Month: October 2024

Israeli Army Says Some Projectiles Fired From Lebanon Intercepted

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Approximately five projectile were fired from Lebanon, the Israeli military said. Jerusalem: The Israeli army on Monday night said approximately five projectiles were fired into the country from Lebanon, some of them were intercepted by the aerial defence system. “Following the sirens that sounded in number of areas in central Israel, approximately five projectile launches…

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U.S. spent $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last October 7: study

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The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war on Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around West Asia, according to a report for Brown University’s Costs of War project, released on Monday on the anniversary of Hamas’s attacks on Israel. An additional…

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10,000 Tablets of Yaba Drug Worth Rs 1 Crore Seized in Assam

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The police said that a vehicle has also been seized during the operation. (Representational) Karimganj, Assam: Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the police apprehended one person and seized 10,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 1 crore in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday, officials said. Karimganj ASP Pratap Das said that the seizure was carried…

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Bengalurur Woman Dies Of Electrocution After Electric Wire Falls On Her

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According to Police, the woman was identified as Manjamma. (Representational) Bengaluru: 55-year-old woman died of electrocution after an electric wire snapped and fell on her in Karnataka’s Tavarekere on Monday, police said. According to Tavarekere Police, the woman was identified as Manjamma. The incident took place in Magadi road of Tavarekere area in Bengaluru district,…

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Genome-editing is helping us understand hereditary cancers better

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s estimates of the burden of 36 cancers in 185 countries suggest one in five individuals have a lifetime risk of developing cancer. The Agency also estimated that one in nine males and one in 12 females will die of cancer. In all, the agency counted 20 million new…

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US Court Orders Google To Open Android To Rival App Stores

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San Francisco: A US judge on Monday ordered Google to open its Android smartphone operating system to rival app stores, in a fresh legal setback for the tech giant. The order is the result of Google’s defeat in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games, where a California jury decided that Google wields illegal…

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Weekend wildfires lead to 1 death, large areas burned in western North Dakota

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In this photo provided by the Arnegard Fire Protection District, a wildfire burn near Arnegard, N.D., Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Wildfires driven by ferocious winds and fueled by dry conditions raged through parts of western North Dakota over the weekend, leading to one death and forcing more than 100 people to…

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Hezbollah Says It Targeted Israeli Military Base Near Tel Aviv

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Beirut: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli military intelligence base near Tel Aviv on Monday. The Iran-backed group said it fired “a salvo of rockets at the Glilot base of military intelligence unit 8200 on the outskirts of Tel Aviv”. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by…

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Russian court sentences a 72-year-old American to nearly 7 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine

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Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine against Russia in the course of a military conflict, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia October 7, 2024, in this still image taken from video. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A Russian court…

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