August 2022 - World News

    • Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    The US on Tuesday announced USD 30 million to help cash-starved Pakistan and people affected by severe rains and flooding in the country.

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    An unusual animal fighting is gaining traction on Twitter - it shows a bull scaring away a tiger in the wild.

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    Iraq clashes explained: At least 30 people were killed and 400 were injured in Iraq's capital Baghdad in clashes between Shia militias and Iraqi security forces after  Muqtada al-Sadr said he was withdrawing from politics. 

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    Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the heat - the city was the world's...

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the residence of Union minister Piyush Goyal in the national capital and performed 'aarti' on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

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    Tuesday, August 30, 2022

    A heart harvested from a 55-year-old woman at AIIMS was transported to a leading private hospital here via a green corridor in a span of 14 minutes on Tuesday evening during heavy traffic hours,...

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    The PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels that spiked drastically near the Supertech twin towers following their demolition returned close to usual levels on Monday, official data showed.

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    A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a one-and-half-year-old infant girl of his neighbourhood, police said on Tuesday.

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    Elon Musk's mother Maye Musk recently revealed she sleeps in a garage while she pays a visit to her billionaire son in Texas, United States.

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    Three heatwaves since June produced France's second-hottest summer since records began in 1900, the Meteo France weather service said Tuesday, warning that scorching temperatures will be increasingly...

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    About 50 Dalit families were allegedly driven out of a village, where they were living in for the last four decades, by members of a particular community in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on...

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    Monday, August 29, 2022

    Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter Inc whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company's spam and alleged security vulnerabilities.

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    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday displayed his volleyball skills on the opening day of a sports event 'Khedan Watan Punjab Dian' in Jalandhar.

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    Pak journalist booked: Pakistan police have registered a case against a journalist on allegations of attributing “disrespectful” statements “not based on facts” about Islam to former prime minister Imran Khan.

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    The Taliban's interim Defence Minister Mullah Yaqub on Sunday has claimed that the US drones were entering the war-torn country through Pakistan, the media reported.

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    Pakistan took a sigh of relief as the IMF on Monday approved the revival of its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme after which the cash-strapped country will receive the 7th and 8th tranche of USD...

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    UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.

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    Sunday, August 28, 2022

    Pakistan needs financial help to deal with "overwhelming" floods, its foreign minister said on Sunday, adding that he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would take...

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    The construction was "extremely strong" and the shear walls, which are difficult to blast anyway, "were full of steel reinforcement, extremely resistant to blasting", he added.

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    Britain’s prime ministerial hopeful Liz Truss, in the race against former chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader, came under fire on Friday over her remarks about French President Emmanuel Macron.

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    The criticism of India by the Western countries over its import of Russian crude oil while exempting themselves from their "own illegitimate sanctions" is a reflection of their unprincipled position...

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    IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2022: An error from the broadcasters left Pakistan legend Wasim Akram fuming ahead of the Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan

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    Saturday, August 27, 2022

    Seems like Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer Grimes is not convinced if Mark Zuckerberg is qualified enough to run the Metaverse.

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    India firmly told China that what Colombo needs now is "support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies" to serve another country's agenda.

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    A seven-month-old child, sleeping on a platform at the Mathura railway station, was abducted by a man, police said. The theft was caught on a CCTV camera.

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    Family of the actor-politician met Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who'd said he would do whatever the family asks for

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    Sitting on the boundary wall of a park opposite the Supertech's twin towers that will be demolished on Sunday afternoon, 14-year-old Mohammad Zulfiqar is animatedly explaining to his friends how the...

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    An Indian Army official on Saturday said that massive infrastructure development is being done along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in order to make surveillance more efficient.

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    Shinzo Abe assassination: The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence. But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details have emerged about an alleged assassin who was well-off until his mother's huge donations to the controversial Unification Church left him poor, neglected, and filled with rage.

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    A sporty Ford Escort that was once princess Diana's runabout sold at auction for £737,000 (around $866,000) on Saturday, a few days before the 25th anniversary of her death.

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    Friday, August 26, 2022

    The rising water level of Ganga and Varuna rivers has submerged parts of Varanasi including its famous ghats, forcing the cremation of bodies brought to the Harishchandra and Manikarnika ghats in...

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    In a historic first, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is likely to conduct the traditional ceremony to appoint a newly elected leader as the country's prime minister at her Balmoral Castle residence in...

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    A pilot of a prominent airline has been removed from flight duty after he failed a drug test, a senior DGCA official said on Friday.

