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Kyiv: A Russian strike on the south Ukrainian town of Vilniansk killed at least seven people, Kyiv said, in an attack that came hours after Russia said a Ukrainian drone killed five people on its border village. Both countries said two children were killed in each attack, in a deadly day in the more than…
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Purvee Delgernaran, second left, chairman of the General Election Commission of Mongolia updates journalists on the results of the parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, on June 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Mongolia’s ruling party emerged from this week’s polls with its parliamentary majority significantly diminished on June 29, local media said, after a campaign dominated…
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The couple was greeted with loud cheers as its convoy drove into the grand temple grounds . London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty on the last weekend of the general election campaign prayed at London’s iconic BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir, popularly known as Neasden Temple. The couple was greeted with loud cheers…
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Protesters run from tear gas at a planned demonstration called after a nationwide deadly protest against a controversial now-withdrawn tax bill in downtown Nairobi, on June 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East…
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Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will continue the war until Hamas is totally defeated. Beirut, Lebanon: A senior Palestinian Hamas official said Saturday in Beirut that negotiations for an agreement with Israel on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal had not made any progress. A plan presented last month by US President Joe Biden,…
Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, and the newly elected members of the Federal Executive Board at the AfD federal party congress on June 29, 2024 in Essen, Germany. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The far-right Alternative for Germany re-elected its leadership duo on June 29…
Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group’s trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 290km north of Baghdad, Iraq. File | Photo Credit: AP Islamic State fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in Syria since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor…
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While addressing a gathering late last year, far-right German politician Björn Höcke, then on trial for raising a Nazi slogan at a 2021 rally, invoked the phrase “Everything for…,” prompting the crowd to respond “Germany” to complete the banned Nazi slogan, which was inscribed on the knives of Adolf Hitler’s storm troopers, who played a…
Two of India’s greatest ever cricketers – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma – announced their T20I retirements on Saturday, after the side’s second T20 World Cup win. While Kohli announced his retirement minutes after the historic triumph, India captain Rohit Sharma announced it in the official post match press conference. Rohit, who played…
Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The maker of the indigenous coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), has admitted to an “inadvertent error” in patent filings to protect the vaccine’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). One of India’s leading biotechnology companies, it had failed to include scientists from…
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