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Berlin: As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification, seen by millions every time they cross a street. East Germany’s “Ampelmann” or pedestrian “traffic light man” is now instantly recognisable thanks to his chunky outline and wide-brimmed hat….
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Moscow: Moscow on Saturday denied it was behind fake videos about the US election after American intelligence said Russia was behind a fake video showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times. Three US intelligence agencies on Friday said in a joint statement that “Russian influence actors” created the video as part of…
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Paris: A French court sentenced a graphic artist who worked on beloved animated feature films for Pixar and Disney to 25 years in jail for ordering the livestreamed rape of preteen girls in the Philippines. The Paris court late Thursday found Bouhalem Bouchiba guilty of complicity in the rape of hundreds of girls and in…
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New Delhi: Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’, designed to use high-power laser to down projectiles, will be operational within a year, according to reports. The laser defense system will complement the country’s Iron Dome and other defense systems, heralding in a “new era of warfare”, the Israeli defence ministry said. Costing Israel over $500 million, the Iron…
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Kursk: When Ukraine launched a ground assault into Russia’s Kursk region in August, President Vladimir Putin promised to quickly “dislodge” Kyiv’s forces and return normality to local residents. But nearly three months later, signs of the conflict are still found everywhere in the region’s capital, despite Russia claiming it is clawing back ground from Ukrainian…
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The launch of China’s Zhongxing-11 satellite Beijing: China on Tuesday announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades. China’s top space bodies unveiled a national mid- and long-term development programme for space science,…
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised the need for territorial integrity and cooperation based on mutual respect, in his remarks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Pakistan on Wednesday. In the first visit by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan since Sushma Swaraj’s 2015 tour, Jaishankar called terrorism, extremism and separatism…
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Delhi: Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo has been conferred with the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. The organisation is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, which strives to “achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for…
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Paris: Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday. Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, according to two dozen research organisations, NGOs and advocacy groups, with 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of trees felled and…
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Israeli forces have begun “limited, localized, and targeted” ground raids in Lebanon two days after it killed the group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike, threatening to worsen the Middle East crisis. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: The ground raids target Hezbollah infrastructure in villages in south Lebanon, close to…
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