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Drones, dolls, dung: Killer wolves spark panic in India

Published On: September 5, 2024 08:23 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

LUCKNOW, Sept 5: Hundreds of Indian police have been deployed to search for a pack of wolves who are reported to have killed nine people, eight of them children, wildlife officials said Monday.

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US seizes Venezuela leader Maduro's plane

Published On: September 3, 2024 07:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

MIAMI, Sept 2: The United States on Monday seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic and flew it to Florida, a move condemned by the South American leader as "piracy" but which Washington said was necessary due to sanction violations.

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Harris says in first interview US ready to turn page on Trump

Published On: August 30, 2024 09:34 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

SAVANNAH, United States, Aug 30, 2024 (AFP) - Kamala Harris declared Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump as she reached out to centrist voters in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November's presidential election.

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South Asia air pollution fell in 2022, but remains major killer: report

Published On: August 29, 2024 12:25 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BANGKOK, Aug 29: A surprise improvement in air quality in South Asia in 2022 drove a decline in global pollution, with favourable weather a likely factor, a new report said Wednesday.

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Bangladesh lifts ban on main Islamist party

Published On: August 28, 2024 04:45 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

DHAKA, Aug 28: Bangladesh's new authorities on Wednesday lifted a ban on the country's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, imposed in the final days of the rule of now ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina.

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Brazil tightens entry rules over 'stopover' migrants

Published On: August 28, 2024 03:42 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

Most arrive at Brazil's biggest aviation hub, Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport, where hundreds of migrants can spend weeks waiting in a crowded transit zone. Last week authorities estimated 481 people were currently stuck in limbo in the airport. Local media report that many are from India, Nepal and Vietnam.

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Top White House official in Beijing as China faces off against US allies

Published On: August 27, 2024 08:45 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BEIJING, Aug 27:  US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing Tuesday to meet top diplomat Wang Yi for tense talks as China was embroiled in security rows with key American allies Japan and the Philippines.

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Russian strikes on Ukraine power grid largest in weeks

Published On: August 26, 2024 07:05 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 26: Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday, killing at least four people and battering the country's already weakened energy grid, triggering blackouts, officials said.

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Record-breaking Nepali teen eyes final 8,000-metre peak

Published On: August 21, 2024 07:20 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: At just 18 years old, Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa is on the brink of a remarkable achievement.

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Indian PM Modi to visit Ukraine, confirms External Affairs Ministry

Published On: August 19, 2024 06:55 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

NEW DELHI, Aug 19: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Monday, weeks after Kyiv condemned him for hugging President Vladimir Putin during a visit to traditional ally Russia.

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Pakistan logs first mpox case as fears grow of global spread

Published On: August 18, 2024 08:42 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Pakistan said it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

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'Thame flood a clear example of the "catastrophic impacts" increasing global temperatures'

Published On: August 18, 2024 02:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: A devastating flood that hit a village in Nepal's Everest region was caused by a glacial lake outburst, local government officials and experts said Saturday. Climate change experts said it was a clear example of the "catastrophic impacts" increasing global temperatures were having on people who had done the least to contribute to the greenhouse gases driving it.

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Indian doctors stage nationwide strike over colleague's rape and murder

Published On: August 17, 2024 08:57 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Indian doctors held a nationwide strike on Saturday, escalating protests after the "barbaric" rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.

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Indian doctors step up protests after colleague's brutal murder

Published On: August 16, 2024 02:49 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

KOLKATA, Aug 16: Indian doctors stepped up nationwide protests and strikes Friday after the rape and murder of a colleague, a brutal killing that has focused outrage on the chronic issue of violence against women.

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Thai lawmakers elect Shinawatra heiress as PM

Published On: August 16, 2024 02:25 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BANGKOK, Aug 16: The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand's prime minister Friday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country.

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Buoyed by Kursk rout, Ukraine troops brace for retribution

Published On: August 13, 2024 05:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

SUMY, UKRAINE, Aug 13: As Ukrainian tanks and infantry poured over the Russian border last week in a shock turn of the war, one advancing serviceman revelled in a key Russian failing.

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Explained: How Gen Z women and the military transformed Bangladesh

Published On: August 13, 2024 03:22 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

DHAKA, Aug 12: Adored by her classmates and defiant even after police seized her, student Nusrat Tabassum is one of the many women who helped spearhead the movement that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.

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US says had 'no involvement' in ousting Bangladesh PM

Published On: August 13, 2024 02:13 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

WASHINGTON, Aug 13: The United States "had no involvement" in ousting Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the White House said Monday, describing the claim as "simply false."

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Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be VP running mate

Published On: August 6, 2024 07:49 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

WASHINGTON, Aug 6: From his teen start in the US military to teaching in China and on a Native American reservation before entering politics, Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz packs a full resume -- and exudes folksy appeal.

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Students call for Nobel winner Yunus to lead Bangladesh after Hasina flees

Published On: August 6, 2024 02:45 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

DHAKA, Aug 6: Student leaders in Bangladesh on Tuesday demanded Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus lead a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country.

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