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Disney Star to offer IPL on over 22 channels, targets higher viewership reach

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Drones fly deep inside Russia; Putin orders border tightened

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Sri Lanka outlaws strikes as anti-tax protests spread

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Two trains collide in Greece, 26 killed, at least 85 injured

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A passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, killing 26 people and injuring 85. The first two carriages of the passenger train had derailed, catching fire after the collision. About 250 passengers were evacuated safely to Thessaloniki on buses. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/S6YHcID via IFTTT

Indian national shot dead in Sydney by Australian police

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Pakistan court grants ex-PM Imran interim bail in Toshakhana case

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Pakistan's Islamabad high court granted interim bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday, hours after a sessions court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him for skipping hearings in the Toshakhana case pertaining to purchase of gifts from the state depository. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Jx65Etr via IFTTT

New Zealand beat England by one run in second test cricket, level series 1-1

It was only the fourth win in the test cricket history by a team asked to follow on, and the second time a team had won a test by a single run after West Indies beat Australia by a run in Adelaide in January 1993. from | The HinduBusinessLine https://ift.tt/XPBOKSz

Minimum marriage age in England rises to 18 to crack down on forced marriage

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A new law raising the legal age for marriage in England and Wales to 18 years has come into force on Monday, aimed at protecting vulnerable young people from being forced into weddings against their will. Until now, those aged 16 or 17 could get married with parental consent as there was no law against ceremonies for younger children not registered as vulnerable with their local councils. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/XzmhQiV via IFTTT

Florida governor DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company

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Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signs a bill giving him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district, penalizing the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. The bill requires DeSantis, a Republican, to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services that the Disney district provides in its sprawling theme park properties in Florida. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/gI8BVzD via IFTTT

Meager progress made by Pakistan in dismantling terrorist organisations: US Bureau of Counterterrorism

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Pakistan has made meager progress in its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay or discrimination. The country experienced significant terrorist activity in 2021. The number of attacks and casualties was higher than in 2020, according to the US Bureau of Counterterrorism's 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Pakistan'. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/meager-progress-made-by-pakistan-in-dismantling-terrorist-organisations-us-bureau-of-counterterrorism/articleshow/98288080.cms via IFTTT

US sending Ukraine another $1 billion, Janet Yellen says in Kyiv

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The United States is transferring an additional $1 billion to Ukraine as it fights to resist Russia's invasion, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday. This would be the first tranche of about $10 billion the US will provide in the coming months, she said in a speech in Kyiv. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/cAhfE8L via IFTTT

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

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59 dead in Italian migrant shipwreck, including 12 children

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Top Arab lawmakers in Syria for talks with President Assad

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Nikki Haley says if voted to power, she will cut foreign aid to countries like China & Pakistan

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Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has vowed that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries like China, Pakistan and Iraq which hate America, saying "a strong America doesn't pay off the bad guys".The 51-year-old two-term Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations formally launched her 2024 presidential bid earlier this month. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/t8HYU3W via IFTTT

RPP decides to withdraw support from Prachanda-led government in Nepal

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NATO taking part in Ukraine conflict with arms supplies: Putin

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Jill Biden talks safe sex, condoms with Kenya's young adults

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Paudel set to become Nepal's next president as Prachanda ditches Oli's candidate

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Biden says he does not 'anticipate' China providing weapons to Russia

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Trade resumes as Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen Torkham border

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The normal trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan fully resumed on Saturday after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was shut nearly a week ago by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, stranding people and thousands of trucks carrying food and essential items. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/O7pi13E via IFTTT

North Korea food shortage worsens amid Covid, but no famine yet

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There's little doubt that North Korea's chronic food shortages worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country's chronic food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the "very important and urgent task" of formulating a correct agricultural policy. Unconfirmed reports say an unspecified number of North Koreans have been dying of hunger. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/npP7abx via IFTTT

US to do everything to support India to make its G20 presidency a success: Official

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Blinken will also attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping and will hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Delhi. India assumed the Presidency of the G20 on December 1 last year. The top American diplomat is travelling to New Delhi on a three-day official visit from March 1 to 3. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/7SUZtuN via IFTTT

