh in same month last year

Last week, the president of the United States stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly and asked aloud whether he should “annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly”. Donald Trump then turned to Venezuela’s oil and declared: “To the victor belong the spoils, you’ve all heard that …” He spoke as the Iran war neared its eighth month, a week after the UN Human Rights Council found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the US had committed war crimes. In the same speech,...

Shreyas Iyer welcomes pressure as India face Afghanistan in quarterfinal

Washington’s proposed military bases and expanded defence presence in Greenland will be akin to a “keep out” sign against potential Arctic military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow, according to analysts. The US, Denmark and Greenland signed a defence deal on Tuesday that allows Washington to build two new military bases on the world’s largest island, while reaffirming Denmark’s sovereignty over it. The deal – which updates and amends a 1951 defence agreement between Denmark and the US –...

Ancy Sojan Edappilly, 25, from Thrissur, wins Silver in the women's Long Jump at the 2026 Asian Games.

Singapore's Shanti Pereira won the gold medal with a timing of 22.78 seconds, while China's Yujie won the silver medal with a timing of 22.93 seconds.

Key Takeaways: Two climbing guides have been found dead after the Himlung Himal Base Camp avalanche Fourteen kitchen staff members remain missing as search operations continue...

CM Vijay announces Rs 50 lakh for Abhay Singh after Asian Games silver

A Dubai based woman named Farah has said her short trip to Mumbai left her surprised by how expensive the city has become, and how quickly its traffic and noise wore her down, prompting her to head back to Dubai after just 15 days.