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September 7, 2024 4:35 PM

India’s history-making Paralympians touch down in Delhi to rousing welcome

India's Paralympics winners received a grand welcome as they arrived in New Delhi with their medals on Saturday (September 07). Shooter Avani Lekhara, India's first woman to win gold in the Paralympics, retained her win in the Women's 10m air rifle ...

September 6, 2024 6:28 PM

Backlash against immigrants challenges Canada’s welcoming image

A growing perception in Canada that immigration is to blame for some of the country's economic woes is fuelling a xenophobic backlash evidenced by a surge in reported hate crimes against visible minorities, advocates and community members say. Long ...

September 6, 2024 11:51 AM

Summer of 2024 was world’s hottest on record, EU climate change monitor says

The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Friday, as global warming continues to intensify. The boreal summer of June to August this ...

September 5, 2024 12:31 PM

End of an era: Ronaldo and Messi absent from Ballon d’Or nominations for the first time in over 20 years

For the first time in over two decades, football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will not feature in the Ballon d’Or nominations. Messi has won this prestigious award a record 8 times, including last year. The Portuguese superstar has re...

September 4, 2024 6:05 PM

Coke and Pepsi boycott over Gaza lifts Muslim countries’ local sodas

Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades building demand for their soft drinks in Muslim-majority countries. Now, both face a challenge from local sodas in those countries due to consumer boycotts that target th...

September 4, 2024 10:24 AM

Bengaluru’s Siddhartha Agarwal becomes oldest Indian to swim solo across English Channel

Siddhartha Agarwal, a 49-year-old swimmer from Bengaluru, has made history by becoming the oldest Indian to swim across the English Channel. Agarwal successfully navigated the 42-km stretch between England and France on August 29, completing the grue...

September 3, 2024 5:23 PM

Canada turning away more foreigners, approving fewer visas in border crackdown

Canada is closing its doors to more visitors and temporary residents by approving fewer visas and turning away more people who reach its borders with official documents. The spike in rejections of foreign travellers comes as Prime Minister Justin Tr...

September 3, 2024 4:36 PM

How Ukraine clinched a wartime debt restructuring

Just a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country's financial adviser, Rothschild & Co, handed Kyiv's debt chief a thick black folder detailing major sovereign debt restructurings of the past 30 years. For Yuriy Butsa, 40, it would pro...

September 2, 2024 2:41 PM

Far-right state win shakes Germany’s fragile coalition

German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and historic wins for two anti-establishment parties are likely to aggravate instability in an already fractious ruling coalition. With only a yea...

September 1, 2024 2:38 PM

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections: What Makes Them Special?

The 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections are set to take place in three phases, starting on September 18 and concluding on October 1. This election is particularly significant as it marks the first time in ten years that the 90 Assembly constitu...

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