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Indian embassy in Kyrgyzstan urges students to stay indoors amid mob attacks
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Indian embassy in Kyrgyzstan urges students to stay indoors amid mob attacks

New Delhi, May 18: The Indian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, urged Indian students to remain indoors following a series of mob attacks on foreign students.This advisory came in the wake of several attacks on students from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, sparked by videos of a fight between...
Germany
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Germany's Saarland sees flooding after heavy rain

Berlin, May 18: Heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in the western German state of Saarland.Buildings in the state capital of Saarbrucken and other municipalities had to be evacuated due to rising water levels.The state Interior Ministry spoke of a widespread flooding situation, with a...
Singaporean F-16 jet crashes due to component failure
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Singaporean F-16 jet crashes due to component failure

Singapore, May 18: The pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer, leading to the crash of an F-16 fighter jet of Singapore Air Force on May 8, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.The malfunction of pitch rate gyroscopes made the pilot fail to control the plane...
North Korea slams US over redesignation as
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North Korea slams US over redesignation as 'uncooperative' country in counter...

Seoul, May 18: North Korea denounced the US on Saturday over its recent redesignation as a country not cooperating fully with US counter terrorism efforts, insisting that no area in which the two countries can cooperate exists.Kwon Jong-gun, Director General of the Department of US Affairs at North...
German Interior Minister calls out sharp rise in crimes against politicians
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German Interior Minister calls out sharp rise in crimes against politicians

Berlin, May 18: Germany is experiencing a dangerous escalation of political aggression, as seen by the sharp rise in attacks against politically active people, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the media.We must stop this spiral, the Social Democrat (SPD) politician wrote in her article for the...
New Netherlands coalition plans to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
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New Netherlands coalition plans to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Amsterdam, May 16: The future right wing coalition in the Netherlands on Thursday announced a radical change of course, including a crack down on immigration as well as controversial plans to move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The coalition agreement, which right...
​UN raises India
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​UN raises India's 2024 growth rate to 6.9 pc remains world's fastest growing...

United Nations, May 17: Indian economy's growth rate projection for this year has been raised by 0.7 percent to 6.9 percent from the forecast made in January by the UN and it retains its position as the world's fastest growing large economy. The better outlook is fueled by lower inflation, robust...
Australia sanctions entities linked to North Korea arms supply
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Australia sanctions entities linked to North Korea arms supply

Sydney, May 17: Australia on Friday imposed financial sanctions on six entities linked to North Korea’s supply of weapons to Russia. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the continued transfer of weapons from North Korea to Russia was a flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council...
New Caledonia
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New Caledonia 'calmer' as France sends reinforcements

Bangkok, May 17: France is sending security reinforcements and essentials to its overseas territory of New Caledonia following days of unrest in the country. The French High Commission said it was now a "calmer and more peaceful situation" in the country, although overnight curfews and a ban on...
Up to 2,000 gallons oil may spill into Gulf of Mexico as barge hits bridge in US
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Up to 2,000 gallons oil may spill into Gulf of Mexico as barge hits bridge in US

Houston, May 17: Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated. The source of the leakage from the barge has been contained after the accident, said the US Coast...
Sun shoots out the biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades
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Sun shoots out the biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades

Cape Canaveral (Florida), May 16: The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades on Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummelling Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in...
Study says 2023 hottest year in 2000 years, 2024 may follow suit
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Study says 2023 hottest year in 2000 years, 2024 may follow suit

Guwahati, May 15: As the world experiences soaring temperatures and heatwaves become the new normal, more and more evidence is confirming that 2023 was one of the hottest years on record, and 2024 is on a similar path. A new study from the University of Cambridge has found that 2023 was the...
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