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Nikes metaverse sneakers are selling for over $100,000
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Nike's metaverse sneakers are selling for over $100,000

Guwahati, April 29: Nike has been making an enormous bid in the virtual world as its first collection of sneakers for the metaverse is gaining more than $100,000. Nike in association with RTFKT has launched the line of virtual sneakers known as CryptoKicks, and it is being auctioned off as...
10 injured as rocket hits Kyiv apartment in Ukraine
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10 injured as rocket hits Kyiv apartment in Ukraine

Kyiv, April 29: At least 10 people were injured after a Russian rocket hit a residential apartment building in Kyiv at around the same time when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres were addressing a press briefing in the capital city. Government...
Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia
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Landslide kills 12 women at illegal gold mine in Indonesia

Medan (Indonesia), Apr 29: Rescuers retrieved a dozen bodies of women buried under tons of mud from a landslide that crashed onto an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sumatra island, police said Friday. About 14 women were looking for gold grains Thursday in a pit roughly 2...
Encouraging safety and health culture at work need of the hour
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Encouraging safety and health culture at work need of the hour

Guwahati, April 28: There are several challenges when it comes to workplace safety and it can directly impact workers both physically and mentally. From industrial injuries to workplace stress, upskilling workers in health, safety and wellbeing can significantly help mitigate risks associated with...
Sikkim seeks US investments in tourism, agriculture, livestock products
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Sikkim seeks US investments in tourism, agriculture, livestock products

New York, Apr 28: Sikkim is inviting US investors and companies to explore business opportunities in the sectors of tourism, agriculture, horticulture, and livestock products in the state. Sikkim's Minister of Agriculture and Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Departments Lok...
US President Joe Biden to meet PM Modi at Quad summit in Japan next month: White House
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US President Joe Biden to meet PM Modi at Quad summit in Japan next month: White...

Washington, Apr 28: US President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea and Japan next month and attend the Quad summit in Tokyo, during which he will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House has said. Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan has been scheduled from May 20 to 24. "This...
Russia won
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Russia won't hesitate to use 'weapons no other country possesses', warns Putin

Moscow, April 27: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned outside forces against interfering in the Ukraine conflict, promising a "lightning-speed" response to such actions, with the use of Moscow's most advanced weaponry. "If someone decides to intervene in the ongoing events from the...
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight

Cape Canaveral, Apr 27: SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires. It's the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a...
Live updates: Russia cuts off gas, European prices spike
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Live updates: Russia cuts off gas, European prices spike

Lviv, Apr 27: European gas prices have spiked by as much as 24% following Gazprom's statement that it was suspending deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria starting Wednesday because it hasn't received any payments from them since April 1. Benchmark Dutch futures traded at one point around 125 euros per...
Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption
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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

Bangkok, Apr 27: A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison on Wednesday. Suu Kyi, who was ousted by an army takeover in February last year, had denied the allegation that she had accepted gold...
Russia
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Russia's war heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze

Istanbul, Apr 26: For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels. But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices. Now,...
As Shanghai struggles with Covid, cases spike in Beijing
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As Shanghai struggles with Covid, cases spike in Beijing

Beijing, April 26: As the situation in Shanghai threatens to spiral out of control in its battle against Covid-19, Chinas capital Beijing has been hit by a surge in infections with alarmed residents lining up at supermarkets and provision stores struggling to control crowds as people try to stock up...
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