Extreme heat scorches parts of north India; New Delhi on high alert

NEW DELHI — Parts of northwest India sweltered under scorching temperatures Saturday, with the capital, New Delhi, under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures struck parts of the country. India’s weather department expec ...

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Saturday, 18 May 2024
70 years after landmark court ruling, US schools still segregated

WASHINGTON — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that decision — the fabled Brown v. Board of Education, taught in most every American clas ...

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Saturday, 18 May 2024
Chinese electric cars better than American Putin

The US has imposed tariffs on China’s EVs to stifle competition, the Russian president has said US authorities have imposed tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) because they have become better, Russian President Vladim ...

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Friday, 17 May 2024
Russian President Putin backs China’s peace plan amid Ukraine conflict

Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for China’s peace plan amid the ongoing military conflict with Ukraine, describing it as a "genuine desire" to bring an end to the hostilities, Al Jaz ...

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Thursday, 16 May 2024
A new batches of displaced Syrians arrives from Lebanon

Governorates, SANA- Dozens of displaced families residing in refugee camps in Lebanon returned today through the al-Zamrani crossing in Damascus countryside and the Jusiyah crossing in Homs countryside to their safe villages and tow ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
NIA arrests proclaimed offender in Sri Lankan-Pak espionage case, recovers incriminating materials

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested a proclaimed offender, who had absconded after jumping bail in the Hyderabad espionage case involving a Sri Lankan and a Pakistani nation ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
UN launches probe after staff member killed in Gaza Reuters

A former Indian Army officer died this week as a result of an unidentified strike on a car belonging to the organization The UN has announced an investigation into a strike on a car in Rafah in southern Gaza this week that killed ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Indian missions assisting in repatriation of mortal remains of killed retired Col in Gaza: MEA

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday said that Indian missions in the UN and in Israel are assisting in bringing back the mortal remains of Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale (Retd), who was killed i ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
"Only shows their desperation...": Annamalai hits back at Cong leader over Karkare claim

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): In a hard-hitting counter to Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar’s claim that former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed by a police officer with RSS links and not by Lashkar terr ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Moody’s expects India to grow 6.6% in 2024-25 fiscal

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.6 per cent in the current financial year 2024-25, fuelled by strong credit demand that will support the NBFC sector’s profitability, Moody’s Ratings said. ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92

ottawa — Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, has died ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Putin says he knows quite a bit about Chinese martial arts

Putin said he believes Russia and China have been inextricably linked for centuries, both by an extensive common border and by close cultural and people-to-people ties. MOSCOW, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian President ...

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Wednesday, 15 May 2024