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An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on July 1, two local officials said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. Mali has for over a decade been ravaged by jihadists and other armed groups, with the centre of the West African country becoming a hotbed of…
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More than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war broke out last year in October. Geneva: Around nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday. Andrea De Domenico, head of the…
Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water and workers dismantled roadside advertising boards to…
Sources said the Pakistani national was aged around 15. (Representational) Ferozepur, Punjab: BSF troops Wednesday arrested a Pakistani national, a teenage boy, near the International Border (IB) here, officials said. According to the BSF, the troops observed the movement of a person in the morning hours near the border fence. The boy tried to escape,…
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Indian cricket player Hardik Pandya poses with the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup trophy, in Barbados. | Photo Credit: PTI Hardik Pandya rose two places to become the first Indian to occupy the number one spot in the ICC’s T20I all-rounders’ rankings on July 3, as the country’s cricketers improved their standings following their…
U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race. Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during a call with campaign staff on Wednesday and sought to reassure top Democrats on Capitol Hill that he is fit for re-election, despite his disastrous debate performance last week….
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International knockout football, there’s nothing like it. Stature holds no weight here, it disintegrates and fades away into oblivion. Tactics take the backseat. Pulverising passion, oceans of emotion, gut-wrenching nerves, the hopes of an entire nation — these are the driving forces in the playoff rounds. David, Goliath, Butch, Sundance, it doesn’t matter. It is…
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Ershad Sultan was arrested on June 30. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday acquitted a person who was arrested on the charge of criticising a state minister on social media. A single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha directed that Ershad Sultan be released immediately. The matter related to a meeting of Chief Minister Mamata…
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Naomi Osaka only returned to the tour in January after giving birth to daughter Shai last year.© AFP Naomi Osaka was sent crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round on Wednesday by America’s Emma Navarro, who allowed the Japanese superstar just five games in a one-sided contest. Osaka, playing her first Wimbledon…
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Rajesh Agrawal, former Deputy Mayor of London for Business, is the Labour Party’s candidate for Leicester East, a constituency in the East Midlands. Mr. Agrawal, who is fluent in Hindi, was born in Madhya Pradesh and grew up in India. Leicester is home to many British Indians as well as recent immigrants from India, and…
