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Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government, a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government. Mr. Yadav, also the Minister for Health and Population,…
Authorities who guided the aircraft down burst into applause as it safely landed. A small plane was forced to make a wheels-up emergency landing at Newcastle Airport in New South Wales after its landing gear failed. As per the Guardian, the plane had been circling above Newcastle for almost four hours with three people onboard,…
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Indonesian police said the 49-year-old suspect, identified as Troy Smith, was arrested on April 30 Denpasar: An Australian man faces up to 20 years in prison on the resort island of Bali and a fine of more than $600,000 for allegedly attempting to sell crystal meth, police said Monday. Indonesian police said the 49-year-old suspect…
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A column of ash rises over the Gunung Ibu (Mount Ibu) volcano, in Tabaru, North Maluku province, Indonesia May 13, 2024. Screengrab | Photo Credit: Reuters Indonesia’s Ibu volcano erupted on May 13 morning, spewing thick columns of grey ash several kilometres into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said. The volcano on the remote…
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Kylian Mbappe, who joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, played his last home game for the club on May 12. File | Photo Credit: AFP Kylian Mbappé’s relationship with Paris Saint-Germain started with great fanfare but is ending amid ongoing tensions and without a Champions League trophy. Mbappé joined as a teenage phenom from Monaco in 2017…
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A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina on May 12, with about 30 of the 7,000 students leaving their seats and chanting “free Palestine” amid a mix of boos and cheers. Some waved the red, green, black and white Palestinian flag. Mr. Seinfeld,…
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 12, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli tanks, under cover from heavy fire from air and ground, pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, May 13, 2024,…
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US park workers have claimed that some species of plants are vanishing because of climate change. Washington: Can America’s national parks remain “unimpaired” forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming makes that impossible, says Wylie Carr, a climate change specialist at the National Park Service. According to Carr, who works on environmental…
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Emily Goldberg, former girlfriend of late EDM DJ Avicii, died on April 3, 2024. (File) Emily Goldberg, former girlfriend of late EDM DJ Avicii, died on April 3, 2024, in La Jolla, California, roughly a year after she announced her recovery from cancer. Ms Goldberg was battling cancer throughout most of 2022 and 2023, according…
One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, were injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said on May 12. The region witnessed clashes on May 11 between the police and activists of a rights…
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