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A man looks on while standing near a damaged food cart after Typhoon Koinu passed the southern tip of Taiwan, in Kenting, Taiwan on October 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Typhoon Koinu swept southern Taiwan on October 5, killing one person and injuring more than 300 as it brought pounding rain and record-breaking winds…
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The Green Climate Fund was set up to funnel grants and loans to developing countries Paris: The world’s largest climate fund was seeking fresh cash at a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will provide for vulnerable nations impacted by climate change. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set…
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Literature laureate Jon Fosse’s magnum opus in prose is ‘Septology’ which he completed in 2021. | Photo Credit: X/@NobelPrize The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature is being awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”, the Royal Swedish Academy announced on October 5, 2023. Literature…
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Wang Chuanfu launched BYD as a battery maker but then pivoted to automobile sector. Wang Chuanfu, the founder of Chinese automaker BYD, has become a big name in the automobile industry. BYD is quickly gaining on Elon Musk’s Tesla in the electric vehicle (EV) space to be the number 1. But now, a report in…
File picture of a border wall section near La Grulla, Texas, USA. | Photo Credit: AP The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency. The Department of Homeland…
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The Chinese nuclear submarine disappeared on August 21. (File Photo/Reuters) The alleged “catastrophic failure” of a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine caused the death of 55 sailors, The Times said. The news report was based on leaked British intelligence that said the incident took place in Yellow Sea on August 21. The submarine was identified as 093-417,…
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An armed civil defence woman holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle while patrolling an empty street due to a curfew in Kyiv, Ukraine. The U.S. has transferred to Ukraine 1.1 million rounds of small arms ammunition that it seized from Iran, U.S. Central Command said on October 4, 2023. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia has…
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London: A pragmatic, safe pair of hands or an uninspiring flip-flopper? Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer currently on track to become Britain’s next prime minister. When Starmer took charge of the party three years ago after the disastrous reign of socialist Jeremy Corbyn, he vowed to unite it and get…
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An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. File photo | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan issued a tsunami advisory Thursday. October 5, 2023, after a strong earthquake struck near its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean, but lifted it about two hours later. No damage was reported….
Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak have been married for 14 years now. New Delhi: The viral political debut speech of Indian-origin UK first lady Akshata Murty gave us some insights of what her relationship is like with her husband Rishi Sunak. Ms Murty in her surprise speech on Wednesday stepped out to introduce “best friend”…
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