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Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants have said, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge. The 12-day meeting of parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), known as COP16, concluded early on Saturday morning, a day later than…
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Rayo Vallecano prevented Real Madrid from taking provisional control of La Liga by holding the European champions’ to a pulsating 3-3 draw on Saturday. Real turned up at their city rivals after a hard fought 3-2 away win at Atalanta in the Champions League in midweek. Kylian Mbappe netted his 50th goal in…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump seen with Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: File photo/AP Washington and Beijing, locked in a fierce economic and political rivalry, renewed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement for five years on Friday following criticism by detractors, including US Republicans, that China is being given an advantage. The signing is…
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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a three-day visit to India from Sunday, his first overseas visit after assuming office. During his visit, Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha Fernando. Dissanayaka’s…
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In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a permanent reduction of the disease to zero new cases worldwide. Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is an extremely contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. It…
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Mani SHankar Aiyar claimed he wrote a letter to Rahul Gandhi, but he never responded. New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has claimed that the Gandhi family played a part in both his rise and his subsequent marginalisation within the party. “The irony of my life is that my political career was made…
Seoul: South Korea’s opposition leader on Sunday urged the Constitutional Court to expedite the process of formalising President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment to ease the “suffering of the people” after his short-lived martial law decree. President Yoon was voted out of top office by lawmakers on Saturday over his “insurrectionary” suspension of civilian rule, which…
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A man in the UK is facing a lengthy prison sentence for the rape and manslaughter of a vulnerable woman he attacked on a park bench. Mohamed Iidow, 35, was captured on CCTV prowling Southall Park in West London, searching for a vulnerable target before approaching Natalie Shotter, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was…
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This illustration shows a DNA molecule twisting to the left. In all our bodies, DNA twists to the right and left-twisting DNA is absent. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In a mirror, left and right become swapped. While you unscrew a bottle cap anti-clockwise in the real world, in the mirror you’ll be rotating it…
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Representational Image Acceding to the locals’ long-standing demand, the Centre has approved subsidised helicopter route services connecting the Mendhar sector to Poonch and Jammu. The green signal by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was given after a survey conducted by air operators showed significant demand for services in the area. Subsidised helicopter services are…
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