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The interior of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand on May 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: On May 20-21, a Singapore Airlines flight, SQ321, with 211 passengers and 18 crew, from London’s Heathrow Airport to Singapore encountered severe turbulence while…
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G-7 Finance Ministers cited “progress” on Saturday in finding ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, envisioning a concrete proposal to present to a leaders’ summit next month. A search for creative yet legally sound solutions was top of the agenda at the two-day Group of Seven meeting in Stresa, northern…
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China in the first week of next month to join the formal launching of the second phase of the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, according to a media report on Saturday. A source in the Prime Minister’s Office told…
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A health worker displays empty vials of Covaxin in Guwahati. File | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) issued a letter to the researchers of Banaras Hindu University last week, countering their study on the side effects of India’s indigenous vaccine for COVID — Covaxin. In a…
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A view of the Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court has highlighted the “crying need for a clear sentencing policy”, which should never be judge-centric, as society needs to know the basis of a sentence. A Bench led by Justice M.M. Sundresh said sentencing a convict for a…
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South Africa on Saturday said it will engage with the Indian government following reports of the arrest of two Gupta brothers there, one of whom is wanted here for allegedly looting billions from state-owned enterprises. Atul, Ajay, and Rajesh Gupta, from an Indian-origin family, have been accused of siphoning billions of rands in South Africa…
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Nicki Minaj played a show in Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome on Thursday (File) American rapper Nicki Minaj said on social media on Saturday that she was held at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on allegations of possession of soft drugs. Minaj, 41, was detained hours before she was due to perform a concert in Manchester, England. Dutch military…
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The story so far: The death of Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s President, and eight others, including Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, in a helicopter crash on May 19, has sent shockwaves across the region. The timing of the accident was significant. Tensions remain high in West Asia, particularly after Iran launched its first direct attack on Israel…
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When Karim A.A. Khan was sworn in as the chief public prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in June 2021, he famously said the Court should be judged by its act — “the proof of the pudding should be in the eating”. By announcing his decision on May 20 to apply for arrest warrants…
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A British air force pilot has died after a Spitfire aircraft crashed on Saturday into a field in eastern England, police and the RAF said. The fighter aircraft was part of a commemoration of the Battle of Britain at RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, the Guardian newspaper reported. “Awful news to see the life of a…
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