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The Sei whale is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List A rare and endangered whale died likely due to a collision with a cruise ship as it approached New York City’s Port of Brooklyn over the weekend. According to the New York Post, a 44-foot whale was found dead on the front of the…
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File picture of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka will hold presidential election between September 17 and October 16, the country’s top electoral body announced on Thursday. In a notice signed by its chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake, the Election Commission said it will call for nominations to hold the Presidential election…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 9 that Russia would do everything to avoid a clash of global powers but would not let itself be threatened, in…
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Nepali guides and porters account for a large portion of deaths on the Himalayas (Representational) Kathmandu, Nepal: A Nepali guide died after summiting the world’s fifth-highest mountain, officials in the Himalayan Republic said Thursday, in the first fatality of the spring climbing season. Lakpa Tenji Sherpa, 53, reached the summit of the 8,485-metre-tall (27,838-feet) Mount…
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Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi, Indian student in Chicago, has been reported missing in since May 2. Photo: X/@amjedmbt An Indian student has been reported missing in Chicago since May 2. The Consulate General of India in Chicago said it was in touch with the police and Indian diaspora to locate/reestablish contact with Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi. In…
File picture of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who accused the White House of complicating the 2024 Lok Sabha polls | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. has not yet provided any reliable evidence of the involvement of Indian citizens in the murder plot of a Khalistani terrorist in that country, Russia has said, as…
At least seven workers were killed in a terrorist attack by unknown gunmen on May 9 in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province. According to Gwadar Police Station Station House Officer (SHO) Mohsin Ali, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a residential quarter near the Gwadar Fish Harbour in the Surbandar area,…
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File photo Jerusalem: Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations expressed disappointment Thursday at US President Joe Biden’s threat to stop certain arms supplies to Israel if it invades the crowded Gaza city of Rafah. “This is a difficult and very disappointing statement to hear from a president to whom we have been grateful since the…
The press conference was South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first in nearly two years Seoul, South Korea: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held a rare press conference Thursday, admitting “shortcomings” after his party’s recent electoral defeat, and laying out policies on issues from the country’s low birthrate to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The…
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Sudanese refugees who fled the violence in Sudan’s Darfur region and newly arrived ride their donkeys looking for space to temporarily settle, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Goungour, Chad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A series of attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in the western region of Darfur raise the possibility of…
