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A major offensive by Yemen’s Houthis to seize control of the gateway to the Red Sea has left more than 120 people dead, sources told AFP on Friday (September 4, 2026), the country’s deadliest clashes in years. Fighting erupted on Thursday (September 3), after the Iran-backed Houthis launched a ground assault along with rocket and…
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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal meets Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges event in Mumbai on September 4, 2026. Photo: X/@MEAIndia via ANI Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday (September 4, 2026) pitched the Port of Antwerp-Bruges as a gateway for Indian exports to Europe….
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More than a week after catastrophic floods struck Nepal, rescue teams continue searching for the missing as authorities assess the scale of destruction. Here’s a look at what caused the disaster, the latest casualty figures, and the ongoing relief and recovery efforts. Source link
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Climate change is a “common challenge” and developed nations that are “historically” the highest emitters must lead the process of finding a solution to this crisis, said the official spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, on Friday (September 4, 2026). The…
Among the Ramon Magsaysay award winners this year was Tommy Koh. Born in 1937 and educated as a lawyer and a legal scholar, Mr. Koh chaired a pivotal negotiating committee of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The award citation lauds him for “bridging a fundamental divide over seabed mining…
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The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision on Thursday (September 3, 2026) marks a rare setback for Republicans in a national redistricting battle that…
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Denmark’s Minister for Immigration and Integration Morten Boedskov, Netherlands’ Minister for Asylum and Migration and Deputy Prime Minister Bart van den Brink, Germany’s Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt, Austria’s Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner, and Greece’s Minister for Asylum and Migration Thanos Plevris meet the press after a meeting of the Ministers for…
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Developments in number theory in the last two weeks illustrate how artificial intelligence is helping advance the frontiers of mathematics, but also raising questions about what mathematics means vis-à-vis humans. The first development is about the Riemann zeta function, a mathematical idea connected to the distribution of prime numbers. The prime numbers, 2, 3, 5,…
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Devastating floods in Nepal have left a 20-member family in Trishuli confined to a single room, cut off from all outside assistance. With no basic facilities and several families struggling to find adequate shelter, the flood emergency has given way to a harder struggle — finding food, bedding and other essentials while waiting for a…
A building stands damaged and surrounded by piles of mud, uprooted trees, and debris along the swollen Trishuli River, at Devighat, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on September 4, 2026. The region was struck by devastating flash floods and mudslides following a high-altitude glacier collapse in late August. | Photo Credit: PTI The United Nations (UN)…
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