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Air India resumes flights at London-Heathrow airport
London: A day after flights were grounded at Heathrow airport, the nation’s largest carrier Air India said on Saturday that its flights, to and from Europe’s busiest airport, have resumed. The shutdown…
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Iceland’s edu minister resigns after admitting past relationship with 15-yr-old
Reykjavik: Iceland’s Minister for Education and Children’s Affairs, Asthildur Loa Thorsdottir, has stepped down from her role after revealing a past relationship with a 15-year-old boy she mentored over three decades ago,…
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sworn in as Namibia’s first female president
Windhoek: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as the first female president of Namibia after winning elections last year. At a ceremony on Friday that coincided with Namibia’s 35th anniversary of independence, Nandi-Ndaitwah…
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UNICEF urges Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan
Islamabad: The UN children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls’ education to save the future of millions who have been deprived of their…
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Power outage shutters Heathrow Airport, first flight lands after 18 hrs
London: The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that forced the closure of Europe’s busiest air…
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Sudanese army controls presidential palace in central Khartoum
Khartoum: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday regained control of the presidential palace in central Khartoum, which had been held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since mid-April 2023, according…
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Hyderabad to Vietnam flights now starting at Rs 11, book twice a week
Hyderabad: Here is some exciting news for Hyderabadis planning a holiday or visit to Vietnam soon. Starting March 18, Vietjet, Vietnam’s leading low-cost airline will launch a direct flight from the city to…
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Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling education department
Washington: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. Beyond the…
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US Supreme Court to hear Tahawwur Rana’s plea seeking stay of extradition to India
New York: US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is…
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Indian student in US faces deportation over ‘spreading Hamas propaganda’
New York: An Indian student enrolled as a postdoctoral fellow in the US faces deportation after federal authorities said he was “spreading Hamas propaganda” and has “close connections to a “suspected terrorist”,…
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Donald Trump expects India to lower tariffs ‘substantially’
New York: US President Donald Trump has said that he expects India to lower tariffs substantially, but will go ahead with his plan to charge a reciprocal rate. “I believe they’re going…
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US military launches fresh airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah, Saada
Sanaa: The US military launched fresh airstrikes on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah and the northern Saada province, both of which are strongholds of the Houthis, on Thursday evening. It…
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UK says Israel’s total blockade of Gaza is likely breaking international law
London: Britain’s top diplomat, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, told the House of Commons on Thursday “it’s difficult to see how denying humanitarian assistance to a civilian population can be compatible with international…
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Turkey detains 37 over ‘provocative’ social media posts following arrest of Istanbul mayor
Istanbul: Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister said Thursday, pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest of…
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Elon Musk’s X sues Indian govt over censorship, IT Act violations
Bengaluru: Social media giant ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, has sued the Indian Government by filing a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court, challenging unlawful content regulation and…