Snow, rain slam California as Michigan suffers without power

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 'we will defeat everyone', as war drags into second year

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The war in Ukraine entered its second year on Friday with no end in sight, a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowing "we will defeat everyone" and global leaders set to impose new sanctions on Russia and countries supporting its war effort. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/voJOyKG via IFTTT

Landmarks lit, vigils held to mark first anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war

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Paris lit up the Eiffel Tower in blue and yellow and people draped in Ukrainian flags gathered at a vigil in London on Thursday, as the world marks one year of war between Ukraine and Russia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/GOk76xZ via IFTTT

The Russia-Ukraine war’s many twists & turns

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Russia's war in Ukraine drags into second year with no end in sight

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The war in Ukraine dragged into its second year, with no end in sight to a conflict launched by Russia that has killed tens of thousands of people, flattened cities and towns, forced millions to flee and brought a Cold War chill to global ties. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/opubwtX via IFTTT

Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing shut after brief reopening

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Pakistan shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan just hours after it was reopened on Thursday, officials said, the latest twist in the controversial closure of the Torkham junction that started earlier this week. The issue of the crossing, a key trade route for both Afghanistan and Pakistan, has added to increasing tensions between the two countries, which share a troubled and volatile boundary. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ktTAJxz via IFTTT

10 most notable gifts Joe Biden received as US President in 2021

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In his first year in office, President Joe Biden received 22 gifts from foreign leaders worth more than $100. The majority of these gifts were pens, and the most thoughtful gift was a pen drawing of Biden's childhood home from then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/vE8yYsV via IFTTT

Russia's army guarantor of stability: Putin

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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Russia's army a guarantor of national stability, promising to boost arms production nearly a year after the start of the Ukraine offensive. "A modern, efficient army and navy are a guarantee of the country's security and sovereignty, a guarantee of its stable development and its future," Putin said in a video address on the occasion of the annual "Defender of the Fatherland Day" holiday in Russia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/FOch4L1 via IFTTT

Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence

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Israeli troops kill 11 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say

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Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians, including four gunmen and four civilians, and wounded more than 100 people during a Wednesday raid on a city in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military confirmed the operation in Nablus, saying troops shot back after coming under fire while trying to detain militants suspected of planning imminent attacks. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/orL0QEh via IFTTT

Fly economy: Pakistan’s belt-tightening begins in high places

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Pakistan is trying to reduce its budget deficit and debt levels in order to avoid a debt default. The government has announced a series of austerity measures, including a ban on luxury items and flights in business class. The measures will cost the government $764 million. The government is also raising taxes and energy prices. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/COuRDn8 via IFTTT

Biden doesn’t see Putin using nukes despite halting arms treaty

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President Joe Biden said that Vladimir Putin made the world less safe by suspending participation in the New START nuclear treaty. However, Biden added that he does not believe it signals the Russian leader will use nuclear weapons. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/YzLry4N via IFTTT

Dubai housing boom buoys buyers, burdens tenants

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In upscale Dubai neighbourhoods, where properties sell for more than $10 million, the 219 sales recorded in 2022 were "more than the total recorded between 2010 and 2020", said real estate consultancy Knight Frank. Property prices in these prime locations jumped by 44 per cent in 2022 compared with the year before, it said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/kGPC1sf via IFTTT

Pope urges ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of invasion anniversary

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Pope Francis, who has appealed for an end to violence in Ukraine at nearly every public appearance since Russia's invasion of the country on February 24, 2022, spoke at his weekly general audience at the Vatican. "It has been a year since the start of this absurd and cruel war, a sad anniversary," he said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/EriFVhd via IFTTT

Belgium investigates Russian 'spy ship' in North Sea

Belgium said it is investigating the presence of a Russian "spy ship" in the North Sea, a day after its neighbour the Netherlands reported that Russia was targeting North Sea infrastructure. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mwVXtxS via IFTTT

Red balloons mark youth killed in devastating Turkey quake

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They are the final tribute to children killed by the earthquake that devastated Antakya, according to Ogun Sever Okur, who is behind the memorial. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/RNIAp8Y via IFTTT

