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The leaders of 26 Indian opposition parties have formed an alliance to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in the general election due next year.The opposition's coalition will be called INDIA, an acronym for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.The group will hold ...
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Four swimmers have been injured in dolphin attacks on a beach in central Japan, officials say.One man, in his 60s, suffered broken ribs and bites to his hands after a dolphin rammed him a few metres off Suishohama beach in the town of Mihama, Fukui prefecture, early on Sunday.Another man, in his 40s...
Iranian police are resuming controversial patrols to ensure women obey dress codes and cover their hair in public, state media reports.The "morality police" will return to the streets to enforce Iran's hijab laws, a spokesman said on Sunday.It comes 10 months after a young woman, Mahsa...
A heat dome over the US south-west has translated into extreme heat warnings from coast to coast, which continue to affect more than 110 million people.Temperature records could be broken in as many as 38 cities.In Las Vegas, the intense heatwave was threatening to break or tie the city's record...
Entertainment & Glomour
Jason Sudeikis, Susan Sarandon and thousands of other actors have joined screenwriters for Hollywood's biggest strike in more than six decades.Actors will not appear in films or even promote movies during the stoppage.Major films in production including the Avatar and Gladiator sequels may be af...
At least 20 people have been killed by deadly flooding in South Korea, as torrential rainfall continues to batter central regions.A third day of downpours triggered landslides and caused a major dam in the central North Chungcheong province to overflow.Heavy rain submerged roads, swept away cars and...
Red alerts have been issued for 16 cities across Italy as extreme heat continues to affect southern Europe.The alerts, which indicate risks even for healthy people, apply to tourist hotspots including Rome, Florence, and Bologna for the coming days.More high temperatures are expected in Europe next ...
Australia's central bank says it will be led by a woman for the first time since it was founded in 1960.Michele Bullock will succeed Philip Lowe, who is coming to the end of a seven-year term as governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).Her appointment comes as the country has been battlin...
India has condemned a European Parliament resolution on the ethnic clashes in Manipur state, calling it an "interference" in its internal affairs.More than 130 people have been killed in the violence in the north-eastern state which broke out in MayTens of thousands have been displaced bec...
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India has launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole.The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off at 14:35 on Friday (09:05 GMT) from Sriharikota space centre.The lander is due to reach the Moon on 23-24 August.I...
Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeniy Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's army, President Vladimir Putin says.He told Kommersant newspaper that many group commanders had backed the plan to be led by a senior Wagner figure during recent talks in Moscow.He...
A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days.Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119....
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The US government has approved the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill.The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday birth control pill Opill will be available without a prescription for women of all ages.In a statement, the agency said the move would help reduce women's barr...
A top Russian general says he has been removed from his post in Ukraine after telling military chiefs the truth about the dire situation on the front line.Maj Gen Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Army, which has been fighting in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.In a voice message, Maj Gen Po...
Key roads in the Indian capital, Delhi, have been flooded as water from the Yamuna river has overflowed onto them. The water level of the river has been rising since Wednesday after it breached an all-time high mark in more than 45 years.Authorities have evacuated thousands from nearby low-lying are...
Business & Commerce
Apple supplier Foxconn has pulled out of a $19.5 billion deal with Indian mining giant Vedanta to build a chip-making plant in the country.The move comes less than a year after the companies announced plans to set up the facility in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, reports...
Thai authorities have found the dismembered body of a missing German businessman in a freezer.The search for Hans-Peter Mack, 62, reached a tragic end on Monday night as police located his remains in a garbage bag at a rented house in Nong Prue, a city in southern Thailand.Two German suspects have b...
Hollywood's writers have been on strike for two months and soon the actors may join them, swapping the red carpet for the picket lines.The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) contract expires at midnight local time on 12 July, following a deadline ...
Three people were killed and three others are missing in flooding in southwest Japan caused by the region's "heaviest" rain ever.Rivers overflowed and hillsides collapsed as record amounts of rain were dumped on parts of Kyushu island.The national weather agency logged 402.5mm falling ...
US President Joe Biden is heading to Europe ahead of a Nato summit after several allies questioned his decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.The UK and Canada are among those who voiced concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the danger they pose to civilians.The US...
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