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NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days

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The mini rotorcraft, which hitched a ride to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, has already survived well beyond its initial 30-day mission to prove the feasibility of its technology in five test flights. Since then, it has been deployed dozens of times, acting as an aerial scout to assist its wheeled companion in searching for signs of ancient microbial life from billions of years ago, when Mars was much wetter and warmer than today. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/IdxOBv0 via IFTTT

In Japan 'job leaving agents' help people escape awkwardness of quitting

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In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that's considered shameful. Enter "taishoku daiko," or "job-leaving agents". from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/LaAN5yu via IFTTT

French cops won right to shoot at drivers but got 'no training'

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In 2017, after a string of terrorist attacks, the government relented. Lawmakers passed a bill allowing officers to fire on motorists who flee traffic stops, even when the officers are not in immediate danger. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/abWYqc1 via IFTTT

France braces for more violence after riots over police shooting

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France said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive after three nights of riots since a police officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence has plunged President Emmanuel Macron into the gravest crisis of his leadership since the Yellow Vest protests that started in 2018. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SvV8rWZ via IFTTT

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's political hopes die as he is barred from office until 2030

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's political career was in tatters on Friday as Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year's fraught election. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zs3qhAQ via IFTTT

Macron comes under fire for 'partying with Elton John as France burns'

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French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

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Riots continue to spread across major cities in France for the third consecutive night following the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Despite the deployment of 40,000 police officers, the government's appeals to de-escalate the violence have had little effect. Protesters are torching cars, barricading streets, and clashing with police in various locations. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/RgctHLd via IFTTT

Where are Russia's top generals? Rumours swirl after Wagner mutiny

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Russia's top generals, including armed forces chief Valery Gerasimov and deputy commander Sergei Surovikin, have disappeared from public view following a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at overthrowing the top brass. Unconfirmed reports suggest that at least one person has been arrested. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tSd6UQP via IFTTT

Putin seeks to project strong image as military questions linger

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to project a sense of normalcy and assert his authority following the recent mutiny by Wagner mercenaries. Putin returned to Moscow and attended a forum, mingling with locals in contrast to the strict Covid-19 protocols usually imposed on meetings with him. However, questions remain about the extent of knowledge within the military and security services regarding the rebellion. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BcCAI0 via IFTTT

Chinese spy balloon used US tech to spy on Americans

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Analysis from several US defense and intelligence agencies, found that the balloon carried commercially available US gear, along with more specialized Chinese sensors and other equipment to collect photographs, video and other information to transmit to China, the Wall Street Journal said. The findings support a conclusion that the craft was intended for spying, and not for weather monitoring as China had claimed, the report said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4dXgP9m via IFTTT

French police protesters clash in multiple towns after 17-yr-old boy's killing

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The killing of 17-year-old Nael Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects and other disadvantaged neighborhoods around France. Clashes first erupted Tuesday night in Nanterre and nearby, and the government deployed 2,000 police to maintain order Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/WomZ2ir via IFTTT

Want to strike 'truly ambitious' trade deal with India says UK PM Rishi Sunak

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Presumed human remains shattered Titanic submersible returned to shore

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Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five people aboard were recovered from the ocean bottom and brought ashore to Canada on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said. Medical professionals also "will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident," the statement added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/IFb2ZMa via IFTTT

Why Myanmar is rattled by India-US joint statement

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Protests flare up in France after police shoot teenager

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Violent protests erupted in Paris suburbs following the shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop by police officers. The officers initially claimed that the shooting occurred because the teenager was driving his car at them, but a video circulating on social media contradicted their version of events. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/R7OLC0i via IFTTT

China engineered Covid 'bioweapon' to purposely infect people Wuhan researcher claims

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China engineered Covid-19 as a "bioweapon" to purposely infect people, a researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology claimed. In an exclusive interview, Chao Shao, a researcher from Wuhan claimed that his colleagues were given four strains of the virus to find out which could spread best. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZJwNLql via IFTTT

Taiwan has 'enormous appetite' to expand ties with India: Taiwanese FM

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Taiwan has an 'enormous appetite' to expand ties with India and firming up the proposed free trade agreement between the two sides will be a "big encouragement" for Taiwanese companies to set up manufacturing bases in India, Taiwan foreign minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu said. Wu said Taiwan has been encouraging its companies that no longer find the Chinese market profitable to shift their production facilities to India. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/igUGNS9 via IFTTT

Some US public school teachers are putting AI tutoring bots to test

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Audio undercuts ex-US president Trump's claims on classified files

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Pakistan hopes for IMF loan nod in days

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Prigozhin has moved to Belarus and Russia won't press charges for mutiny

