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Officials work on rail tracks at the site of a train accident in which workers were killed, in Brandizzo, Italy, August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Italy’s transport unions said railway maintenance staff would hold a half-day national strike on Friday after five workers were run over and killed by a train while replacing…
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Caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar called the incident “cowardly terrorist act”. (Representational) Islamabad: Nine soldiers were killed in a restive western region of Pakistan on Thursday after a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into their military convoy and detonated, the army and officials said. Pakistan has witnessed a dramatic uptick in militancy since the Taliban returned…
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Nine soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off his explosives next to a convoy in northwestern Pakistan on August 31, the military said. Another five soldiers were wounded in the attack in Bannu district, the military’s public relations wing said in a statement. Pakistan’s restive northwest, which borders Afghanistan, has…
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Vivek Ramaswamy said Russia has to exit its military alliances with China (File) Washington: To address the growing challenge posed by China, it is important not to let Russia fall into Beijing’s lap, Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on Thursday, asserting that if elected, he would achieve this goal by offering a “deal”…
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The case is Chris Woodfield v. Twitter, X Corp. and Elon Musk (No. 1:23-cv-780-CFC) Billionaire Elon Musk’s X, the social media formerly known as Twitter, is facing 2,200 arbitration claims from ex-employees since Mr. Musk took over the company and fired most of its workforce. The filing fees alone for that volume of cases could…
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Army jawans walk through the snow and keep vigil in Arunachal Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia on August 31 released separate statements voicing their opposition to China’s new “standard map” for 2023, which has also drawn a strong protest from India. Beijing on August 31 again defended…
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The latest charges mark Trump’s fourth indictment since launching his reelection campaign Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a wide-ranging Georgia criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, according to a court filing. The plea means that Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination,…
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32 per cent of the world’s population has received at least one booster or additional vaccine dose. Geneva: A UN anti-racism committee on Thursday urged rich countries — particularly Britain, Germany, Switzerland and the United States — to waive coronavirus vaccine patents and said they violated a guarantee against racial discrimination. In June 2022, World…
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Daily Quiz | On talk show genre Actor Marlon Brando with Dick Cavett in a rare television appearance during the taping of Cavett’s show, in New York on June 12, 1973. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | This political satire talk show premiered on September 8, 2015. After Letterman announced his intention to retire…
Minister of Culture of Brazil Margareth Menezes during an interview with PTI on the sidelines of the G20 Culture Ministers Meeting, in Varanasi. | Photo Credit: PTI Brazil will continue working on “action-oriented efforts” for improving global culture after it receives the baton of the G20 rotating presidency following the summit in India, the South…
