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August 15, 2024 3:29 PM

French President Macron and World Leaders Celebrate India’s 78th Independence Day

French President Emmanuel Macron led a chorus of international leaders in congratulating India on its 78th Independence Day. In a message shared on social media platform X, Macron expressed his eagerness to work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a...

August 13, 2024 1:23 PM

Wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs as residents flee

Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash. The government called for help from fellow EU members to tac...

August 13, 2024 12:50 PM

More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says

More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region's south hit the hardest, according to a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published on Monday. Last year was the ...

August 13, 2024 12:31 PM

Ukraine touts huge gains in Kursk region as it takes war back to Russia

Ukraine said on Monday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia's Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have to be forced into making peace. With Russia stil...

August 12, 2024 3:22 PM

Russia evacuates another border region amid growing threat from Ukrainian units

Russia on Monday evacuated civilians from parts of a second region next to Ukraine after Kyiv increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory since the start of the 2022 war. Ukraini...

August 9, 2024 12:12 PM

Scientists obtain deepest rock sample from Earth’s mantle

Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and obtained a large sample that is offering clues about our planet's most volumi...

August 6, 2024 12:24 PM

Paris Olympics: Neeraj Chopra kickstarts his title defence in javelin throw

India's Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to begin his title defense in the men's javelin throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics, starting with the qualification round on Tuesday. Chopra, 26, enters the competition as both the reigning Olympic an...

August 5, 2024 12:38 PM

UK hit by worst riots in years; hotels used to house asylum seekers attacked

The United Kingdom is grappling with its most severe social unrest in over a decade as rioters targeted hotels housing asylum seekers in northern England on Sunday. The violence, which appears to have been sparked by the tragic stabbing deaths of th...

August 2, 2024 10:03 AM

Americans freed alongside Russian assassin in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

Russia freed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War. The White House said the U.S. had negotiated the trade with Russia, German...

August 1, 2024 10:46 PM

Paris Olympics: India shuttler Lakshya Sen topples compatriot HS Prannoy to move into quarter-finals

In a compelling all-Indian showdown at the Paris Olympics, rising badminton star Lakshya Sen defeated veteran HS Prannoy in the men's singles Round of 16 on Thursday. The 22-year-old Sen, currently ranked 22nd in the world, secured a decisive 21-12, ...

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