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Sri Lanka: More than 200 arrested over nationwide violence
Colombo: Over 200 people have been arrested in Sri Lanka on various charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since Monday as the…
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NY mass shooting gunman arraigned
New York: An 18-year-old white gunman was arraigned on Sunday hours after shocking the nation by live-streaming his mass shooting at a supermarket in the city of Buffalo, New York, which led…
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Putin is ailing from blood cancer, says Russian oligarch
Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly ill with blood cancer, as per a report by the New Lines Magazines. The information was obtained by the magazine through a secret recording by an…
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Hard hitting Symonds leaves cricket fans shell shocked; he was once part of Deccan Chargers
The death of former cricketer Andrew Symonds in a car crash has left Australian cricket fans in shock. Within a matter of months, three of the most well known names of Australian cricket have left…
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Security to be tightened in SL after reports of possible attacks on May 18
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry announced the tightening of security across the island nation after reports emerged in the Indian media that the former cadres of the now-defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil…
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Hungary’s first female President takes vow, gives message of hope
Budapest: Hungary’s first-ever female President Katalin Novak gave a message of hope and unity following her inauguration. “In addition to the responses given to pandemics, security threats and economic challenges, I am…
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10 killed in US supermarket shooting, being probed as hate crime
San Franciso: A heavily armoured gunman killed 10 people and injured three at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, authorities said, adding that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the…
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Xi Jinping rumoured to be suffering from brain aneurysm: Report
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is rumoured to be suffering from brain aneurysm and won’t go under the knife to treat it, the media reported. Bloggers have suggested that the 68-year-old Xi…
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Finland’s ruling party backs NATO application
Helsinki: Finland’s ruling Social Democratic Party has endorsed the plan for making the country a member of the NATO military alliance. The endorsement was made on Saturday by the Party Council, the…
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Musk brings Trump’s America back on Twitter
New Delhi: The ‘free speech absolutist’ Elon Musk has managed to shift the dynamics of Twitter just before the all-crucial 2022 midterm elections in the US, taking a sort of revenge against…
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Finland joining NATO would be a ‘mistake’, says Putin
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining NATO and abandoning Finland’s neutral status would be a “mistake”, the media reported. He told Sauli Niinisto there was no threat…
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China’s online car-hailing orders fall in April
Beijing: Orders from China’s online car-hailing companies dropped in April, as the resurgence of COVID-19 cases influenced the companies’ operations and people’s willingness to travel, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.…
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Coup to oust Putin is already underway: Ukraine’s spy chief
Kiev: Ukraine’s spy chief has claimed that a coup to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin is “already underway” and that Moscow would lose the war by the end of this year. Major…
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Bezos spars with Biden on Twitter over taxing the wealthiest
San Francisco: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has accused Joe Biden of “misdirection” on Twitter, as the US President tweeted that the wealthy corporations must “pay their fair share”. “You want to bring…
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Twitter, Tesla, Musk incur major losses; Tycoon poorer by $39 Bn
New York: Elon Musk, still the world’s richest man, is poorer by nearly $39 billion since he spoke of buying out Twitter. Irony. At $231 billion of worth on the Forbes Real Time…