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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, fresh from a spat with U.S. leader Donald Trump, on Thursday (June 25, 2026) met French President Emmanuel Macron to build on a nascent rapprochement and tighten ties. One of Europe’s most prominent right-wing leaders arrived in the resort of Antibes on the French Riviera for her first bilateral summit…
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An intruder who allegedly entered a private school and threatened the staff and students was arrested by the Alipiri police in Tirupati on Thursday. The incident happened at Sri Vijetha school in the city’s Akkarampalli locality, where a person identified as Chinnam Srinivas (54), who hails from Badvel town in Kadapa district and currently resides…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on Thursday (June 25, 2026) denied exerting pressure on Belarus to support an expansion of the war in Ukraine, while Belarus said it was the West that was trying to drag it into the conflict. The former Soviet state is…
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the State on the public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to authorities to prevent dumping of waste in wildlife sanctuaries. The notice was ordered by a Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman, which was hearing the…
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Poland and Ukraine tried to strike a conciliatory tone on Thursday (June 25, 2026) as they opened the annual Ukraine Recovery Conference in the Polish port of Gdansk after weeks of squabbling over historical differences — albeit without President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on the West to believe a post-war Ukraine…
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Animesh Kujur of Odisha in action in the men’s 200m during the 65th National inter-State senior athletics championship at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, June 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT The unheralded Sindhushree G. wrote her name in the record books with a shock win over Baranica Elangovan in the women’s…
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The deceased, Vaishak, was reportedly alone in the actor’s RR Nagar apartment when the incident occurred. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A Bengaluru-based businessman was found dead in the residence of actor and former Bigg Boss contestant Krishi Thapanda at R.R. Nagar on June 24 night. The name of the deceased is Vaishak. He had been…
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The BCCI Ombudsman has ruled that Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary Santosh Menon is not entitled to continue in office and has declared the post vacant. The decision was taken by BCCI Ombudsman Justice Arun Mishra (Retd.) on a complaint filed by KSCA institutional member Dolphin Cricketers. The Ombudsman held that Menon had completed…
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The case is the latest in a growing wave of climate litigation targeting major corporate emitters worldwide. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A French court ordered oil and gas giant TotalEnergies on Thursday (June 25, 2026) to account for the emissions from the use of its products by clients, in a high-stakes climate case brought…
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It took a personal intervention from Diana Edulji, a recommendation letter from Sachin Tendulkar and a stern conversation with the Railways Sports Promotion Board chairman before Harmanpreet Kaur, the India women’s cricket captain, secured a job with the Railways. Recounting the episode at the launch of Her Story, Her Glory — Aditya Bhushan’s book chronicling…