Month: May 2026

North Korea revises Constitution to drop references to unification of Korean Peninsula

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North Korea revises Constitution to drop references to unification of Korean Peninsula

People offer flowers at the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument on the ‘Day of the Sun’, marking the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korea has revised its constitution to define…

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Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy wins Republican nomination for Ohio Governor

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Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy wins Republican nomination for Ohio Governor

Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek greets supporters during a watch party at the Spruce St. Sporting sports bar after winning the party’s nomination for Governor on May 5, 2026, in Columbus. | Photo Credit: AP Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire entrepreneur backed by President Donald Trump has won the Republican Party primary to become its candidate…

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Vijay’s TVK seeks CPI’s support after Congress, CPI(M) outreach

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Vijay’s TVK seeks CPI’s support after Congress, CPI(M) outreach

TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay. File | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay has reached out to the Communist Party of India (CPI), a constituent of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), seeking support to form the government in Tamil Nadu after the party emerged as the single…

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Spain confirms it will receive hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Canary Islands

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Spain confirms it will receive hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Canary Islands

A boat beside cruise ship MV Hondius anchored off Cape Verde port, on the day sick passengers were evacuated by boat from the cruise ship, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Spanish ​Health Ministry confirmed on ‌Tuesday (May 5, 2026) evening it ​would receive ⁠the MV Hondius…

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Stock markets rebound in early trade as oil prices decline amid progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations

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Stock markets rebound in early trade as oil prices decline amid progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday (May 6, 2026) following a drop in crude oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed progress in negotiations with Iran toward an agreement to end the war. A positive trend in global markets also aided the rally in domestic stocks. The…

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Kerala polls: Congress-led UDF won not due to any individual’s efforts but as people were fed up, says NSS general secretary

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Kerala polls: Congress-led UDF won not due to any individual’s efforts but as people were fed up, says NSS general secretary

G. Sukumaran Nair | Photo Credit: Leju Kamal Nair Service Society (NSS) general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair on Wednesday (May 6, 2026) said the Congress-led UDF’s win in the 2026 Kerala Assembly polls was not due to efforts of any individual, but an outcome of the people being “fed up” with the government and wanting…

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New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival

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New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach will…

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Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain’s embattled Prime Minister

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Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain’s embattled Prime Minister

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer. | Photo Credit: AP British voters will cast ballots on Thursday (May 7, 2026) in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term and confirm that an increasingly fractured United Kingdom has entered an era of messy multiparty politics. Mr. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is…

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Tensions escalate as bulldozer razes structures in Kolkata’s iconic New Market

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Tensions escalate as bulldozer razes structures in Kolkata’s iconic New Market

Tensions escalated in Kolkata as bulldozers razed multiple structures in the city’s iconic New Market on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) evening. Photo: Screengrab via X/@KBanerjee_AITC Tensions escalated in Kolkata as bulldozers razed multiple structures in the city’s iconic New Market on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) evening. Similar visuals were seen in Murshidabad’s Jiaganj as a Lenin statue was vandalised by a mob. The Trinamool Congress leaders…

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