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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Photo Credit: ANI Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation departed from the national capital on Tuesday afternoon (September 12) after the technical issue with his aircraft was resolved. Mr. Trudeau, who arrived in Delhi on Friday, was scheduled to leave on Sunday but was stranded for two…
Russian President Vladimir Putin with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during a meeting in Vladivostok. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia to see President Vladimir Putin. It will be the two isolated leaders’ second meeting. Their governments have not confirmed an agenda, but U.S. officials…
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Paris: World demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast for the first time to peak this decade, the head of the International Energy Agency wrote in the Financial Times on Tuesday. The IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook, due out next month, will show that “the world is on the cusp of a historic turning…
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India-born Nandini Das is in the running for ‘Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire’ and Caribbean-born Manjapra of mixed African and Indian parentage has been shortlisted for ‘Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation’. File Two authors of Indian heritage, UK-based Nandini Das and…
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It was alleged that Police Constable Dharni failed to use the appropriate force. London: An Indian-origin police officer has been dismissed from Scotland Yard after a misconduct hearing found she had used “unreasonable force” on duty while arresting a man in north London two years ago. Police Constable (PC) Mandeep Dharni, attached to the Metropolitan…
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All 15 of Israel’s Supreme Court justices appear for the first time in the country’s history to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, which the government pushed through parliament in July, in Jerusalem, on Sept. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Supreme Court on September 12 opened the…
Mount Taranaki has a reputation as one of the deadliest mountains in New Zealand. A man “miraculously” survived a fall of 600 meters (approximately 2,000 feet) with only minor injuries after tumbling down the side of a mountain in New Zealand. According to the BBC, the incident took place on Mount Taranaki, on the west…
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Chile on September 11 marked 50 years since the coup d’etat that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, with political divisions over the legacy of his brutal dictatorship on stark display. Commemorations of the violent U.S.-backed ouster of Marxist leader Salvador Allende still evoke strong emotions, and police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters who…
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Imran Khan approached special court against jail superintendent for not complying with its order Islamabad: The Official Secrets Act Special Court has permitted the former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to talk to his sons over the phone till September 15, reported The News International. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has been demanding to talk…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: Reuters Relations between Russia and China have reached an unprecedented historical level, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with China’s Deputy Premier Zhang Guoqing on September 12, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. “Relations between Russia and China have reached an…
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