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World Bank to provide $500 million budget support to Sri Lanka

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China on to achieve 5% economic growth target in 2023: Li Qiang

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: The scientist who bats best for science

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UK Labour leader declares he has reset partys relationship with India

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Biden calls mutiny a 'struggle within' Russian system

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Pakistan Army sacks 3 officers for attacks on its installations

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Lightning strikes kill 10 as pre-monsoon rains lash Pak's eastern Punjab

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Lightning strikes across Pakistan's eastern Punjab province killed at least 10 people, officials said Monday as heavy pre-monsoon rains lashed the region. The strikes on Sunday mainly took place in the Sialkot and Sheikhupura districts of Punjab. Lightning strikes are frequent across Pakistan, especially in Punjab's mountainous areas and plains. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/SY1nhwX via IFTTT

Want good political economic relations with world: Taliban

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With Russia revolt over mercenaries' future and direction of Ukraine war remain uncertain

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IS kills Sikh man for his faith in Peshawar; 2nd attack in 48 hours

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Gunmen killed a member of Pakistan's minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in Peshawar. Claiming responsibility for the attack, IS said Manmohan Singh was a follower of a "polytheistic" Sikh sect. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Gxz8pQF via IFTTT

Russian strikes kill 13 in rebel-held Syria

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Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the deadliest attack on the country this year, a war monitor said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZCz4bat via IFTTT

Pakistan passes revised budget to get IMF lifeline

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Moscow security measures still in place after Wagner mutiny

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'God's guests': Saudis safeguard hajj hospitality tradition

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Trump says US govt has 'vital role' opposing abortion won't say if he backs national ban

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Prigozhin and his Wagner Group: A murderous symphony

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Pakistan reviews FY24 budget in bid to secure IMF deal

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Cash-starved Pakistan has introduced a number of changes to its budget for fiscal year 2023-24 in a bid to revive the International Monetary Fund’s programme and secure a stalled $1.2 billion tranche, the country’s finance minister, Ishaq Dar, said on Saturday. Addressing the National Assembly, the minister said Pakistan and the IMF held detailed negotiations as a last effort to complete the pending ninth review. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/tHlyoL4 via IFTTT

Wagner chief says he is inside Rostov army HQ controls city's military sites

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The head of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced Saturday that he was inside the army headquarters in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, and that his fighters controlled the city's military sites. Prigozhin earlier said his forces had crossed into Russia from the Ukrainian front, vowing to topple Russia's military leadership, saying he and thousands of his fighters were "ready to die." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/mchOtqd via IFTTT

Covid-19 origins remain a mystery US declassified report shows

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A report released on Friday by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed that US intelligence agencies could not determine whether researchers who fell sick in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the fall of 2019 were infected with Covid-19, which subsequently spread globally. None of the intelligence released conclusively identifies lab-related work as the cause of the pandemic, and intelligence officials have said they are still seeking information from China. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/KITUMNP via IFTTT

New Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine

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Ukraine's president tells other countries to act before Russia attacks nuclear plant

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Three killed in Russian attacks in southern Ukraine

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At least three people were killed in Russian attacks in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, including two who died after a trolleybus company came under fire in the city of Kherson, regional officials said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/HV0n1EZ via IFTTT

Ukraine warns against 'panic' after alleged nuclear threat

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Kyiv urged Ukrainians not to panic or stockpile iodine tablets after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that Russia had prepared a radiation leak at an occupied nuclear plant. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZMpRvBh via IFTTT

Ukraine says its offensive operations are meant to shape battlefield

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US navy detected Titanic subs catastrophic implosion days ago

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The US Navy detected an implosion at the site where the submersible headed to the Titanic wreck site lost communication, and this information was immediately shared with the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard later confirmed that the submersible, called the Titan, suffered a "catastrophic implosion", killing all five crew members who were on board. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/z3NkwBf via IFTTT

Pakistan PM meets IMF director in a last-ditch effort to get bailout

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif met IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva in Paris on Thursday for release of halted funds ahead of the credit line’s expiry next week. The Paris pitch came amid claims back home that Shehbaz’s finance minister Ishaq Dar slapped a reporter who asked him questions on the stalled funds. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/M9PNdlo via IFTTT

124 million viewers tuned in for ICC WTC Final 2023

Official broadcaster Star Sports said this was the highest ever reach garnered for any test match and 32 per cent higher than the previous ICC WTC Final ’21 from | The HinduBusinessLine https://ift.tt/XsnMS2j

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases EU agency says

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Russian court upholds extension of US reporter's detention

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Kremlin calls Zelenskyy's nuclear plant attack claim a 'lie'

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