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Joe Biden tells Americans he quit race to ‘unify his party’
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday told Americans in an Oval Office address that he ended his re-election campaign to “unify my party” with the larger goal of protecting American democracy…
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Senegal’s fauna-rich national park removed from World Heritage in Danger List: UNESCO
New Delhi: The Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal was on Wednesday removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger, following “positive steps taken by the State Party” that has contributed to…
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Video: Cop kicks, stomps on Muslim boy’s head at Manchester Airport
A disturbing video of a police officer in Terminal 2 at the Manchester Airport in England has surfaced on Tuesday night, July 23. In the video, the cop can be seen brutally…
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Kamala Harris attacks Trump at first campaign rally after endorsement
Washington: US Vice-President Kamala Harris has hit out at her Republican rival Donald Trump in the first rally of her presidential campaign, saying the upcoming election was a choice between a former…
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US revises travel advisory for India; says don’t travel to Manipur & J&K
Washington: The US has asked its nationals not to travel to Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, the India-Pakistan border, and parts of central and eastern parts of the country where Naxalites are active.…
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18 killed as plane crashes after takeoff at Nepal’s airport, pilot survives
Kathmandu: A Nepalese airliner crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a child, and seriously injuring the pilot…
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GPI 2024: List of top 10 peaceful countries in the World
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) recently released the Global Peace Index (GPI). The list of the top 10 peaceful countries in the world, based on the GPI score, is topped…
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July 21 was world’s hottest day in at least 84 years: European climate agency
New Delhi: The Earth experienced its hottest day in at least 84 years, with the global average temperature reaching a record high of 17.09 degrees Celsius on July 21, according to the…
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Trump tells Palestinian President everything will be good
Washington: Ahead of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that everything will…
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Biden returns to the White House after testing COVID negative
Washington: US President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Tuesday, after days of self-isolation at his Delaware House, with his doctors saying that his symptoms of COVID-19 have been resolved.…
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5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia
Jakarta: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia’s eastern Highland Papua province on Wednesday morning, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The inland earthquake struck at 07:22 a.m. Jakarta time, with…
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Bangladesh PM says army was deployed to ensure security of lives & properties
Dhaka: Defending her decision to enforce a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order following violent clashes between the police and protesters in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that the tough…
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Rival Palestinian factions agree to end yearslong divisions at China-brokered talks
Beijing: In a rare show of solidarity amidst the war in Gaza, 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, have jointly pledged to end their deep divisions and strengthen Palestinian unity by…
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Pakistan raises min marriage age for Christian men & women to 18 yrs
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday raised the minimum legal age for marriage for Christian men and women to 18 years in the Islamic nation, after amending the law enacted in 1872. President Asif…
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Rishi Sunak to remain interim UK Opposition Leader until November 2
London: Rishi Sunak will remain in place as the UK’s interim Opposition Leader for over three months after the Conservative Party set out the timetable to elect his successor by November, with…