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    United States: US Senator, Marsha Blackburn is the latest US lawmaker to visit the self-governed island of Taiwan on Thursday (August 25) after a series of visits by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other US officials that has heightened tensions with China.

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    The national parties have collected more than Rs 15,077.97 crore from unknown sources between 2004-05 and 2020-21, an analysis by the poll rights body -- Association for Democratic Reforms, showed.

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    Thursday, August 25, 2022

    The restaurant on Goa's famous Anjuna beach, where Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat had visited before coming back to her hotel and complaining of uneasiness, was in the limelight 14 years ago when a...

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    Sri Lanka economic crisis: President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a visiting IMF team on Wednesday analyzed Sri Lanka's current economic crisis as the two sides began crucial talks to finalize a bailout package and secure a staff-level agreement for the cash-strapped country. The second such visit from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in three months comes at a time when Sri Lanka is scrambling to chalk out a staff-level agreement with the Washington-based global lender for a USD 5 billion program, which could be the antidote for the country’s current economic travails.

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    Weeks ahead of the launch of 5G services in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the government was preparing to launch 6G by the end of this decade.

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    A viral video shows a man carrying a baby in a stroller outside his house with a dog following him, suddenly he leaves the stroller to protect the dog.

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    Sri Lanka economic crisis: President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a visiting IMF team on Wednesday analyzed Sri Lanka's current economic crisis as the two sides began crucial talks to finalize a bailout package and secure a staff-level agreement for the cash-strapped country. The second such visit from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in three months comes at a time when Sri Lanka is scrambling to chalk out a staff-level agreement with the Washington-based global lender for a USD 5 billion program, which could be the antidote for the country’s current economic travails.

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    Wednesday, August 24, 2022

    The photo has led to a discussion on social media in which Kerala minister V Sinvankutty also joined in.

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    US President Joe Biden has appointed more than 130 Indian-Americans to key positions in his administration so far, the best representation from the community that makes up around one per cent of the American population.

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    Twitter Inc Chief Executive Parag Agrawal moved to reassure employees on Wednesday about a whistleblower's accusations, calling them "foundationally, technically and historically inaccurate," during a...

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    US President Joe Biden has appointed more than 130 Indian-Americans to key positions in his administration so far, the best representation from the community that makes up around one per cent of the American population.

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    California State Senate has unanimously passed a legislation to legalise the sacred symbol of Swastika in its penal code and recognise the hateful Nazi emblem by its German name, Hakenkreuz.

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    Tuesday, August 23, 2022

    Rishi Sunak news: Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. During a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) diaspora organisation in north London on Monday evening, the former Chancellor greeted the largely British Indian gathering with a mix of traditional greetings such as “namaste, salaam, khem cho, and kidda”.

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    Elon Musk has called for the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit against him for cancelling his multibillion-dollar Twitter buyout deal and subpoenaing the social media company's former CEO. 

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    Elon Musk has called for the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit against him for cancelling his multibillion-dollar Twitter buyout deal and subpoenaing the social media company's former CEO. 

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    Imran Khan had addressed the rally in Islamabad's F-9 park on Saturday to show solidarity with his close aide Shahbaz Gill who was arrested 9 for passing remarks against the army.

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    Himanta Biswa Sarma had filed the case after Manish Sisodia accused him and his wife of corruption in a deal for PPE kits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down on the DMK for some of its statements on the issue of freebies, saying the judiciary is "responsible" and the "wisdom does not belong to a particular party or a...

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    Lawmakers questioned top executives of the Indian arms of Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter Netflix and Uber over their anticompetitive practises.

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    Former India coach Ravi Shastri has now picked two players whose workload needs to be managed leading up to the T20 World Cup

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    Monday, August 22, 2022

    Islamic State suicide bomber detained: Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said they have detained a suicide bomber. According to the details, the detained bomber is a member of the Islamic State terrorist group, who was plotting a terrorist attack in India.

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    Power rationing that forced factories in China's southwest to shut down has been extended through at least Thursday due to low water at hydroelectric dams, according to a notice reported by news outlets and a company announcement, adding to losses from the hottest, driest summer in decades.

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    The global trade in arms is worth more than two trillion dollars. A UN conference this week aims to bring more oversight to this deadly industry.

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    Sikh girl converted to Islam: Massive protests broke out in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, a day after a Sikh girl was abducted from the Buner district and forcefully converted to Islam on Saturday (August 20) evening. Dina Kaur, daughter of Gurucharan Singh, was reported to be abducted at gunpoint, raped, and married to her abductor with the help of local administration and police.

