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Machado can’t award Peace Prize to Trump, says Nobel Institute
Washington: The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the…
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Myanmar holds second round of polls amid armed conflict
Yangon: Myanmar resumed voting Sunday, January 11 in the second round of its first general election in five years, expanding polling to additional townships, including some areas affected by the civil war…
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Anti-ICE protests across US after shootings in Minneapolis, Portland
Thousands of people have marched in Minneapolis to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota…
- Offbeat
‘Wait a Minute’ meme star Brett Ambler goes viral again
Brett Ambler, best known for the “Wait A Minute…. Who are you?” meme has gone viral once, only that this time for the exact opposite reason. Seemingly as an adult, only a…
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Terror attack in Australia: Pakistani man wrongly identified as shooter
A Pakistani man was wrongly identified as one of the shooters in the terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia’s Sydney on Sunday, December 14. The man identified as Sheik Naveed Akram,…
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US to re-examine green card holders from ‘countries of concern’ after DC shooting
Washington: The Trump administration has said it will conduct a “rigorous” re-examination of all Green Cards issued to immigrants from “every country of concern” in the wake of the shooting of two…
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Pakistani airstrikes kill 10, mostly children: Afghanistan
Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a sign of worsening tensions between the two neighbours.…
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Trump’s H-1B view is ‘Nuanced’: White House
Washington: US President Donald Trump has a “very nuanced and commonsense opinion” on the issue of H-1B visas and does not support American workers being replaced, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt…
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experts warn of stronger quake after Bangladesh’s deadly 5.7 tremor
Dhaka: Experts have urged the Bangladesh government to take immediate action after an earthquake claimed at least 10 lives in the country, warning that a far stronger tremor may lie ahead and…
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Fire at COP30 venue in Brazil injures 21
Belem: At least 21 people were injured in a fire which broke out at the main venue of the ongoing UN COP30 Climate Summit in Brazil’s Belem, forcing thousands of people to…
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Parasocial: Cambridge dictionary’s Word of the Year 2025
New Delhi: ‘Parasocial’, defined as involving or relating to a connection that someone feels with a famous person they do not know, has been named the Word of the Year for 2025,…
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Sheikh Hasina responds to death sentence, denies all accusations
Bangladesh: After the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, November 17, she issued a statement calling the ruling “biased” and “politically motivated.” “The…
- India
US secretary of state calls Delhi blast a terrorist attack
Hamilton: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has characterised the Red Fort bombing as a “terrorist attack” and commended India’s “very professional” investigation. “Clearly, it was a terrorist attack. It was a…
- World
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum groped by man in public
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, was groped and kissed by a drunk man while interacting with the public in Mexico City on November 4. A video of the incident has been…
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Video: Another Indian student caught shoplifting in United States
A month after two Telugu students were caught for shoplifting at a store in the United States, another Indian student, reportedly hailing from Gujarat, was arrested for the same. A video of…
