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Sheinbaum pushes to criminalise sexual harassment nationwide after man grabs and attempts to kiss her in public
MEXICO CITY, Nov 6 — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called yesterday for making sexual harassment a criminal offense nationwide after a man groped and tried to kiss her as she walked down the street. The incident occurred on Tuesday as Sheinbaum walked
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Killing of cartel-fighting Mexican mayor sparks protests and pressure on Sheinbaum to act
MEXICO CITY, Nov 6 — The cold-blooded murder of a crusading Mexican mayor, who hunted drug traffickers from a helicopter, has put pressure on President Claudia Sheinbaum to step up her fight against the country’s notorious cartels. Outraged by the
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Mamdani’s rise signals wider acceptance of South Asian identity in US politics
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 — In a victory speech capping his meteoric rise, New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani quoted at length from the famous “Tryst with Destiny” address by independent India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. As he left the stage to
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Pope forces resignation of French bishop accused of improper seven-year relationship
STRASBOURG, Nov 6 — Pope Leo XIV pressured a French bishop to step down over his “relationships with women”, according to the Vatican, with the defrocked clergyman hitting yestetrday back at the “disgusting” situation. When announcing his resignation as the Bishop
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Democrats win New Jersey, Virginia in rebuke of Trump’s second term
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — Moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to comfortable victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors’ elections today, on an election night seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Pitting centrist
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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, becomes first Muslim to lead America’s largest city
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race today, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state lawmaker to one of the country’s most visible Democratic figures. Mamdani will become the
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Sole survivor of Air India crash has painful memories
LONDON, Nov 5 — The only survivor of June’s Air India crash has told UK media of the mental and physical anguish he has endured since surviving the deadly disaster in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said
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Millions to get reduced food aid as US shutdown drags into record 36th day
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 — The White House will send only partial payments to 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps to buy groceries, as the government shutdown crippling public services nears record length, officials told a judge yesterday. Two
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China’s climate paradox
BANGKOK, Nov 4 — China is the world’s biggest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases but is also installing more renewable energy sources and putting more electric vehicles on its roads than any other country. Ahead of the COP30 climate talks
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Trial opens in first US civil case on 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash
NEW YORK, Nov 4 — Relatives of victims in the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX plane operated by Ethiopian Airlines headed to court yesterday for the first civil trial relating to the 2019 calamity. The US aviation giant
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