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Concerns grew on Tuesday (September 3, 2024) over the chances of securing a Gaza truce, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected making any “concessions” in stalled talks towards a hostage release deal. Mr. Netanyahu told a televised press conference at the end of a day of nationwide protests that he would “not…
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PM Modi today visited the renowned Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the renowned Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei, during his two-day visit to the nation. His visit to Brunei is aimed at bolstering bilateral ties between the two countries. PM Modi’s visit to…
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The final analysis included 63 studies from 1994-2022. There is no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of the available published evidence worldwide. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not been a corresponding rise in the incidence…
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COLOMBO: Fixing Sri Lanka’s battered economy and wiping out racism will be top priority for a National People’s Power (NPP) government, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, among the frontrunners in the September 21 race, said on Tuesday. He spoke to The Hindu amid a hectic campaign at the headquarters of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a…
After the guard of honour, the PM was welcomed by members of the Indian community Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome by the members of the Indian community in Brunei Darussalam today. The PM arrived in Brunei Darussalam this afternoon at the invitation of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, for the first-ever bilateral trip…
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Representative image. At least 30 migrants have died or gone missing while trying to cross to the U.K. in 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration | Photo Credit: Reuters The mayor of a French coastal town being used in a rescue operation says 13 migrants are dead after their boat ripped apart Tuesday…
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks on the Russian attack in Poltava, Ukraine, on September 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: X/@ZelenskyyUa President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said dozens of people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday (September 3, 2024) on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, which hit a military educational facility. I received preliminary reports on…
Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a hospital and an educational institution in Ukraine’s Poltava. Kyiv, Ukraine: At least 41 people have been killed and more than 180 injured in Ukraine’s Poltava after two Russian ballistic missiles hit a military education facility today. Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a hospital and an educational institution, partially destroying…
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Former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with the lettering ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work makes you free’) in Oswiecim, Poland. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Q: Zyklon B was originally ‘Cyclone B’. While the ‘B’ distinguished the product from Zyklon A, it was also the first letter of the German name for the substance. How did this…
The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on August 30, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east…
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