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Hamas and Israel have so far failed to reach a ceasefire deal Washington: US President Joe Biden said Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was possible as soon as “tomorrow” if the group released its hostages. “There would be a ceasefire tomorrow if Hamas would release the hostages,” Biden said at a fundraiser…
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On May 8, 60-year-old John Ramsay Swinney, a veteran of the Scottish National Party (SNP), was sworn in as Scotland’s First Minister. Mr. Swinney takes up the reins from Humza Yousaf, the former First Minister who stepped down following a threat of a no-confidence vote against him, after he ripped up his party’s coalition agreement…
The pre-war population of Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza strip sharing a border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, was 1,70,000. Today, seven months after Israel launched its war on Gaza, following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 crossborder attack in which at least 1,200 people were killed, as many as 1.5 million people are living in…
The geomagnetic storm is likely to continue through the weekend Mexico City: The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight on Friday, including a rare appearance in Mexico. In Mexicali, a desert city on Mexico’s northern border thousands of miles from the…
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Jaipur: The rift between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps in Rajasthan, which started soon after the 2018 Assembly polls, seems far from over even after the completion of Lok Sabha elections in the desert state. Now, there seems to be discontent among a section of party workers over Mr Gehlot’s appointment as Congress poll…
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The site has accused over 250 U.S. students and academics of supporting terrorism Washington: Weeks after attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration, Egyptian-American student Layla Sayed received a text message from a friend drawing her attention to a website dedicated to exposing people it says promote hatred of Jews and Israel. “I think they found you from…
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He concluded that India is poised to make crucial decisions about its future New Delhi: In the last few decades, the global order has witnessed a “re-balancing” that is shaping its new directions, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Addressing a gathering here at the launch of the Arbitration Bar of India, Mr…
“I challenge the BJP to declare its CM candidate,” VK Pandian added (File) Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader VK Pandian on Saturday challenged the BJP to declare its CM candidate for Odisha and claimed that the party would get less than 10 per cent votes if it names any of its current state leaders. Campaigning in…
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Having crashed out of the IPL 2024 playoffs race, five-time champions Mumbai Indians are playing for pride as they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. MI’s season has been overshadowed by the controversial decision to replace Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya as the captain of the franchise. Rohit,…
The accused had locked Mr Paul’s two dogs in the bathroom (File) New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s investigation into the murder of an elderly physician in southeast Delhi’s Jangpura area has revealed that he was brutally tortured and hit on the head with a blunt object before being strangulated with a leash, officials said on…