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President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said on Friday (October 23, 2026) the United States would take care of Cuba after dealing with Iran and would send Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finish the deal. “We’ll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran … then we’re going…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration lifted some tariffs on Canadian imports on Friday (October 23, 2026), two weeks ahead of midterm elections, after a vulnerable Republican candidate said she’d lobbied for the change. The easing of tariffs will apply to products including “plywood sheets, some paper…
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International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the UN nuclear agency, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday (October 23, 2026) that he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060. Mr. Grossi said in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report to the UN General…
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Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa shows his inked finger after casting his vote in the Legislative Council elections at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Lucknow on October 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI After unusual names and details cropped up in the electoral roll for Legislative Council polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission sought an…
The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the outbreak gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo began Friday (October 23, 2026), the head of the World Health Organisation said. Also Read: Congo’s Ebola outbreak records more than 4,000 deaths The DR Congo’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak has passed the 9,700-case mark, with the number of…
Disha student organisation organised a protest outside the University of Mumbai, Kalina, demanding the scrapping of SIR and the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar. Students, activists and working professionals staged a protest outside Mumbai University’s Kalina campus on Friday (October 23, 2026), demanding the complete withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the…
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The Assam government will present the inaugural ‘Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Award’ to eminent singer Usha Mangeshkar in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Indian music and her association with the maestro’s works, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday (October 23, 2026). Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the award…
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, a U.S. envoy said Friday (October 24, 2026), after mounting threats by both Washington and Israel. “Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely,” Tom Barrack, the U.S….
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Australia’s captain Pat Cummins reacts as he walks off the field after his dismissal on day five of the second cricket test match between South Africa and Australia in Gqeberha, South Africa, October 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Australia captain Pat Cummins admits it is hard to “paper over the cracks” after a thumping…
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On the evening of October 17, Subham Sonkar, 32, was out pandal-hopping with a cousin, both of them dressed in festive finery. It was Saptami, the day of elaborate ritual worship of goddess Durga, when crowds throng the pandals. As a sudden, sharp spell of rain sent people rushing into the Chorbagan Sorbojanin Durga Puja…
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