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Gaza: A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. “To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,” Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. “We are not facing…
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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on Sunday morning local time, according to the regional earthquake monitoring service. The local emergencies ministry said tremors were felt along the coast including in the region’s capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. “Operational teams of rescuers and firefighters are inspecting buildings,” the regional branch…
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The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the strike was carried out by an “Israeli drone”. Jenin, West Bank: Palestinian officials said two people were killed in an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank on Saturday that the Israeli military said targeted a “terrorist cell” in the Jenin area. “Two bodies were…
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Several aftershocks were recorded after the initial quake (Representational) Washington, United States: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Sunday morning local time, according to the regional earthquake monitoring service. The local emergencies ministry said tremors were felt along the coast including in the region’s capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. “Operational…
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When P.R. Sreejesh announced, through a series of comic strips on social media, his decision to retire from international hockey after the Paris Olympics, the move made sense given how he had been talking about it for some time now, with broken bones and the stress of performance. The way he did it, though, was…
Chaitey gelaam odhikaar, hoye gelaam razakar! In the tsunami of slogans that swept away the Sheikh Hasina government earlier this month, this particular one (“We asked for our rights but became razakars”), dripping with sarcasm, stood out as the summary of the political history of Bangladesh’s independent existence. As her law and order machinery overplayed…
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The rape and murder of a trainee doctor has led to nationwide strikes by the medical fraternity. Kolkata: Amid the ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Kolkata Police have imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section…
Poliovirus, most often spread through sewage and contaminated water, is highly infectious. Gaza: Gaza has recorded its first polio case in 25 years, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children. Tests in Jordan confirmed the disease…
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The plant was seized by Russia’s forces early in the war Vienna, Austria: The UN’s nuclear watchdog warned on Saturday that the safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was “deteriorating” following a nearby drone strike. Earlier on Saturday, Russia accused Ukraine of dropping an explosive charge on a road near the occupied plant…
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Shillong Lajong FC held FC Goa to a 1-1 draw in the concluding Group F match of the 133rd Durand Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong to top the group and ensure a quarterfinal berth in the process. Needing just one point to qualify, Shillong Lajong secured it against a 10-man FC Goa…
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