World
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Every 2 min a woman died from pregnancy and childbirth in 2023 globally
New Delhi: A woman died almost every two minutes, or more than 700 women died daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth in 2023, according to data from the UN…
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Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the…
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Netanyahu, Trump to meet at White House
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with US President Donald Trump on Monday at 1 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) at the White House, according to a statement…
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1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20
Kyiv: One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued…
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6,700 Afghan nationals deported from Pakistan since April 1: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan has deported 944 Afghan families comprising 6,700 individuals since April 1 as the deadline set by the government expired last week, a media report said on Sunday. The deportation intensified…
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After protest, Microsoft engineer slams company’s ties with Israel
After interrupting Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary event in protest of the company’s AI involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza, software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad sent a mass email to employees across several…
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US strikes kill 2 in Yemen; Trump video suggests higher toll
Sanaa: Suspected US airstrikes killed at least two people overnight in a stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the group said Sunday, while a bombing video posted by US President Donald Trump suggested…
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Photos: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates new Pamban bridge in TN
Rameswaram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Pamban sea bridge, providing rail link between Rameswaram island and the mainland and flagged off the new Rameswaram-Tambaram (Chennai) train service here. The…
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US tariffs likely to impact Indian seafood shipments adversely: Exporters
Amaravati: Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) president G Pawan Kumar on Sunday said the reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump will have a severe adverse impact on Indian seafood…
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Elon Musk says he hopes for zero tariffs with Europe someday
Washington: Billionaire Elon Musk told Italy League leader Matteo Salvini on Saturday that he hoped in the future the US and Europe could create “a very close, stronger partnership” and reach a…
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Trump and Netanyahu will meet again Monday on Gaza, tariffs and more
Palm Beach Gardens: President Donald Trump plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in what would be their second White House sit-down since Trump’s return to office. The…
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‘Hands Off!’ Protests erupt in New York against Trump’s policies
Washington: Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by…
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Telangana students escape devastating apartment fire in US
In a harrowing incident, ten students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh narrowly escaped a fire that broke out in their apartments in Birmingham, US. The blaze which erupted on Cullom Street completely…
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Iran denies reports of casualties in US airstrike on Yemen
Tehran: No Iranian personnel were killed in a recent US airstrike on Yemen, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, which is known to have close ties to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps…
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One dead, four wounded in US airstrikes on Yemen’s Saada
Sanaa: At least one person was killed and four others wounded when airstrikes by US forces hit a solar energy store and a house in Yemen’s northern city of Saada, medics reported.…
