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Iran revises port blast death toll to 57, arrests two over safety failures
Tehran: Iran revised the death toll from a major explosion at its main commercial port late last month down to 57 from 70, while state television reported two arrests in connection with…
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Indian student held in US for attempting to scam elderly person
An Indian student in the US is facing charges of attempting to scam an elderly woman in North Carolina. Kishan Kumar Singh who is a 21-year-old international student from India was arrested…
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Trump threatens 100 pc tariff on foreign-made films
New York: President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the US In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said…
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UNSC to hold closed consultations on Indo-Pak situation on Monday
United Nations: The UN Security Council will hold closed consultations Monday on the situation between India and Pakistan after Islamabad sought an emergency meeting on the issue. Pakistan currently sits as a…
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Trump, in new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
West Palm Beach: President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution. He also said he does not think…
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Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. In a preview…
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Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude strikes US
West Texas: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night (local time), forming part of a seismic swarm shaking the region along the Texas-New Mexico border, the US Geological Survey…
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PM Modi congratulates Lawrence Wong on re-election
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Lawrence Wong on his resounding victory in the general election in Singapore and said he looks forward to continuing working closely with him.…
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SpaceX launch site approved as new city of Starbase
McAllen: The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organise Starbase as a city was…
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Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as pope ahead of papal conclave
New York: President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor…
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Rajnath Singh to skip Russia visit amid escalating tensions between India-Pakistan
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will not likely attend Russia’s Victory Day parade to be held in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s win…
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Billionaire Warren Buffett to retire at end of year
Omaha: Billionaire Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of shareholders Saturday by announcing that he will retire at the end of the year, bringing the curtain down on a six-decade run leading…
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Naxalite with Rs 8L bounty killed in encounter with security forces
Dhaka: A former Bangladesh army officer and close aide of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has suggested that Dhaka should collaborate with China to occupy India’s northeastern states if it attacks Pakistan in…
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25 TN fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Coast Guard return home
Chennai: Twenty-five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Coast Guard on February 23, returned home on Saturday. The fishermen, who had been detained for over two months,…
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Russia downs 170 drones, 8 Western-supplied missiles over Crimea, other regions
Moscow: Russia on Saturday said it has downed 170 drones and more than 10 guided missiles overnight over Crimea and several border regions with Ukraine. In a press release on its Telegram…
