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U.K. PM Rishi Sunak faces revolt over plans to scrap Graduate Route visa: Report

May 20, 2024 admin

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering restrictions to the U.K.’s post-study visa which allows graduates to stay on and work for up to two years after their degree course as part of efforts to curb soaring legal migration figures despite strong opposition from some of his…

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PM Modi Condoles President Ebrahim Raisi’s Death

May 20, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a chopper crash on Sunday, and said that India stands with Iran in its “time of sorrow”. “Deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His…

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Iran helicopter crash LIVE updates: President Ebrahim Raisi feared dead; ‘no sign of life’ at crash site, says Iranian state TV

May 20, 2024 admin

Rescuers on May 20 found a helicopter that was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before, though “no sign of life” was detected, state media reported. Early on Monday morning, Turkish authorities released what they described…

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Iran helicopter crash: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi declared dead as ‘no sign of life’ at crash site of helicopter

May 20, 2024 admin

In this photo provided by Moj News Agency, rescue teams are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran, on May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the…

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The Hardline Iran President Who Died In Helicopter Crash

May 20, 2024 admin

Ebrahim Raisi has been president since 2021 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died after his helicopter crashed in the mountains yesterday. Raisi was in line to be Iran’s next supreme leader, along with a clampdown on morality questions. Raisi’s hardline position had been all pervasive in domestic politics while he governed through a severe economic crisis…

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New Footage Shows Site Of Iran President’s Helicopter Crash

May 20, 2024 admin

Hopes of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi’s survival after a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province are fading. The chopper carrying Iran President Raisi and his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had disappeared over a mountainous region There was “no sign” of life among passengers of the helicopter, Iran’s state television said. “Upon finding the helicopter, there was no sign…

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Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Responds To Viral Assualt Video

May 20, 2024 admin

New York: Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized on Sunday after hotel surveillance video surfaced showing him physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura in 2016. Combs is the target of several civil lawsuits that characterize him as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and drugs to subdue his victims, and his homes were raided this…

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New Taiwan President takes office facing angry China

May 20, 2024 admin

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te (C) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (R) wave alongside outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen (L) during the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan’s new President on May 20, facing an angry and deeply suspicious China…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024 admin

People pray for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony in downtown Tehran, Iran, after news that the helicopter he was travelling in apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on May 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Intense search for Iran’s President Raisi after helicopter suffers a ‘hard landing’ A helicopter carrying Iranian President…

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Israeli Strike Kills 31 In Gaza As US Envoy Jake Sullivan Meets Benjamin Netanyahu Amid Rafah Ops

May 19, 2024 admin

An Israeli strike killed 31 people and wounded 20 in a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp Rafah, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli strike killed 31 people in central Gaza Sunday, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said, as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited for talks on the conflict. Israeli troops have moved in…

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