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French member of parliament and President of the far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen delivers a speech in the National Assembly in Paris. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at…
This handout photo taken by National Geographic Pristine Seas on October 24, 2024, and released on November 14, shows divers swimming over the world’s largest coral located near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands. | Photo Credit: AFP Scientists say they have found the world’s largest coral near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands, announcing on Thursday (November 14,…
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Ben & Jerry’s announced that it will stop selling ice cream in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories since it was “inconsistent with our values”. | Photo Credit: AFP Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday (November 14, 2024) that parent company Unilever has silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian…
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More than two dozen lawmakers and eminent Indian Americans celebrated Diwali at the Capitol, the first major event at the U.S. Congress after last week’s presidential elections. The annual “Diwali at Capitol Hill” on Tuesday ( November 12, 2024) was organised by the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, in association with several other Indian American organisations…
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Jill Biden reached out to Melania Trump after an assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump in Pennsylvania’s Butler City on July 13 this year. But Melania doubted whether Jill Biden’s concern was genuine because the first lady had called her husband “liar” and “evil” a few days before the call, New York Post reported….
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For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running water, many are being restored to revive an ancient ritual bathing tradition. Often featured in older Turkish films, hammam scenes are highly entertaining, with women not only bathing but enjoying these historical bathhouses…
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets the deputy chief of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, upon his arrival at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran November 13, 2024. Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran/WANA | Photo Credit: Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi…
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Brazil: A man with explosives died Wednesday trying to enter Brazil’s Supreme Court in what appeared to be a suicide, officials said, days before the country hosts the G20 summit. “This citizen approached the Federal Supreme Court, tried to enter, failed, and the explosion happened at the entrance,” Brasilia governor Celina Leao told reporters, adding…
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A Russian television chef, who was an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, has been found dead in Serbia, the BBC reported. Alexei Zimin, 52, was considered a household name in Russia before he left the country after criticising the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. He set up his new home…
Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House after his victory over Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential elections, has appointed former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as his US Intelligence Chief. The 78-year-old leader has secured all seven swing states, including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Nevada. On…
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