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File photo of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. | Photo Credit: AP Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was admitted to a hospital on Monday (October 12, 2026) for urgent medical care and is being kept under observation in the intensive care unit, his party said. The 80-year-old leader was admitted to hospital in…
The Crucible | Photo Credit: Fred Fehl/Fred Fehl Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Published – October 12, 2026 05:00 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have questioned the legality of President Donald Trump’s decision to allow diesel imports from Russia, contending that it ran counter to a law banning such trade till Moscow ends the war in Ukraine. On Friday (October 9, 2026), after a phone…
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Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a massive rally on Sunday (October 11, 2026) to call for more days off for workers ahead of an election runoff against his right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro. A sea of people massed along Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue, which…
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An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU’s climate monitor said on Monday (October 12, 2026), in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength. Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Nino would likely become the strongest ever observed…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea’s military on Monday (October 12, 2026) said North Korea fired at least one projectile toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not immediately say whether the weapon was ballistic or how…
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Pope Leo leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, October 11, 2026 | Photo Credit: via Reuters Pope Leo said on Sunday (October 12, 2026) that doctors had detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he would be undergoing surgery this week…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (October 11, 2026) that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it, and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement. Mr. Trump’s brief social media post said only that the ceasefire…
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Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. File | Photo Credit: Reuters New Delhi has acknowledged that Katchatheevu belongs to Sri Lanka, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Sunday (October 11, 2026), while referring to the island nation’s “good relations” with India. Mr. Dissanayake was addressing a public rally in the island’s North Western Province, as…
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said a projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday (October 11, 2026), less than a day after a missile struck it and killed 12 people. There were no immediate details about the latest strike, which hit the same complex housing…
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