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Joe Biden And Donald Trump Trade Barbs At US Presidential Poll Rallies

May 18, 2024 admin

Atlanta, United States: Donald Trump launched another expletive-laced attack on Joe Biden as he addressed an influential gun group Saturday, while the incumbent president warned in the crucial swing state of Georgia that his “unhinged” challenger is a threat to US democracy. Trump was in Dallas, Texas, where he received the endorsement of the politically…

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Andrei Belousov | Putin’s war manager

May 18, 2024 admin

Andrei Belousov | Photo Credit: Illustration: R. Rajesh Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as Russian President for a fifth time has spawned a slew of political moves in the country. Andrei Belousov was made Defence Minister, replacing Sergei Shoigu, who was sent away to head the National Security Council — a position held by Mr. Putin’s key…

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Upset Over Physical Assault, Assam Woman Kills Husband, Burns His Body

May 18, 2024 admin

Representational Image Guwahati: A woman has been arrested in Assam’s Jorhat district for allegedly killing her husband and eventually setting the body on fire, the police said on Saturday. A police officer said that the woman’s minor son was also apprehended along with her. According to the police, the woman confessed to the killing of…

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Dortmund hero Marco Reus buys beer for all the team’s fans at his final Bundesliga game

May 18, 2024 admin

Dortmund’s Marco Reus applauds as he is congratulated before the Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and SV Darmstadt 98 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on May 18, 2024. This is Reus’s last game with Dortmund. | Photo Credit: AP Borussia Dortmund favourite Marco Reus bought beer for nearly a whole stadium of…

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger finalise regional alliance project

May 18, 2024 admin

Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States | Photo Credit: X@BakaryYaou Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their Foreign Ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a…

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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Washington to mark a painful present and past

May 18, 2024 admin

Protesters chant pro-Palestine slogans on the National Mall on the 76th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ on May 18, 2024, on the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP Hundreds of protesters rallying within sight of the Capitol chanted pro-Palestinian slogans and voiced criticism of the Israeli and American governments as they…

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Vietnam nominates its public security minister as new president

May 18, 2024 admin

Vietnam’s Public Security Minister To Lam. File | Photo Credit: AFP Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, state media said on May 18, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country’s political establishment. The Communist Party’s Central Committee had agreed to…

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Israel War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz Threatens To Quit Unless Benjamin Netanyahu Approves Gaza Plan

May 18, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Benny Gantz for his demands Jerusalem: Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Saturday he would resign from the body unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip. “The war cabinet must formulate and approve by June 8 an action plan that will lead to the realisation…

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Chabahar | India’s gateway to Central Asia

May 18, 2024 admin

Before Partition, the town of Chabahar (earlier known as Tiz) was right at India’s doorstep, situated in Iran’s Sistan Baluchistan province where the Panchatantra was once read in Persian (entitled ‘Kalileh-wa-Dimna’), and Hindustani Urdu is understood and spoken commonly. But ties between independent India and Iran, before the 1979 revolution, were never very close, given…

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Jackie Shroff’s Name, Voice Can’t Be Used Without His Permission: High Court

May 18, 2024 admin

Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff (File photo) New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently passed an ad-interim injunction in favour of Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, restraining various entities from infringing his personality/publicity rights. A bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing a lawsuit filed by Jackie Shroff seeking protection of his name, image, likeness, persona, voice,…

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