World
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Paris Olympics, Medal Tally: China maintain top spot, India in 53rd place
Paris: China maintained their hold on the No.1 spot in the medals tally, extending their total to 37 medals including 16 gold, entering the ninth day of the competitions at the Paris…
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‘I built my life on lies…’ Indian student confession leads to deportation
New York: In an anonymous Reddit post, a 19-year-old Indian student admitted to forging admission documents to get a seat at a US university, which ultimately resulted in his deportation under a…
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US Embassy in Beirut asks American citizens to depart Lebanon
Beirut: In a fresh “security alert” issued on Saturday, the US Embassy in Beirut asked the American citizens in Lebanon wishing to depart the country to book “any ticket available to them”,…
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SL Navy hands over 2 TN fishermen, mortal remains of another to Indian Navy
Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy released two fishermen and handed over the mortal remains of another fisherman to the Indian Navy in the wee hours of Saturday. In a statement, the Tamil…
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TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
New York: The US government has sued Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok, alleging that it endangered the safety of children by illegally collecting information from them and allowing them to share messages…
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US to boost military presence in Middle East amid rising tensions
Washington: The US Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said, as President Joe Biden made good…
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Trump says Zuckerberg apologised to him and said he will ‘not support a Democrat’
Washington: Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that the Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called him to apologise for censoring him and assured that he…
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US Secret Service accepts responsibility for failure to protect Trump
Washington: The United States Service has owned its failure to protect former president Donald Trump at an election rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. A young gunman shot at Trump, 78, when…
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US: VP Kamala Harris becomes Democratic presidential nominee
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, was declared the 2024 presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party on Friday after she won enough votes from…
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Trump undecided on debate with Harris as 2024 US presidential race heats up
Washington: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday said that he has not yet decided on whether to participate in a debate with his potential Democratic rival, Vice…
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India-Sri Lanka first ODI ends in dramatic tie
Colombo: India and Sri Lanka were engaged in a thrilling tie in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Friday. Composed fifties by Dunith Wellalage and Pathum Nissanka helped Sri…
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Vietnam proposes 5 focus areas for cooperation in key defence meeting with India
New Delhi: India and Vietnam have held a key defence meeting here during which it was proposed to have cooperation in emerging areas such as cyber security, information security, military medicine and…
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Sri Lankan government to address water scarcity issues in north
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government will address the water scarcity issues in the country’s northern province by commencing the ‘River for Jaffna’ project, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday. Attending the opening…
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Kerala landslide: US, China, other countries express condolences over loss of lives
New Delhi: Several countries, including the US, China, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday offered condolences over the loss of lives in Wayanad landslides, even as Kerala struggled to come to terms…
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Biden administration convinced Iran will attack Israel in next few days
Washington: The Biden administration is convinced that Iran will attack Israel in the coming days and is preparing to help it repel it, three American sources told Axios, according to which the…
