Month: October 2024

Italian Surfer, 36, Dies After Being Impaled By Swordfish In Indonesia

October 22, 2024 admin

36-year-old Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini has died after being fatally impaled by a swordfish during a freak incident in Indonesia. According to ABC Australia, Ms Manfrini was surfing at a popular surf break off the West Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, when the accident occurred. She was fatally injured after a swordfish speared her in the…

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New Zealand airport imposes cuddle cap with 3-minute limit on goodbye hugs to avoid traffic jams

October 22, 2024 admin

A sign informing time limits for visitors to the passenger drop-off area outside Dunedin Airport in Momona, New Zealand. | Photo Credit: AP Emotional farewells are a common sight at airports, but travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to be quick. A new three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs in the…

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Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death

October 22, 2024 admin

Antony Blinken’s latest trip comes as the Israeli military has intensified its campaign in the Palestinian enclave as well as in Lebanon against Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday (October 22, 2024), the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed…

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Why has India been accused of hosting a shadow fleet? | Explained

October 22, 2024 admin

The crude oil tanker RN Polaris and a bulk carrier sail in Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia in 2022. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: While covering the Russia-Ukraine conflict, many western media outlets have used the term ‘shadow fleet’ to describe tanker ships that carry Russian crude oil…

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GRAP Stage 2 Invoked In Delhi-NCR As Air Quality Worsens. What It Means

October 22, 2024 admin

Delhi air quality index has worsened in the past few days New Delhi: With the air quality index (AQI) in Delhi worsening in the past few days, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked stage two of the anti-pollution plan GRAP this morning. As per the real-time data provided by the System of…

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Four killed in Israeli strike on Beirut neighborhood near government hospital

October 22, 2024 admin

Flames and smoke rise form an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) | Photo Credit: BILAL HUSSEIN A child and three adults were killed and 24 others were wounded on Monday (October 21, 2024) in an Israeli strike near the Lebanese capital Beirut’s main…

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59 Hongkongers Tricked Into Undressing During Video Chats, Forced To Pay Extortion Amount

October 22, 2024 admin

In the past week, an alarming extortion scam has targeted 59 Hong Kong residents, including four women, resulting in losses exceeding HK$1.9 million (US$244,430), South China Morning Post reported. According to the police, who revealed the figures on their CyberDefender Facebook page, the scam typically involves extortionists – often women – luring male victims into…

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Bengaluru rains: Overnight downpour leads to waterlogging; BBMP says dewatering work under process

October 22, 2024 admin

The GKVK compound wall collapsed near Judicial Layout | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Heavy overnight rains in Bengaluru on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) led to waterlogging on roads and in houses, particularly around the Kodigehalli and Yelahanka underpasses. The GKVK compound wall collapsed near Judicial Layout, and water entered an apartment complex in Kodigehalli. Yelahanka…

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US Rapper Sean Diddy Drugged And Raped 13-Year-Old Girl, Lawsuit Claims

October 22, 2024 admin

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently in federal custody following multiple charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, has now been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with the help of two other celebrities at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty. According to the New York Post, a 37-year-old woman filed a lawsuit…

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India’s G20 Sherpa, British Envoy To Speak On Day 2

October 22, 2024 admin

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the “NDTV World Summit 2024 – The India Century”, the day 2 of NDTV’s flagship event is here with India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron, and Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations TS Tirumurti, among a host of…

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