China blasts Pentagon official's Taiwan visit, military ties

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China maintains that Taiwan is a part of its territory, and is prepared to use force to assert control over the island if necessary. China has increased its military and diplomatic pressure on Taiwan. The two sides became separated during a civil war in 1949, and the Communist Party of China has never held power over the island. The Pentagon spokesperson did not offer a specific comment on Chase's visit, but said that the US is fully committed to Taiwan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/nSce0YE via IFTTT

Turkey bans layoffs, offers salary support in earthquake zone

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Turkey launched a temporary wage support scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities on Wednesday to protect workers and businesses from the financial impact of the massive earthquakes that hit the south of the country earlier this month. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/MsImb4r via IFTTT

Syria family takes in 'miracle baby' born under quake rubble

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Born an orphan under the rubble in north Syria after a devastating earthquake, Afraa al-Suwadi has been given a new lease on life when relatives took her in. The baby, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a red hat with a little bow, was given her mother's name, Afraa - one of more than 45,000 people killed across war-ravaged Syria and neighbouring Turkey in the 7.8-magnitude quake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/cmzgHtY via IFTTT

Why China's military support for Russia would be a 'game changer'

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Chinese "munitions would make life very difficult for the Ukrainians, whether it's artillery ammunition, whether it's precision munitions or longer-range strike weapons which Russia is running out of". Chinese military commentator Song Zhongping insisted China would not send arms, but said political, trade and military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing had deepened before the Ukraine war and would continue. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/fiex2lV via IFTTT

Ukraine's unlikely wartime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy instills hope

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Zelenskyy has been highly effective in getting the world to stand with the Ukrainians and provide the steady flow of money and military supplies that have kept them in the fight against Russia. At the Munich Security Conference last week, Zelenskyy was relentless in imploring allies to keep standing firm with Ukraine and not to waste a minute doing so. Russia is the Goliath, he said; Ukraine is David with the sling. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SZiLuUf via IFTTT

Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom

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China says it's seeking role in Ukraine peace settlement

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Russian pranksters call Angela Merkel posing as Ukraine's ex-leader

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Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, known as Vovan and Lexus, posted on their Telegram channel what they said were excerpts from the call. The pair have previously embarrassed European politicians including French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with similar hoax calls. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/W9vGrNf via IFTTT

IMF to Pakistan: Function like a country, make the rich pay taxes & poor get subsidies

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In an interview with Deutsche Welle on Friday, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Pakistan needs to take strong measures to avoid getting into a "dangerous place" where its debt needs to be restructured. She said IMF was clear it wanted the poor people of Pakistan to be protected, Dawn reported, "It shouldn't be that the wealthy benefit from subsidies. It should be the poor (who) benefit from them." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/bkRDz9T via IFTTT

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Turkey-Syria border region

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A magnitude 6.3 earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The report came hours after US secretary of state Antony Blinken told Turkey that Washington would help "for as long as it takes" after devastating, deadly earthquakes in the same region two weeks ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/1vShP7V via IFTTT

Why does China take back its ‘gifted’ pandas?

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At job fairs in China, employers are thrifty and applicants timid

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Chole bhature stalls to mobile shops: RBI’s testing labs for e-rupee

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In fact, kiosks selling the popular snack chole bhature, fruit-sellers, mom & pop stores, and small mobile phone shops have emerged as the testing ground for the country’s digital currency, which is expected to transform the way financial transactions are done across the country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/KRhBzD7 via IFTTT

Carnival cancelled in Brazil city amid heavy rains, mudslide

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A mudslide caused by heavy rains killed a seven-year-old girl in north Sao Paulo state and more people are feared dead, authorities said Saturday, leading the city of Sao Sebastiao to cancel its Carnival festivities. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ELeQwr via IFTTT

Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China

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Many visitors flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo and a park in the western Wakayama region to catch a last glimpse of the four pandas, with Xiang Xiang, the zoo's first baby panda since 1988, being a massive draw for the park since her birth in 2017. Although the final viewing of Xiang Xiang in Tokyo was limited to 2,600 visitors who won a lucky lottery ticket, some fans who did not win still came to the zoo to try and catch a glimpse of her. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Gj9CReb via IFTTT