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A weekend attack by militants affiliated to the Islamic State group killed 48 people in the Menaka region of eastern Mali, a lawmaker told the Associated Press on Tuesday (October 20, 2026). Fighters from Islamic State in Sahel Province, or ISSP, attacked on Sunday (October 18) night into Monday (October 19) morning, and casualties included…
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France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday (October 20, 2026) authorities would mobilise a “massive” security presence next weekend, with organisers announcing plans for new protests after riots erupted on the sidelines of nationwide demonstrations. “The deployment for next Saturday will be massive,” Mr….
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Iran has attempted to blockade the Strait, demanding all ships seek its authorisation to cross. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday (October 20, 2026) that their naval mines halted two tankers attempting to travel the Strait of Hormuz via routes considered illegal by Tehran. “Two violating oil tankers were set…
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The Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) of the Coimbatore District Police arrested a man and seized 75 kg of ganja worth around ₹7.50 lakh from him late on Monday. R. Ragothaman (34), who hails from Anaiyampatti in Salem district, was arrested with the contraband. The police said that PEW personnel from the Periyanaickenpalayam unit led by Inspector…
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Haruna Kasagi was the top-scorer for Denso Iris. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Indian Railways promised a fight but delivered a no-show, crumbling like a sapling would before a tornado, against Denso Iris (Japan) 119-35 in a woefully one-sided Group-B clash in the FIBA Women’s Basketball League Asia (WBLA) at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor…
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Hyderabad’s K. Himateja celebrates after scoring a century during the third day of the Ranji Trophy match between Hyderabad and Andhra at the ACA Stadium in Mulapadu. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri The mind is the hardest pitch of all, and Hyderabad’s K. Himateja had three guides to help him read it: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Wasim…
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Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar inspecting the work to strengthen the embankments of the Thenpennai river at Gundu Uppalavadi near Cuddalore on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Cuddalore Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar inspected flood mitigation works being undertaken by the Water Resources Department (WRD) along the Thenpennai and Gedilam rivers in Cuddalore and…
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Amazon said its cloud-computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), had developed TorchNeuron, a tool that allows developers to run AI workloads built using PyTorch on its Trainium2 and Trainium3 chips with minimal code changes. | Photo Credit: ANNEGRET HILSE U.S.-based technology company Amazon has launched an open-source software tool that allows developers to run existing…
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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A young man has been arrested by the Sakthikulangara Police for murdering a 55-year-old man who was entrusted with collecting fees at the harbour toilet block and dumping his body in the septic tank. The victim, Nizar, a native of Kottukadu, Chavara, was reported missing since…
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Akash Anand remained unbeaten on 117. | Photo Credit: MCA Akash Anand had done half the job on Monday, finishing unbeaten on 58. A day later, he completed the task, converting his start into his first century of the season (117 n.o.) as Mumbai tightened its grip on Himachal Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. “Being…