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    Pakistan news: A day after former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan got booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act, security on the road leading to his residence has been tightened, reported ARY News on Monday. As per Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Pakistan government is planning to get Imran Khan arrested. A terrorism case was filed against the ousted leader for threatening police, judiciary and other state institutions at his Islamabad rally. The case was registered at the Margalla Police Station of Islamabad at 10 pm on Saturday under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism).

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    President Joe Biden's Covid advisor Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert who became the face of the country's fight against the pandemic, announced Monday that he will step down in...

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    Actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan made his first post on Instagram in over a year as he shared a couple of pictures with his siblings AbRam and Suhana Khan. He captioned the pictures, "Hat-trick".

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    Kumar Mangalam Birla, the chairman of Aditya Birla Group, delivered the convocation address at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. During the speech, Mr Birla shared his "favourite IIT...

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    Sunday, August 21, 2022

    Monkeypox cases: Amid a global rise in monkeypox cases, Indonesia confirmed its first case of the viral disease, reports suggested on Saturday. Indonesia's neighbour - Singapore reported its first case last month.

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    A woman PhD student from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune on Sunday flagged the lack of a proper sanitary pad disposal mechanism at CSIR institutes in an interaction with Union minister...

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    Monkeypox cases: Amid a global rise in monkeypox cases, Indonesia confirmed its first case of the viral disease, reports suggested on Saturday. Indonesia's neighbour - Singapore reported its first case last month.

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    Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening police, judiciary, and other state institutions at his Islamabad rally a day ago, Press Trust...

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    A 14-year-old girl was brutally beaten and thrown away in a lonely place in a semi-unconscious state after she resisted rape attempt allegedly by an auto-rickshaw driver in Jharkhand's Dumka district,...

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    Saturday, August 20, 2022

    Salman Rushdie stabbed: Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the attack on renowned author Salman Rushdie, a media report said. Terming the attack as sad and terrible he said that although the anger of the Islamic world is understandable, the act is not justified. 

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    Repopulate Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering to pay women, who would bare 10 or more children, to restore the nation's ongoing demographic crisis, which emerged due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the Covid pandemic. 

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    Shardul Thakur bowled a match-winning spell, taking three for 38 in seven overs as India bowled out Zimbabwe for a paltry total of 161 after electing to bowl

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    Repopulate Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering to pay women, who would bare 10 or more children, to restore the nation's ongoing demographic crisis, which emerged due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the Covid pandemic. 

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    USDeputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Turkey's Deputy Finance Minister Yunus Elitas that Russian entities and individuals were attempting to use Turkey to bypass Western sanctions imposed...

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    India on Saturday expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of the victims and assured India stands with the Government and people of Somalia in their fight against terrorism.

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    Friday, August 19, 2022

    The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisation steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. In a commentary published on Friday's edition of North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country has no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program for economic cooperation, saying “no one barters its destiny for corn cake.”

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    In a shocking incident, a man allegedly sold his newborn girl child to another person for Rs 6,000 after which the police arrested three people, police said on Friday.

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    The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisation steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. In a commentary published on Friday's edition of North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country has no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program for economic cooperation, saying “no one barters its destiny for corn cake.”

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that a team of independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant via Ukraine, the French presidency said after a call with...

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    Myanmar's military chief said Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded.

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    Bhutan will ban the import of all vehicles except utility vehicles, heavy earthmoving machines and agriculture machinery to save dwindling forex reserves.

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    Thursday, August 18, 2022

    A 34-year-old Saudi woman and a PhD student Salma al-Shehab have been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting dissident (those opposing the government) accounts.

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    Pakistan on Thursday lifted the ban on the import of non-essential and luxury items to meet a condition of the IMF ahead of the global lender's meeting later this month to decide on a bailout package...

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    The BJP, considered to have upset the Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh, found itself the backfoot with the community in Madhya Pradesh following a leader's controversial remarks. It has also got two leaders...

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    A 34-year-old Saudi woman and a PhD student Salma al-Shehab have been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting dissident (those opposing the government) accounts.

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    A teenaged boy allegedly involved in 13 cases of robberies, theft and snatching in Delhi has been caught, police said on Thursday.

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    Wednesday, August 17, 2022

    Britain's largest water provider on Wednesday became the latest UK supplier to announce restrictions on usage as swathes of England grapple with a punishing drought.

