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French PM visits Algeria to boost cooperation partnership
Algiers: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has arrived in Algiers for a two-day visit to boost cooperation with Algeria. Leading a delegation of 16 senior officials, she held talks with her Algerian…
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1 killed, several injured as car drives into terrace bars in Spain
Madrid, Oct 10 (IANS) A man has been arrested after one person was killed and at least seven injured as a car drove into two terrace bars in the town of Gibraleon…
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Nepali President tests positive for Covid-19
Kathmandu: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital of Kathmandu, tested positive for Covid-19, a hospital official has said. The president, who was…
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This CEO wants people to be happy that he laid off 500 employees
San Francisco: US exercise and fitness equipment company Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy has announced to cut 12 per cent of the workforce (nearly 500 employees) in a latest lay-off round, and he…
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Indian-American in 2022 National Book Awards shortlist
New York: Indian-American author Sarah Thankam Mathews is among the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards, which will be announced on November 16 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.…
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Indian-American prof gets Rs 5.2 cr for cybersecurity research
New York: Indian-American computer science professor Brajendra Panda has been awarded $637,223 (Rs 5.2 crore) by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity to improve recovery methods for critical infrastructure systems…
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US, allies pushing Pakistan to vote against Russia at UN
Islamabad: The United States and its allies are seeking Pakistan’s support for the resolution to be tabled at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week against Russia for invading Ukraine, Express…
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10 die in petrol station explosion in Ireland
Dublin: Ten people, including a primary school-aged girl, were confirmed dead by Irish police on Saturday following an explosion at a petrol station in Donegal, Ireland. The police described the explosion as…
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Putin orders intensified measures to protect Crimea-related facilities
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the power grid connecting Crimea and the main gas pipeline to the…
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Anti-Uyghur Muslim crackdown: China silent on India’s abstention in UNHRC vote
Beijing: China on Saturday maintained silence on India’s abstention at the voting at the UNHRC on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, but defended its crackdown against Uyghur Muslims, saying it was…
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Crimean bridge explosion just the beginning: Ukraine
Kiev: An explosion on Saturday that rocked the crucial Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula, is just “the beginning”, President…
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Video: Crucial bridge linking Crimea to Russia hit by huge explosion
Kiev: The Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula, was hit by a massive explosion on Saturday on the span that…
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No one asked India to stop buying oil from Russia, Puri says in US
Washington: India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, will continue to buy oil from any country that it has to, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said asserting that no country…
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American dream gone wrong, says family of Indian-origin murder victims
New York: “American dream gone wrong”, says the family of the Punjab-origin Sikh family of four, including an eight-month-old infant, who were murdered in California Their immigrant dream ended when eight-month-old Aroohi…
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Elon Musk’s revived Twitter bid is another twist in this tale, but may not be the last
Conventry (UK), Oct 8 (The Conversation) With only about two weeks to go before a court case over his attempts to withdraw his USD 44 billion (39 pound billion) offer to buy…
