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Geneva, Switzerland: More than 900 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United Nations rights chief said on Tuesday. “It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year,” Volker…
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Passengers wait for their flight at the Damascus International Airport on January 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: AFP International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) for the first time since Islamist-led rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month, AFP journalists said. A Syrian Airlines flight bound for Sharjah,…
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South Korean anti-graft investigators waited for a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korean anti-graft investigators waited on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) for a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The…
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New Delhi: After nine years at the helm, Justin Trudeau has stepped down as Canada’s prime minister and the leader of the governing Liberal Party. The Liberals have to elect a new leader ahead of the October 2025 general elections, where surveys don’t paint an encouraging picture for the party. Several candidates are expected to…
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Hyderabad: Top Telugu actor Allu Arjun on Tuesday visited the boy, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital here after suffering serious injury in a stampede at the premiere of his latest film Pushpa 2. Earlier, Arjun was scheduled to visit the hospital on January 5 but the plan was cancelled. The actor is…
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A person watches a cloud and lava erupting over the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily, July 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021…
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The nightmarish batting performance is deservedly under the scanner after India’s meek surrender in the Border-Gavaskar series but a closer look at the team’s bench strength would reveal that bowling resources are a bigger concern for the side as it navigates a difficult transition. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s Test future hangs…
New Delhi: Over 1.55 crore Delhi voters will vote in the Assembly election on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8, the Election Commission announced today. Delhi has 70 Assembly constituencies, 12 of them reserved. A total of 13,033 polling stations will host the election for choosing members of the eighth Delhi…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today dismissed allegations of electronic voting machine (EVM) manipulation. Addressing a press conference today to announce the dates of the Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that EVMs have repeatedly passed the test of judicial scrutiny and have earned the trust of the nation’s…
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File image of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.© AFP India captain Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad has suggested that the opening batter should play a couple of domestic games to prepare for Test cricket after his dismal form in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. India lost the five-Test series 3-1 and missed…