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    A jailed Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was shot dead near the International Border in Jammu on Wednesday.

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    China will not be allowed to use the southern port of Hambantota for military purposes, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, apparently attempting to allay fears in India and the US about China’s increasing maritime presence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

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    The World Health Organization called Wednesday for people infected with monkeypox to avoid exposing animals to the virus following a first reported case of human-to-dog transmission.

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    Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter, rolling out the latest version of a product that generates more...

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    Tuesday, August 16, 2022

    China Ikea viral video: A viral video shows people running out of a mall in China's Shanghai fearing they would be caught and put in concentration camps in view of the Covid pandemic protocols.

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    China's envoy in Sri Lanka on Tuesday played down the controversy surrounding the arrival of a high-tech Chinese research ship at the southern port of Hambantota, calling such visits "very natural". Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship 'Yuan Wang 5' arrived in the southern port of Hambantota at 8.20 am local time. It will be docked there till August 22.

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    The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years next week in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South's military said Tuesday. The allies' summertime drills, which will take place from Aug.22 to Sept. 1 in South Korea under the name of Ulchi Freedom Shield, will include field exercises involving aircraft, warships, tanks and potentially tens of thousands of troops.

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    Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted for six more years on more corruption charges on Monday. Aung San Suu Kyi was earlier given an 11-year prison sentence on sedition, corruption and other charges at earlier trials after the military ousted her elected government and detained her in February 2021.

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    Pakistan: As many as 20 people were burnt alive in a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in the Punjab province of Pakistan on Tuesday. According to the details, the accident was reported from a motorway in Multan, some 350 kms from Lahore, reportedly because of overspeeding.

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    A car cleaner noticed the object under the sports utility vehicle (SUV) of Sub Inspector Dilbagh Singh at the posh Ranjit Avenue locality, the police said.

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    Chinese ship in Sri Lanka: Despite security concerns raised by India, the Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang 5 reached Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port this morning, reported Daily Mirror. The ship was welcomed by Sri Lankan port officials and Chinese officials from the ship company. Earlier, the ship was slated to arrive on August 11, but Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry asked to postpone the docking until further consultations took place. 

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    Monday, August 15, 2022

    Australia's Canberra Airport terminal was on Sunday evacuated following a shooting incident. The development was confirmed by Australian Federal Police, who said the airport terminal was evacuated after gunshots were heard. 

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    China on Monday said Sri Lanka has allowed its satellite and missile tracking ship to berth at the Hambantota port on Tuesday, but declined to reveal details of talks with Colombo.

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    Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe heaped praise on India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the county celebrated 75 years of Independence.

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    Australia's Canberra Airport terminal was on Sunday evacuated following a shooting incident. The development was confirmed by Australian Federal Police, who said the airport terminal was evacuated after gunshots were heard. 

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    According to a report, Washington Sundar has been ruled out of India's ODI series against Zimbabwe due to a shoulder injury

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    Sunday, August 14, 2022

    With the UK prime ministerial elections less than a month, Indian-origin contender Rishi Sunak has once again come under the scanner for his lifestyle.

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    The man set to interview Salman Rushdie in New York state moments before the renowned novelist was attacked said Sunday he initially thought someone was playing a cruel joke, but was jolted to reality...

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    Anshu Jain, a former co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, has died, his family said in a statement Saturday. He was 59. Jain died after a battle with duodenal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2017. Jain was Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2015, where he helped build the firm’s global capital markets business. As Co-CEO along with Jürgen Fitschen, he was the first ever non-European to lead the German bank. Before that, he was appointed to Deutsche Bank’s Management Board in 2009 and ran the corporate and investment bank division from 2010.

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    A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turning his gun on himself, police said.

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    A British woman named Kate Jayden, who ran 106 marathons in 106 days consecutively, now holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive days to complete a marathon (female), according to a...

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    Saturday, August 13, 2022

    In an interview conducted just weeks before he was stabbed and seriously wounded by an attacker in New York state, author Salman Rushdie said his life was now "relatively normal", after having lived...

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    Salman Rushdie stabbed: The New York State Police has identified the attacker of author Salman Rushdie as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown. Also, the author is on a ventilator following hours of surgery, and is likely to lose one eye due to the stabbing attack, reported news agency Reuters. He was stabbed in the neck and torso before he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

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    Swiss artist Francois Monthoux's annual project to build clay sculptures on the banks of Switzerland's Toleure river has sprawled into a captivating castle complex this year as the drought afflicting...

