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Top Indian ‘cockroach’ leaders sent to jail over Jantar Mantar protest site trespassing
NEW DELHI, Oct 14 — Two top leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were sent to jail for five days today for alleged trespassing, the party said. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das “have been sent to five days
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Vietnam mourns 731 war dead exhumed from Ho Chi Minh City park in largest effort to identify missing soldiers
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 14 — Vietnam held funeral rites for more than 700 of its war dead today, unearthed in a major push to identify those missing from decades of conflict with France and the United States. Tens
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Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful surgery to remove cancerous lung tumour
ROME, Oct 14 — Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumour removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation yesterday and “woke up normally” after the procedure, the Vatican said. A Vatican source said further tests were being carried
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Incheon supermarket stabbing leaves one in cardiac arrest, seven injured
SEOUL, Oct 13 — One person was in cardiac arrest and several others wounded in a stabbing incident on Tuesday at a supermarket in South Korea’s coastal city of Incheon, authorities told AFP. “One person is in cardiac arrest and
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Norway’s Queen Sonja loses official Royal House status following King Harald’s death
COPENHAGEN, Oct 13 — Following the death of her husband, King Harald V, in August, Queen Sonja of Norway is no longer officially listed as a member of the Royal House on the Norwegian royal court’s website, reported German Press
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Indonesia restores power after Batam, Bintan blackout, cause still unknown
JAKARTA, Oct 13 — Electricity supply has been restored to nearly 99 per cent of affected customers on Indonesia’s Batam and Bintan islands following a massive blackout on Monday that disrupted businesses, communications and water supply. State electricity provider PLN
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Houthis warn of ‘painful response’ if US joins Saudi strikes on Yemen
SANAA, Oct 13 — A Houthi official on Monday warned the US it would receive a “painful response” if it entered the war in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia has reportedly requested Washington’s help in dealing with the group as it
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Prince Harry and Meghan set for first joint UK engagement since moving back to Britain
LONDON, Oct 12 — Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will on Thursday carry out their first joint engagement since returning to live in the UK in August, according to media reports. King Charles III’s 42-year-old younger son and
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Melbourne man linked to suspected flydubai hijacker condemns ‘false accusations’
SYDNEY, Oct 12 — A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at “false accusations”. The
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Prayers pour in for Pope Leo ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule
VATICAN CITY, Oct 12 — Pope Leo XIV announced yesterday that he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage”. “During recent medical checks,
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