Month: July 2024

Ukraine’s Army retreats from positions as Russia marches into strategically vital town

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A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces walks down a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ukraine’s Army has retreated from a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, Nazar Voloshyn,…

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Saudi jewel scandal: Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

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The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store. Two sources with knowledge of the case confirmed Thursday’s indictment by Federal Police, which followed another formal accusation in May against…

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From Reagan to Biden, the decades-long question of age in U.S. election

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While Ronald Reagan, left, had pledged to leave office if he became ‘impaired’, President Biden affirmed that he is ‘racing to the end’. | Photo Credit: AP The age question for presidential candidates in the U.S. is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan in 1980 answered it with a pledge to resign if…

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Fan, Who Trolled Hardik Pandya During IPL 2024, Apologises To World Cup Winner On Live TV

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Team India vice-captain Hardik Pandya had a mentally draining couple of months during the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this year. The star all-rounder was trolled and booed by fans after he took charge of the Mumbai Indians, replacing Rohit Sharma as captain. MI’s decision to sack Rohit as captain didn’t go down…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Interacts With Neeraj Chopra And Other Olympic-Bound Athletes

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with the Paris Olympics-bound Indian athletes. PM Modi spoke with javeline star Neeraj Chopra, who will aim to defend his crown in Paris, boxer Nikhat Zareen and two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu. During the interaction, PM Modi expressed confidence that India’s Olympic-bound contingent will make the…

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Pakistan’s Punjab to ban social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram to control ‘hate material’

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Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters After blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the government in Pakistan’s Punjab province is now set to ban all social media platforms – YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok – for six days between July 13 and 18, citing the need to control “hate…

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Putin says Taliban ‘our allies’ in fighting terrorism

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, July, 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow’s “allies” in fighting terrorism because they are in control of…

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Fans were more desperate for the trophy than us, says Rohit

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The T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma holds the Indian tricolour during open bus victory parade, in Mumbai, on July 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma, India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain, thanked all the Indian cricket fans for supporting the team during its campaign.  “On behalf of my team and…

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Germany Face Spain, France Take On Portugal In Thrilling Euro 2024 Quarterfinals

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Hosts Germany take on Spain in the first of two blockbuster quarter-final ties at Euro 2024 on Friday, with Kylian Mbappe‘s France up against Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Portugal in the late match. Germany and Spain clash in Stuttgart at 1600 GMT with the host nation putting their hopes on the line against probably the…

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National Rally to fall short of absolute majority in French parliamentary elections, poll shows

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A woman walks past poster reading “Vote” ahead of the second round of the legislative election, in Strasbourg, eastern France on July 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party will likely fall short of an absolute majority in forthcoming parliamentary elections, OpinionWay said in a poll for business daily Les…

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