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New York: The Indian Consulate in New York has announced that it will remain open throughout the year, including weekends and other holidays, to address the “emergency requirements” of people. In a press release, the Consulate General of India, New York said that it will be open from 2 pm to 4 pm during all…
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. File Photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Saturday traveled to the country’s border with Belarus, which is also the European Union’s external border with the autocratic state, and pledged to do more to strengthen security along its entire eastern frontier. Mr. Tusk accused Belarus, Russia’s…
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Hamas and Israel have so far failed to reach a ceasefire deal Washington: US President Joe Biden said Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was possible as soon as “tomorrow” if the group released its hostages. “There would be a ceasefire tomorrow if Hamas would release the hostages,” Biden said at a fundraiser…
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After several hours, the survivor was extricated and rushed to a hospital. (File) Johannesburg, South Africa: Rescuers and onlookers cheered and applauded Saturday as a survivor was rescued after 116 hours from underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa, with the tragedy having killed at least 13. “It is a miracle that…
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Art investigators suspect Jerry and Rita Alter were involved in multiple art thefts. An elderly couple from New Mexico, Jerry and Rita Alter, who lived a seemingly ordinary life, are now suspected of being behind a daring art heist in the 1980s, according to The Metro. The couple allegedly stole a Willem de Kooning painting…
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Nikki Haley was South Carolina’s governor from 2011 to 2017 and served under the Trump administration as the country’s ambassador. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is under active consideration by Donald Trump’s campaign to be his running mate, news site Axios reported on May 11, citing unidentified people familiar…
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The text in the video reads: “Time is running out. Your government is lying”. Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, on Saturday released a video of a man held hostage in Gaza by Palestinian operatives and seen alive in the footage. The man is seen speaking in the 11-second clip, which is superimposed with…
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A Philippine Coast Guard personnel looks through a binocular while conducting a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Philippines said on Saturday it has deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused China of…
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Palestinians check the rubble of a residential building destroyed by an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: AFP Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, on May 11 released…
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Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, officials said…
