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Identities of all sex workers, former sex workers, and their families have been changed to maintain privacy Sitting in her older daughter’s room, where one corner is covered with maps and math formula sheets, Savitri, a 40-year-old former sex worker, recalls when she began hating her profession. “It was when my girls turned five and…
Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen others, local officials said Saturday (August 1, 2026), after Kyiv’s mayor warned of a ballistic missile…
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Grim reality: The highest number of fatalities among the 25-35 age group is reportedly largely because they are the most active road users. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto People aged 25-35 years recorded the highest cumulative number of fatalities in road accidents on National Highways, including Expressways, in Karnataka between 2022 and 2026, according to…
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Iran has warned that it is fully prepared to target key Israeli infrastructure and U.S. energy installations across the region if it comes under attack, amid reports that Washington and Tel Aviv may be coordinating fresh military operations against the Islamic Republic. A senior Iranian security official told Tasnim News Agency that Western media reports…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Tehran last month signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on a truce but then quickly “broke it, shot at commercial ships, and killed American soldiers”. File | Photo Credit: AP The White House signalled that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on…
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino. File | Photo Credit: Reuters FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Mr. Infantino’s decision came after his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia’s soccer…
Sandhya, in her 40s, insists she completed every dose of medication prescribed for her tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Yet, as she sits crouched outside her mud house in a remote tribal hamlet near Paderu in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, her frail frame makes her appear decades older than her age. Her struggle extends beyond the disease…