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Japan grab 4-0 win as Uedas brace knocks...

Japan grab 4-0 win as Uedas brace knocks Tunisia out of 2026 World Cup

Japan grab 4-0 win as Uedas brace knocks Tunisia out of 2026 World Cup ## Japan Dominates Tunisia to Solidify World Cup Qualification Hopes **A clinical performance saw Japan secure a commanding 4-0 victory over Tunisia, propelling the Samurai Blue to a strong position in their 2026 FIFA World Cup... read more »

Employee letters disbursed under Pradhan...

Employee letters disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana...

Employee letters disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana in Chennai **Chennai Hosts Key Event for Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana** **Chennai, India** – A significant event, marking a crucial step in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar... read more »

Regular yoga practice makes healthy agei...

Regular yoga practice makes healthy ageing possible: AIIMS

Regular yoga practice makes healthy ageing possible: AIIMS ## Cultivating Vitality: Yoga Emerges as a Cornerstone for Healthy Aging **New Delhi** – As global demographics shift towards an ever-increasing elderly population, the imperative to foster healthy aging has escalated to a critical public... read more »

Insuring the informal worker against the...

Insuring the informal worker against the heat

Insuring the informal worker against the heat ## Innovative Insurance Models Offer a Vital Safety Net for Informal Workers Facing Extreme Heat In an era of escalating climate challenges, a novel approach to worker protection is emerging, offering a crucial financial buffer for informal laborers who... read more »

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Chinese react to stampede deaths: Thought this happened only in I...

China on Friday mourned the 36 dead from New Year festivities at its financial capital Shanghai, as the city government revealed the victims of the deadly stampede were mainly young women. Among the... read more »

Explosion in Auto-Parts Plant in China Kills 17, X...

An explosion at an auto-parts factory in southern China’s Guangdong province killed 17 people and injured 20 others, the official Xinhua News... read more »

Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

BEIJING – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media... read more »

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for release

AMMAN (Jordan): The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh,... read more »

Chinese city, university ban Christmas celebrations

History behind common Christmas traditions revealed

BEIJING: A Chinese city, which earlier saw demolition of portions of churches, has banned Christmas celebrations. Joining the move is a university in Xian,... read more »

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John Kerry lands in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders as insurgency ...

BAGHDAD: US secretary of state John Kerry landed in Baghdad on Monday to press Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to form a more inclusive government in response to a Sunni insurgency that has swept much... read more »

Israel kills Palestinian teen in escalating West B...

HEBRON, West Bank: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a weeklong... read more »

Militants launch attack on north Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say militants have launched an attack on a Sunni-dominated city north of Baghdad, killing seven members of the security forces and... read more »

Iraq attacks and shelling kill 35

BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people today, as politicians haggle over forming a new... read more »

Nine Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria

ABUJA: The Nigerian military Monday confirmed it killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Borno state. “Patrol troops have successfully... read more »

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Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Afghanistan grand assembly opens to discuss pact with US

Kabul – Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal chieftains, notable people and government functionaries opened here Thursday to discuss the security pact known as... read more »

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

Islamabad – At least six people were killed when US drones fired missiles at! a seminary in Pakistan’s northwest Hangu district Thursday... read more »

Prachanda loses key election in Kathmandu

Prachanda to visit India to meet ailing daughter

Kathmandu – Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, former prime minister and chairman of the once-powerful Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M),... read more »

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

Kathmandu – Initial results of Nepal’s second Constituent Assembly elections indicate that the country’s traditional political forces like... read more »

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped... read more »

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Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin summons British ambassador over spying report

Berlin – German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Tuesday summoned the British ambassador over claims of spying by the British embassy here. German officials told ambassador Simon McDonald... read more »

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` meetings over `bugging` fears

UK cabinet banned from using iPads in `sensitive` ...

London – British cabinet ministers have reportedly been banned from using iPads during top government meetings over fears that Chinese,... read more »

Five arrested over French journalists’ slayings i...

Five arrested over French journalists' slayings in Mali

Bamako – Police have arrested five people in northern Mali for the murder of two French journalists, Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, France’s... read more »

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

UK to scrap `paid-visa` rule for `high-risk` Indians

Tokyo – The UK is reportedly planning to scrap the recommendation of demanding cash bond of 4,800 dollars from visitors belonging to six ‘high-risk’... read more »

World War II bomb defused in German city

World War II bomb defused in German city

Berlin – Bomb experts defused a 1,800-kg bomb from World War II Sunday in the western German city of Dortmund after officials evacuated 20,000... read more »

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Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wins re-election

Washington – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory seen boosting his widely expected presidential bid in 2016. As polls closed, Christie,... read more »

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put at risk

Merkel insists German-U.S. ties should not be put ...

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday stressed the importance of the German-U.S. alliance, adding that an ongoing debate on... read more »

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Je...

Multiple gun fired outside Garden State Plaza in New Jersey shopping centre .

A shopping centre in the US state of New Jersey has been evacuated after multiple shots were heard, with some people locked down inside stores. Some witnesses... read more »

US to continue support Egypt’s regime: Kerry

US to continue support Egypt's regime: Kerry

Cairo – US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his first visit to Egypt since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, confirmed Sunday that his... read more »

For Edward Snowden, no clemency: Top US lawmakers

U.S. spied on Netherlands from 1946 to 1968: Snowden documents

Washington – Senior American lawmakers said today that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden should not be given clemency by the United States following his... read more »

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Watch: TN Assembly adopts resolution against Karnatakas Mekedatu dam plan | Above the Fold...

Watch: TN Assembly adopts resolution against Karnatakas Mekedatu dam plan | Above the Fold | 19.06.2026 **Tamil Nadu Assembly Passes Resolution Opposing Karnataka’s Mekedatu Dam... read more »

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Behind the noise of an Iran deal, Palestine continues to burn ## The Unseen Conflict: Palestinian Suffering Persists Amidst Shifting Global Priorities While international attention has been... read more »

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Prediction Market Philosophers Got What They Wanted. Theyre Not Happy About It Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports... read more »

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Elderly man, 87, 'beaten to pulp' by fellow care home r...

Elderly man, 87, 'beaten to pulp' by fellow care home resident **Elderly Resident Hospitalized Following Alleged Assault at Care Facility** A serious incident has prompted an investigation... read more »