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Israel Strikes Gaza Again After Truce Deal Negotiations End With Hamas

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Israel Strikes Gaza Again After Truce Deal Negotiations End With Hamas

AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip early Friday witnessed artillery strikes on Rafah. Palestinian Territories: Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip Friday after negotiators pursuing a long-stalled truce agreement left talks in Cairo without having secured a deal. AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip early Friday witnessed artillery strikes on Rafah on the…

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Virat played a vintage innings, Green lauds Kohli for keeping RCB in playoffs race

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Virat played a vintage innings, Green lauds Kohli for keeping RCB in playoffs race

Cameron Green lauded star batter Virat Kohli for playing a “vintage” innings to keep RCB in the race. File | Photo Credit: AP Cameron Green lauded star batter Virat Kohli for playing a “vintage” innings to keep Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the race to the IPL playoffs. Kohli made full use of the three reprieves,…

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Pakistan to seek rollover of $12 billion debt to meet budget targets before IMF team’s arrival

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Pakistan to seek rollover of billion debt to meet budget targets before IMF team’s arrival

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan has decided to seek a rollover of around $12 billion debt from key allies such as China in the 2024-25 fiscal year to meet a whopping $23 billion worth of gap in its external financing as the federal government aims to achieve budget targets before the expected…

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India fully withdraws soldiers from Maldives: Presidential spokesperson

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India fully withdraws soldiers from Maldives: Presidential spokesperson

File photo of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu. | Photo Credit: AP India has withdrawn all its soldiers from the Maldives, the government here has said, ahead of the May 10 deadline set by President Mohamed Muizzu for the complete withdrawal of Indian military personnel from his country. President Muizzu, widely seen as a pro-China leader,…

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Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

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Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

An artist’s concept shows the exoplanet 55 Cancri e, also called Janssen, a so-called super-Earth, a rocky planet significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, along with the star it orbits in this undated illustration released by NASA. | Photo Credit: Reuters Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system…

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Lithuania holds a Presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine

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Lithuania holds a Presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. File | Photo Credit: AP Lithuania is holding a Presidential election on May 12 at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow’s intentions, but particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. The popular incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, is favored…

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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture

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Iceland’s ‘Mammoth’ raises potential for carbon capture

A plaque for “Mammoth”, the new plant of Swiss start-up Climeworks is pictured in Hellisheidi, Iceland on May 8, 2024. A Swiss start-up unveiled on May 8, 2024 its second plant in Iceland sucking carbon dioxide from the air and stocking it underground, scaling up its capacity tenfold with the aim of eliminating millions of…

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IPL-17: KKR vs MI | KKR will look to seal its playoff spot with a win against struggling MI

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IPL-17: KKR vs MI | KKR will look to seal its playoff spot with a win against struggling MI

File picture of Kolkata Knight Riders players Sunil Narine and Andre Russell during a practice session ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket match | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Kolkata Knight Riders will look to extend its recent run of success when it returns home after securing two emphatic away wins. KKR hosts…

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U.S. dismisses Russian allegations of interference in Indian elections

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U.S. dismisses Russian allegations of interference in Indian elections

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. | Photo Credit: AP The United States on May 9 dismissed the Russian allegations of the US interfering in the ongoing Indian elections. “No, of course, we don’t involve ourselves in elections in India as we don’t involve ourselves in elections anywhere in the world. Those are decisions for…

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S Jaishankar Explains How Sam Pitroda’s Remarks Stem From A ‘Colonial Mindset’

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S Jaishankar Explains How Sam Pitroda’s Remarks Stem From A ‘Colonial Mindset’

S Jaishankar said Sam Pitroda’s remarks reflected a certain kind of thinking, a “colonial mindset”. New Delhi: Sam Pitroda’s controversial comments were not a slip of the tongue but revealed the mindset of his Congress party and that of the people he has mentored, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a veiled reference to…

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