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Social activist Ruth Manorama | Photo Credit: File photo “The histories of Dalit women are histories of resistance. We have fought in villages, slums, communities, workplaces, and international platforms. We have transformed pain into power and silence into collective voice,” said social activist Ruth Manorama, speaking at a six-day ongoing national conference titled “Dalit feminist…
Naam Tamilar Katchi chief co-ordinator Seeman is introspecting on the performance of the party in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and the way forward for the party. While Mr. Seeman’s spontaneous speeches resulted in a steady growth in the vote share for the party from 1% in 2016 Assembly elections to 8.2% (around 36…
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Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to prey upon and sexually abuse women ended in a mistrial on Friday (May 15, 2026) after a jury failed to reach a…
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The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting that concluded here on Friday (May 15, 2026), reaffirmed the grouping’s call for the creation of an ‘independent and viable State of Palestine’ within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. While consensus emerged on the Statehood for Palestine, several other issues saw the members disagreeing among themselves,…
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A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israel said on Friday (May 15, 2026) it had carried out a strike in Gaza targeting Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the most senior Hamas military leader in the…
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Cuba’s former President Raul Castro. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro, a U.S. Department of Justice official said late on Thursday (May 14, 2026). The timing of the potential indictment, which would need to be approved by a grand jury, was not immediately clear, but the official…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a press conference during his visit to India, in New Delhi, on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday (May 15, 2026) he had “received messages” from the United States saying it is willing to continue talks, and that he was…
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Israel carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon on Friday (May 15, 2026) that it said targeted the militant group Hezbollah, wounding 37 people as the two countries’ envoys started a second day of peace talks in Washington. United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza condemned the “unacceptable” toll from continued attacks, saying that…
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Former champion Mumbai City FC kept the race for the Indian Super League title alive with an emphatic 4-0 win over Mohammedan SC at Kishore Bharati Stadium here on Friday. The convincing win saw Mumbai City join Kolkata giants East Bengal FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant at the top of the current league standings…
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Residents of a neighbouring house, whose wall is damaged with shrapnel, look at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment house on Thursday killing 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday (May 15, 2026) that a Russian missile attack…
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