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The actress died of a drug overdose in 1962. Iconic star Marilyn Monroe’s only residence is safe from demolition for now as the Los Angeles City Council passed a motion on Friday to designate it a historic and cultural monument. The actress died of a drug overdose in 1962. The motion, introduced by Councilwoman Traci…
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Search and rescue operations are ongoing in Libya after massive floods Libya: The death count from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday. Officials in Libya have said at least 150 people were killed in the flooding in Libya after storm…
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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