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McLaren’s Lando Norris outpaced world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull to top the times in Friday’s second free practice session, run in hot conditions, ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Briton, who trails the three-time champion by 84 points in the drivers’ title race, clocked a best time of…
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An aerial view of the site as the rescue operation is underway where the coaches of Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express derailed, in Gonda on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The death toll in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda has risen to four, while 31 people were injured in the incident, an official…
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Rafael Nadal fought into the semi-finals of the Bastad Open on Friday as he defeated Argentina’s Mariano Navone 6-7 (2/7), 7-5, 7-5 in three hours and 59 minutes. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is through to the last four of a tournament for the first time since Wimbledon two years ago. “It was…
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File photo of Alexander Zverev© AFP Alexander Zverev claimed a season-leading 43rd win on Friday with a straight-sets victory over Zhang Zhizhen of China to edge closer to back-to-back titles at his hometown Hamburg tournament. The world number four needed just 66 minutes to secure a 6-4, 6-3 win and reach the semi-finals…
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Crowdstrike said it had rolled out a fix for the IT outage Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems worldwide on Friday. Experts, however, said full recovery from the huge crash would take “some time.” Here are 10 points on the big story Airlines, banks,…
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted on July 19 of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated. The swift conclusion of the secretive trial in Russia’s highly politicized legal system could potentially clear the way for a…
Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, delivers a statement in which he claimed an attack on the Lobivia ship, during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sanaa, Yemen on July 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Singapore-flagged vessel was damaged in an attack allegedly by Houthi militants southeast of Yemen on Friday, the Maritime and Port Authority…
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A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called on July 19 for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the President insisted he’s ready to return to the campaign trail next week to counter what he called a “dark vision” laid out by Republican Donald Trump. As more Democratic members of Congress…
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, a single invention changed the world: the steam engine. This marvel of engineering powered factories, drove progress and transformed economies. The steam engine symbolised a nation’s ability to innovate, produce, and lead. Today, India stands at a similar crossroads with its capital-goods industry, especially in the realm…
The proliferation of internet-breaking conspiracy theories on social media platforms. Washington: From fearmongering about a looming “World War III” to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash. Airlines, banks, TV channels and financial institutions were engulfed in…
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