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    Oshoala and Caicedo win 2022 Women
    Sports

    Oshoala and Caicedo win 2022 Women's ICC awards

    New York, Nov 8: Barcelona striker Asisat Oshoala and Deportivo Cali forward Linda Caicedo were among those honored by the Women's International Champions Cup for advancing women's soccer. Others who were named to the third annual WICC Best XI on Monday were England national team coach Sarina...
    North Korea: Missile tests were practice to attack South, US
    International

    North Korea: Missile tests were practice to attack South, US

    Seoul, Nov 7: North Korea's military said on Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to "mercilessly" strike key South Korean and US targets such as air bases and operation command systems with a variety of missiles that likely included nuclear-capable weapons. The North's...
    Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers
    Sci - Tech

    Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers

    Cape Canaveral (US), Nov 4: Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun. And it's three times closer than the previous record-holder. It was identified by...
    Rival Koreas scramble warplanes in extension of tensions
    International

    Rival Koreas scramble warplanes in extension of tensions

    Seoul, Nov 4: South Korea scrambled about 80 military aircraft, including advanced F-35 fighter jets, on Friday after tracking about 180 flights by North Korean warplanes inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength. North Korea's mobilisation of warplanes came...
    Poland building wall along border with Russia
    International

    Poland building wall along border with Russia's Kaliningrad

    Warsaw, Nov 2: Poland's defence minister said Wednesday that he has ordered the construction of a temporary barrier along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The move comes as Warsaw suspects that Russia plans to facilitate illegal border crossings by Asian and African migrants. ...
    Barrage of Russian strikes hits key Ukrainian infrastructure
    International

    Barrage of Russian strikes hits key Ukrainian infrastructure

    Kyiv, Oct 31 (AP) A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet over the weekend. Loud explosions were heard across the Ukrainian...
    Inflation hits new record in Europe, slowing economy
    International

    Inflation hits new record in Europe, slowing economy

    Frankfurt, Oct 31: Inflation hit a new record in the 19 countries that use the euro currency, fuelled by out-of-control prices for natural gas and electricity due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Economic growth also slowed ahead of what economists fear is a looming recession, largely as a result of...
    South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns
    International

    South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns

    Seoul, Oct 31: South Korean police are investigating what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul last weekend in the country's worst disasters in years, as President Yoon Suk Yeol and other residents paid respects to the dead at temporary mourning...
    Anne Franks friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93
    International

    Anne Frank's friend Hannah Pick-Goslar dies at age 93

    The Hague, Oct 29: Hannah Pick-Goslar, one of Jewish diarist Anne Frank's best friends, has died at age 93, the foundation that runs the Anne Frank House museum said. The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne's world-famous diary about her life in hiding from...
    Soccer player injured in knife attack calls himself
    Sports

    Soccer player injured in knife attack calls himself 'lucky'

    Milan, Oct 28: Pablo Marí, the Spanish soccer player who was wounded in a knife attack at an Italian shopping center, called himself "lucky" to survive and was being treated Friday following injuries to his back and mouth. Five people were stabbed Thursday and one was killed after a man grabbed a...
    UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking
    International

    UN envoy: Myanmar crisis deepens, taking 'catastrophic toll'

    United Nations, Oct 26: The UN special envoy for Myanmar warned Tuesday that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking "a catastrophic toll on the people." Noeleen Heyzer told the U.N. General Assembly's human rights...
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    International

    Qatar's emir lashes out at criticism ahead of FIFA World Cup

    Doha, Oct 25: Qatar's ruling emir on Tuesday lashed out at criticism of his country over its hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, describing it as an "unprecedented campaign" targeting the first Arab nation to hold the tournament. Since winning hosting rights for the World Cup over a decade ago,...
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