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Kamala Harris will tell her personal story to the Americans at the last day of Democratic Convention. Chicago: Kamala Harris is poised to deliver the biggest speech of her political life on Thursday as she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago after a historic turnaround in the 2024 White House race. The 59-year-old US…
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British tech magnate Mike Lynch’s body recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily coast. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Italian coast guard said on Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable. One woman…
PM Modi will convey messages between Ukraine and Russia. IANS: UN Secretary-General hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine will contribute to ending the war, his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. Asked for a reaction to Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Ukraine amid the war, Dujarric said, “We’ve seen a lot of…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Poland’s Rzeszow from capital Warsaw on August 22, 2024. Photo: X/@MEAIndia via PTI The symbolism and balancing act aside, Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian Prime Minister, will focus on cooperation in defence, with India operating a large inventory of military equipment of…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Poland’s Rzeszow from capital Warsaw on August 22, 2024. Photo: X/@MEAIndia via PTI The symbolism and balancing act aside, Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine, the first by an Indian Prime Minister, will focus on cooperation in defence, with India operating a large inventory of military equipment of…
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Laurent Freixe joined Nestle in France in 1986 Geneva, Switzerland: Nestle chief executive Mark Schneider is leaving the Swiss food group after eight years in charge and will be replaced by Latin America boss Laurent Freixe, the company said Thursday. Schneider “has decided to relinquish his roles as CEO and member of the Board of…
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The UNHCR has urged Hungary to reconsider the decision. A new law threatening to drive thousands of migrants from Ukraine back to their home country or onto the streets has been implemented in Hungary. With effect from Wednesday, this legislative move denied Ukrainian refugees access to government-subsidised accommodation. This new rule is the outcome of…
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WHO declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency. (Representational) Singapore: Singapore has detected 13 cases of mpox Clade 2 infections this year, the health ministry said in a bulletin on Thursday. To date, all mpox infections in the city state have been the “less severe” Clade 2 infections, it added. Earlier…
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Students chant slogans near a vandalised mural of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during a protest near Dhaka University in the Bangladesh capital on August 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh’s interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (August 22, 2024), after she fled a student-led uprising earlier…
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On August 5, ex Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was ousted from her country and power. (Representational) Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government has sought $1 billion from the World Bank as budgetary support. The call came from the country’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan’s meeting with Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank’s Country…
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