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France on Saturday (October 31, 2026) braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, as shops boarded up and authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago. The demonstrations come in an increasingly febrile political climate, with presidential elections six months away and far-right…
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Enumerators being trained on Census operations in Ghazipur. Photo: X/@DCO_UP The Story So Far: Before door-to-door enumeration for the second phase of the Census begins in Uttar Pradesh and three other poll-bound States of Uttarakhand, Goa and Punjab on December 1, ahead of the rest of the country in January 2027, field trainers are preparing…
North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the world’s most prolific crypto thieves, and the proceeds help fund the country’s weapons programs, cybersecurity experts said on Friday. Blockchain investigation firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis attribute the heist to a North Korean hacking group known as “TraderTraitor,”…
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image for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Kadavanthra police have registered a case against a premium hotel in Kochi city on charges of hosting a DJ party and selling liquor at its bar beyond the permissible hours, in violation of licence conditions. The case was registered against Radisson Blu Hotel in Elamkulam following…
Counting of postal ballots for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Graduate and Teacher constituency elections underway, at a centre in Lucknow on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: Elections were held to 28 seats for Members of Legislative Council (MLC) on October 23. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an unmanned aeronautical technology exhibition and weapons demonstration, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 30, 2026. Photo: KCNA Via Reuters The United States, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the “complete denuclearisation” of North Korea on Saturday (October…
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Tata Motors said it had acquired 238,157,212 common shares, representing approximately 89.42% of Iveco Group’s common share capital, net of treasury shares. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iveco Group has become part of Tata Motors Ltd. following the successful completion of the initial settlement of the voluntary tender offer, Tata Motors said. The acquisition, led by…
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Jharkhand CM, Cong leaders leave for Delhi to take part in INDIA bloc rally on Nov 1 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and State Congress leaders on Friday (October 30) left for New Delhi to participate in the INDIA bloc “mega rally” on the “vote chori” issue, and to press for the resignation of CEC…
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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro disembarks from a plane after arriving at Opa-Locka Executive Airport near Miami, Florida, U.S., on October 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said Friday (October 30, 2026) that he fled Brazil to the United States because he was a victim of “persecution” in his country….
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two Chinese men who admitted trying to recruit U.S. military service members to spy for Beijing were imprisoned in California on Friday (October 30, 2026). Liren Lai and Yuance Chen were ordered to serve 30 months in a federal lockup and to undergo three years…
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