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Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal. File. | Photo Credit: AP The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,344 on Saturday (September 5, 2026) as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas while thousands remain missing, police said. According…
The 193-member UN General Assembly on Friday (September 6, 2026) overwhelmingly adopted the resolution ‘“Correct the map”: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa’. File | Photo Credit: AP India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at correcting the world map to promote…
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The U.N. has backed a map that more accurately represents Africa’s true size, challenging the centuries-old Mercator projection. The resolution promotes the Equal Earth projection as a more accurate representation of the world’s continents. Source link
The accused allegedly procured heroin at a low price in West Bengal and brought it to Hyderabad for the past five years. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES The Special Task Force (STF) apprehended a person from West Bengal while he was allegedly selling heroin from a rented…
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Former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court S. Muralidhar, who chairs the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, speaks to Sarath Babu George about international humanitarian law, India’s position on Palestine, the ability of international institutions to hold powerful States accountable, judicial independence, constitutional…
A judge declared a mistrial Friday (September 4, 2026) after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile case of an American woman who killed her three young children. Lindsay Clancy, 36, acknowledged strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, but claimed she should be excused from criminal responsibility…
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Vehicles navigate through a waterlogged street near Mahipalpur after heavy rainfall in New Delhi on September 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Morning showers in Delhi brought the minimum temperature down to 24.8°C on Saturday (September 5, 2026), a dip of 3.4°C from the day before. Also read | IMD issues red alert; waterlogging at…
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A White House website featuring arcade games. File | Photo Credit: AP Tetris said on Friday (September 3, 2026) that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game’s iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the U.S. President Donald Trump administration released on Thursday (September 4, 2026). “The Tetris…
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Trump says Canada would not survive if US stop trading relationship Source link
Serena Williams and Venus Williams react during their first round match against Australia’s Maya Joint and Taiwan’s Chan Hao-Ching | Photo Credit: Reuters Four years after what seemed like their final bow, Serena Williams and Venus Williams transformed a first-round U.S. Open doubles defeat into a celebration of tennis in front of 23,000 adoring fans…
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