PAPER LEAK, Job deficit / Bihar cops use water cannons on protest march
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Pakistan govt files challenge against ex-PM hospital move
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Iran warns Gulf nations against helping US
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GAZA CITY / Israeli strikes kill nine Palestinians
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US SANCTIONS / ICC calls move ‘attack’ on court independence
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US, S Korea cut drills short after Trump criticism
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Meta hooked children, misled public
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Gold mine collapse kills at least 100 people in C.Africa
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Oldest human brain cells grown in lab ‘recorded passage of time’
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Queen Elizabeth declines 'Oldie of the Year' award
Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who has reigned over her nation for almost seven decades, says she feels too young at heart to be awarded the title "Oldie of the Year", an aide has revealed.
20 October 2021
Fasting boosts lifespan in mice
Eating less often does more to improve the health and lifespan of rodents than simply eating less, a study said Monday.
19 October 2021
48 Yemen rebels killed near Marib
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said yesterday it killed 48 Huthi rebels in air strikes on two districts near the strategic city of Marib, during intense fighting this week.
19 October 2021
This day in history
1935 - Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
19 October 2021
US bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
About a dozen US senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon
19 October 2021
UN: 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015
Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015
19 October 2021
Taliban interior minister hails suicide bombers
One of the most senior figures in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has hailed the sacrifices of suicide bombers at a meeting with families of the “martyrs” in Kabul.
19 October 2021
UK PM sets out green ambitions with some caveats
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday set out his ambition for a green revolution that would force Western economies to kick their centuries old addiction to fossil fuels.
19 October 2021
‘Seriousness’ means lifting sanctions
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said seriousness on the part of the United States in upcoming talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal would mean lifting sanctions against Iran.
19 October 2021
Deadly floods in India
A statue of Hindu god Lord Shiva is pictured amid the risen water levels of River Ganga after incessant rains in Rishikesh in India’s
19 October 2021
Trial begins of 96-yr-old Nazi war criminal suspect after failed escape attempt
A 96-year-old German woman who was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing last month on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two appeared before a judge on Tuesday in the northern town of Itzehoe.
19 October 2021
Listen to water: Massive sculpture makes statement in New York harbor
A towering statue of a woman's head with her index finger pressing on her lips now faces lower Manhattan along the Hudson River, inviting the chaotic metropolis to stop and listen.
19 October 2021
Stab wounds, not bow and arrow behind deaths in Norway attack: Police
Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday.
18 October 2021
Russia suspends its mission to Nato
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that Moscow was suspending its mission to Nato and closing the Western military bloc’s liaison mission in Russia, in a row over spying.
18 October 2021
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Milan and Costa Rica were among the winners of the Earthshot Prize on Sunday, an environmental award created by Britain’s Prince William, who has criticized world leaders for an uninspiring response to the climate change crisis.
18 October 2021
EU has exported ‘over 1 billion’ Covid vaccine doses
The European Union has exported “over one billion” doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday.
18 October 2021
Australian pair survive for days lost in outback
Two people have survived days without water in Australia’s hot and dusty outback, police said yesterday, ending a frenzied five-day rescue effort.
18 October 2021
This day in history
2001 - At least 350 people were killed when an overcrowded boat, on its way to Australia from Lampung in Sumatra carrying mostly Iraqi asylum seekers, sank near Java.
18 October 2021
150 Yemen rebels killed in strikes
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said yesterday it had killed 150 Huthi rebels near the strategic city of Marib, which would raise the rebel death toll to over 1,100 in a week.
18 October 2021
Russia to halt diplomatic mission to NATO over spy row
Russia said on Monday it would halt the activities of its diplomatic mission to NATO after the alliance expelled eight Russians in a row over spying.
18 October 2021