The death toll from the suicide attack on Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including schoolchildren, the interior ministry said. The explosion struck outside an education centre in a heavily Shiite neighbourhood of western Kabul, Dasht-e-Barchi. The interior ministry spokesman Tariq […]
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Poland’s president has coronavirus, apologizes to contacts
Polish President Andrzej Duda says he feels well despite testing positive for the coronavirus, and he apologized Saturday to everyone who must quarantine because they had contact with him. Duda, 48, said in a recording published on Twitter that he was experiencing no Covid-19 symptoms “but unfortunately, the test result […]
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Footfairy review: Gulshan-starrer murder mystery aims big, achieves little
Footfairy, with the unfortunate rhyming with tooth fairy, is a rather straightforward story of a monstrous ‘fairy’ who takes away only the most beautiful feet it finds. After killing the unfortunate victim first, of course. The psychological thriller follows the murder trail of a monster, who suffocates young girls and […]
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‘Voted for guy named Trump,’ says US President; Biden addresses tipping-point Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump cast his vote in person in his adoptive home state Florida on Saturday before heading out to address three rallies in battleground states, seeking to build momentum for the final 10 days left of polling ending November 3. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee who on Friday promised […]
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Johnson heads into war of blame with UK business leaders over Brexit
On Tuesday afternoon, Boris Johnson held a conference call with UK’s business leaders to urge them to get ready for Brexit to hit at the end of the year. But instead of winning them over, he left them offended. Some executives believed the prime minister was accusing them of being […]
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New clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh after Washington talks
New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave in more than a quarter of a century. Azerbaijan’s defence ministry reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan […]
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Iran denounces US brokered Sudan-Israel deal as ‘phony’, secured by ‘ransom’
The US brokered Sudan-Israel deal to normalise ties is “phony” and was secured by a “ransom”, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “Pay enough ransom, close your eyes to the crimes against Palestinians, then you’ll be taken off the so-called ‘terrorism’ blacklist,” the ministry tweeted. “Obviously, the list is as […]
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Kim posts bikini photo, gets hilariously trolled by rumoured ex Yuvraj
Actor Kim Sharma is feeling nostalgic about her life before the Covid-19 pandemic and shared a throwback photo from one of her beach holidays. In the picture, she is seen wearing a multi-coloured, striped bikini as she holds a surfboard and gazes at the sea. “What’s better than a day at […]
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NDA to form govt again in Bihar, BJP may get maximum seats: Opinion poll
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will come back to power in Bihar, where it is up against the mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and several other parties, according to an opinion poll conducted by ABP-CVoter ahead of the assembly elections in the eastern state. […]
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Delhi schools not opening for now, says CM Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that schools in the national capital, which have been shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, will not be opening for now. The message from the chief minister comes amid a rise in the cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Delhi, where more […]
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‘We are anti-BJP, not anti-national’, says Farooq Abdullah
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah will be the president of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and Peoples Democratic Party’s Mehbooba Mufti the vice president of the six-party grouping, a senior leader said on Saturday. The announcement was made after a meeting of the members of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar […]
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South America’s posh summer hotspot to stay closed on Covid-19
One of South America’s top summer destinations will remain shut to foreign tourists this summer. Uruguay, home to luxury beach resort Punta del Este, will keep international borders closed this summer, President Luis Lacalle Pou said late Thursday. The country, which boasts the lowest Covid infection and mortality rates in South […]
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Phase-3 of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to begin in the next few days
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the second phase of clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The civic body will soon start third phase trials after the first batch of volunteers complete 28 days since their first vaccination. 200 healthy volunteers participated in the second phase of the […]
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PM Modi virtually inaugurates key development projects in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three projects, including Kisan Suryodaya Yojana for the farmers in Gujarat on Saturday. He will also inaugurate the Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, a mobile application for telecardiology at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, and a […]
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Working with like-minded partners essential to contain China, says US
Given China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour across the India-Pacific from the Himalayas to the South China Sea, it’s more important than ever that we work with like-minded partners such as India, said US State Department on Friday. Speaking at the Washington Foreign Press Center, a US administration official said that, “And […]