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After floods, strife-torn Sudan battles cholera as disease kills 388 in two months

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After floods, strife-torn Sudan battles cholera as disease kills 388 in two months

People collect clean water in Gedaref in eastern Sudan. Cholera is transmitted through contaminated food and water.  | Photo Credit: AFP Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and making about 13,000 others sick over the past two months, health authorities said, as more than 17 months of fighting between the…

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The racial divide in South Africa’s economy since the end of apartheid

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The racial divide in South Africa’s economy since the end of apartheid

Racial bias: Black joblessness is above the national average. It was 23.3% among South Africans of mixed race. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate on the extent to which its flagship Black economic empowerment law has worked. South Africa has…

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Funds trim bearish CBOT soybean bets awaiting Brazil rains

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Funds trim bearish CBOT soybean bets awaiting Brazil rains

Keeping an eye: Traders this week will be watching for U.S. harvest results. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ample global supplies have kept speculators on the short side of the Chicago grain and oilseed markets so far this year, though droughts across many key exporters are now giving bears some pause. Top soybean exporter Brazil is…

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“Virat Kohli Kept Telling Me…”: R Ashwin Reveals ‘Crowd’ Concern During Chennai Test

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“Virat Kohli Kept Telling Me…”: R Ashwin Reveals ‘Crowd’ Concern During Chennai Test

Virat Kohli (L) and R Ashwin© AFP Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that star batter Virat Kohli was surprised by the low turn-out on Day 1 of the first Test encounter between India and Bangladesh in Chennai. While the crowd was quite less during the start of play, the spectators did…

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Far-right leader Kickl within the reach of power as Austria gears up for polls

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Far-right leader Kickl within the reach of power as Austria gears up for polls

Herbert Kickl speaks at an event as he kicks off Freedom Party of . on September 7. | Photo Credit: AFP Austria’s sharp-tongued far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skillfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither as charismatic…

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Trump opens up new markets with Bibles, silver coins

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Trump opens up new markets with Bibles, silver coins

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump dueing a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, U.S., on September 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald Trump built on his father’s real estate empire and turned the family’s millions into billions, but the former U.S. President has not stuck to selling merely buildings. In the past,…

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U.S. Fed rate cuts will put money in pockets, but a mood shift may take time

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U.S. Fed rate cuts will put money in pockets, but a mood shift may take time

Even before the U.S. Federal Reserve approved its outsized half-percentage-point interest rate cut last week, financial markets had begun making credit cheaper for households and businesses as they bid down mortgage rates, cut corporate bond yields, and chipped away at what consumers pay for personal, auto and other loans. How fast that process will continue…

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Principal Kills Girl, 6, For Resisting Rape, Dumps Body On School Compound

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Principal Kills Girl, 6, For Resisting Rape, Dumps Body On School Compound

Govind Natt has been arrested and faces stringent charges and a POCSO case Ahmedabad: The investigation into the death of a six-year-old girl in Gujarat’s Dahod district has led to a chilling revelation — the Class I student was choked to death, allegedly by her school’s principal after she resisted his attempts to sexually assault…

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Sensex declines 212 points in early trade after three days of record rally

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Sensex declines 212 points in early trade after three days of record rally

Brokers react to the movement of Sensex and Nifty. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) after three days of record rally amid emergence of profit-taking. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 212.54 points to 84,716.07 in early trade. The NSE Nifty dropped 52.2 points…

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