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    Rocks delaying digging of channels to release water; disaster response force, army, air force deployed as scientists and engineers work on a way out at the dam construction site in Dhar district

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    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the states doling out freebies to check the fiscal strength of the state government and make budgetary provision accordingly.

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    Anshu Jain, former Deutsche Bank CEO, died on Saturday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 59.

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    A man killed his estranged wife in a family court in Karnataka on Saturday by allegedly slitting her throat, police said.

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    Friday, August 12, 2022

    New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday said author Salman Rushdie, who has "spent decades speaking truth to power" is "alive" after being attacked onstage at an event in New York.

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    Ahead of Independence Day, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday changed profile pictures of its social media accounts to the national flag from its traditional saffron flag.

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    The United Kingdom's economy shrank in the three months to June, figures released Friday showed — a smaller-than-expected contraction that nevertheless added to jitters about the rocky months ahead.

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    India on Ukraine: India has expressed concern over reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and called for mutual restraint to ensure that the safety and security of nuclear facilities are not endangered.

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    United States news: An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office on Thursday (August 11) was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff in a rural part of the state, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

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    Big Mac is coming back: McDonald’s to reopen in UkraineMcDonald’s will start reopening some of its restaurants in Ukraine in the coming months, a symbol of the war-torn country’s return to some sense of normalcy and a show of support after the American fast-food chain pulled out of Russia.

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    In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong Un’s sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed “deadly” retaliation.

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    Thursday, August 11, 2022

    As many as 27 people were rescued after a massive fire broke out at a five-storey hotel near Gujarat's Jamnagar on Thursday evening, police said.

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    Russia Ukraine War: At least 13 civilians were killed in central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk on Wednesday after Russian forces struck the region, reported Kyiv Post. “It was a terrible night. 11 people were killed,” Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. He added in a later post that two more people had died of their injuries overnight. “I am asking and begging you… Don’t let the Russians kill you,” he said. “Administrative buildings were damaged: high-rise buildings, a school, a cultural palace, a city council building,” he said. “In the town, the power line has been cut. Several thousand people are without electricity.”

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    Delhi on Thursday reported 2,726 fresh COVID-19 cases and six fatalities due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate stood at 14.38 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.

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    Russia Ukraine War: At least 13 civilians were killed in central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk on Wednesday after Russian forces struck the region, reported Kyiv Post. “It was a terrible night. 11 people were killed,” Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. He added in a later post that two more people had died of their injuries overnight. “I am asking and begging you… Don’t let the Russians kill you,” he said. “Administrative buildings were damaged: high-rise buildings, a school, a cultural palace, a city council building,” he said. “In the town, the power line has been cut. Several thousand people are without electricity.”

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    Twitter Inc will revive features on the social media site to promote accurate information about the November U.S. midterm election and clamp down on false and misleading posts, the company said in a...

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    Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port authorities said the high-tech Chinese research vessel that was to dock there on Thursday won't reach the port as scheduled, according to a media report.

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    Wednesday, August 10, 2022

    South Korea: At least seven people were dead and six others remain unaccounted for after the heaviest rainfall in 80 years lashed South Korea, which led to the flooding of homes, vehicles, buildings and subway stations, officials said on Tuesday.

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    Amid the increasing inflation, a video of a Pakistani woman has surfaced, describing the skyrocketing prices of medicines, groceries and electricity in the country, especially in Karachi city and...

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    A 25-feet high 'tajiya' caught fire as a Muharram procession made its way through narrow lanes in Udaipur's Mochiwada street.

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    South Korea: At least seven people were dead and six others remain unaccounted for after the heaviest rainfall in 80 years lashed South Korea, which led to the flooding of homes, vehicles, buildings and subway stations, officials said on Tuesday.

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    Sri Lanka has allowed Pakistan's Chinese-built frigate warship PNS Taimur to make a port call in Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi on August 15 after the Bangladesh...

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    Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor made stylish entry at the screening of Laal Singh Chaddha. Aamir Khan looked dashing in a white t-shirt paired with jeans and layered with a pink shirt while Kareena...

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    Tuesday, August 9, 2022

    Indian woman found in Pakistan: An Indian woman, who went missing 20 years ago after a recruitment agent in Mumbai promised her a job in Dubai but trafficked her to Pakistan, has been found with the help of a video on social media and is appealing to the Indian government to help her reunite with her family.

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