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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…
- Technology
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…
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Canada adds 21,000 jobs in Sep
Ottawa: Canada added 21,000 jobs in September with a high employment rate for core-aged parents, the national statistical agency said. Statistics Canada said on Friday that after dropping in August, employment was…
- Business
Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ app a ‘Trumpet’ and ‘right-wing echo chamber’
Washington: Tesla and SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk called former US President Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” app as a “Trumpet” of “right-wing echo chamber”. The world’s richest man with a net worth of…
- Andhra Pradesh
Togo govt plans to sign MoU with Andhra University on IT, space
Visakhapatnam: Togo’s minister of education and research, Dr Wateba said that they will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Andhra University and will work in various fields. While addressing the presser, Dr…
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Russians preparing society for possible use of nukes: Zelensky
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Russian officials have started “preparing the society” for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but also added that “they are not ready to do it”.…
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Ales Bialiatski, Russia’s Memorial, Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Stockholm [Sweden]: The Royal Swedish Academy on Friday jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian…
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India abstains from voting for debate on China’s treatment of Muslim Uyghurs
Geneva: In a close diplomatic victory for China, the UN’s top human rights body on Thursday voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to…
- India
Action initiated on all cases: India counters UK Home Secretary’s claim on visa overstayers
London: India has countered UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claim that the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) had not “worked very well” to say that India had initiated action on all cases…
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California man charged with hate crimes after targeting saree-clad Hindu women
San Francisco: At least 14 Hindu women in the US state of California have been attacked by a man who also ripped their jewellery in a spate of hate crimes, authorities said. According…
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US forces kill top IS leaders in Syria
Washington: American forces have killed two top leaders of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in an airstrike conducted in northern Syria, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement published…
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UK Opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer vows to combat ‘Hinduphobia’
London: In its first direct reference to the term “Hinduphobia”, the UK’s Opposition Labour Party committed itself to fight against hate crimes of all kinds following communal clashes in Leicester and Birmingham…
