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The newly opened Greater Chennai Corporation gym at Chinthadripet | Photo Credit: RAGU R At this community gymnasium in Chintadripet for women, functionality pulls its weight. Luxury does not quite keep pace with functionality, but no one is complaining. With murals displaying women in workouts, the ambience draws the eye without going over the top….
A file image of Toshifumi Suzuki. | Photo Credit: Reuters Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan’s convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18, Seven & i Holdings said on Monday (May 25, 2026). He was 93. Born in Nagano in 1932, Mr. Suzuki…
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The recent success of Ensitrelvir at preventing COVID-19 is a milestone in a drug quest that began with a singular development at the start of the pandemic. In January 2020, the full-length genome sequence of a strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was posted on an online discussion forum for virologists. The sequence revealed that SARS-CoV-2,…
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The story so far: Hainan, China’s southernmost province and a tropical island in the South China Sea, has come to the forefront of the country’s modern-era opening-up efforts with the beginning of its free trade port (FTP) and customs closure in December. Envisioned as a ‘landmark leap’ into economic ease, China is trying to set…
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APCC president Y.S. Sharmila on Sunday condemned the filing of cases against journalist and former MLC from Telangana K. Nageshwar, terming it an act of harassment and political vindictiveness. In a statement, Ms. Sharmila said it was unbecoming of the NDA government in the State to target an academic and intellectual in such a manner….
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Policemen talk to workers as they leave their site accommodation at the foot of the nine-storey building that collapsed under construction in Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, May 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll rose to three on Monday (May 25, 2026) in the collapse of a building under construction near the…
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Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) walks to the corner of the field to take a corner kick during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Philadelphia Union on May 24, 2026, in Miami. | Photo Credit: AP Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer match against Philadelphia Union with an apparent…
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Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan was admitted to a private hospital in Coimbatore late on Saturday. Hospital sources said the Minister was admitted to the hospital due to fever, around 11.30 p.m. They said that though his condition improved early on Sunday, doctors advised him to remain under care in the hospital till Monday…
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah in a statement Sunday of trying to plunge Lebanon “back into chaos.” Mr. Rubio denounced what he called Hezbollah’s “reckless call to overthrow Lebanon’s democratically elected government” and said the pro-Iran armed group was “actively trying to drag Lebanon back into chaos and destruction.” Naim Qassem, the…
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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Quad remains a “vital framework”, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said, responding to concerns that the four-nation grouping had lost its relevance, and indicated in an interview that ‘Cooperation over Critical Minerals’ needed for green energy and hi-tech would be at the top of…