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Freya Kemp of England hits the ball to the boundary for four during the 2nd Women’s Vitality IT20 match between England and India at the Seat Unique Stadium on May 30, 2026, in Bristol, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images All-rounder Freya Kemp produced a decisive performance with both bat and ball as England bounced…
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Venezuelan Opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. File | Photo Credit: AFP Venezuela’s former Opposition candidate Edmundo González called on Saturday (May 30, 2026) for Presidential elections as the five-month mark of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration approaches in the wake of the U.S. military intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro in early January. The 76-year-old former…
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. File picture | Photo Credit: AP Lebanon’s Prime Minister accused Israel on Saturday (May 30, 2026) of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” in his country’s south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen locations. A day after…
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Sanu Jose | Photo Credit: The Hindu Nearly four years after he endured the suffering and shame of a lifetime, after being detained by Equatorial Guinea along with his colleagues, Kochi-based sailor Sanu Jose feels relieved now more than ever. Mr. Jose, a native of Elamkulam in Ernakulam, says the recent judgment of the International…
The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Saturday (May 30, 2026) sought to corner Mayor V.K. Minimol, accusing her of ‘abuse of power’ by illegally extending the agreement with the company engaged in biomining legacy waste after the expiry of the original contract, without consulting the council. LDF parliamentary party leader V.A. Sreejith had written…
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Former Supreme Court judge J. Chelameswar on Saturday (May 30, 2026) expressed doubts over how effectively the Constitution’s fundamental rights protect common people. He said an audit on the matter could yield “very uncomfortable” findings. He made the critical remarks while inaugurating a two-day national conference at the Government Law College, Ernakulam, on ‘Shaping the…
State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Chairperson Alexander Thomas has sought the intervention of the Ernakulam District Collector for a probe by the Revenue Divisional Officer into an incident in which a woman sustained injuries after an iron piece fell on her car at the worksite of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) on Civil Line Road…
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Mohammed Shiyas, MLA, has demanded the immediate launch of the second phase of construction of the tetrapod-based seawall along the unprotected coastline of Chellanam panchayat. He was participating in a meeting held at the district collectorate on Saturday (May 30, 2026) to review the second phase of the project. Mr. Shiyas said hurdles in the…
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The Kochi Corporation Council has decided to seek an explanation from the contractor entrusted with installing LED street lights across 76 divisions over alleged lapses in service delivery. Mayor V.K. Minimol announced the decision at the council meeting held on Saturday (May 30, 2026) after councillors, cutting across political parties, levelled severe criticism against the…
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Bereaved family members mourn after several people died following the consumption of suspected spurious liquor, at Phugewadi area of Pimpri Chinchwad, in Pune district, Maharashtra, on May 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Seventy four years old Tarabai Shivnath Netke is still in a state of shock, though she reported to work hours after her…
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