A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years struck the country on Wednesday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power for least 1.7 million people. AFP Jump To Many were killed, many others are still missing Double whammy for Vietnam Many were killed, many others …
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Facebook’s third-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations even as advertisers boycotted the social network to put pressure on the company to do more to combat hate speech. Major brands, including The North Face, Verizon and Unilever, said they would pull advertising from Facebook. Civil rights groups called on businesses to pause spending on Facebook ads in July, the …
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Former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has triggered a controversy by saying “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past”. Commenting on the calls for Muslims to boycott French products in response to remarks on Islam made by French President Emmanuel Macron, the 95-year old said the French …
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A 52-year-old woman from an affluent family in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city was hacked to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law over a family feud, said police on Wednesday. PTI The 29-year-old accused Nikita Agarwal, who got married just 10 months ago, was arrested on Wednesday by the Sola police on charges of killing her mother-in-law Rekha Agarwal, with an iron rod. A …
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Italian towns and cheap houses have a unique relationship. A small town in Sicily is offering abandoned houses at such a low price, that a cup of coffee is more expensive, as per a TNN report. Over the last few years, many small towns in Italy have been facing depopulation. As a result, they have been offering homes at extremely …
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About 34 per cent of 1,463 candidates in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). About 27 per cent or 389 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, it said. Serious criminal cases are non-bailable offences with over five …
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As air quality continues to deteriorate across the world after the coronavirus lockdown was eased, a study has found about 15 per cent of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 may be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution. Researchers, including those from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany, found that in Europe the proportion of COVID-19 deaths linked to air pollution …
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An undated video of a leopard jumping over a gate while chasing its prey has garnered a lot of views after being shared by Mumbai-based wildlife biologist Nikit Surve. Screenshot of viral twitter video Viewed over 45,000 times, the nine-second-long footage was even shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Services on Monday. In the footage, a small animal – …
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An NGO in Kolkata is doing its best to ensure that no one sleeps empty stomach during Durga Puja. India Humanitarian Assistance (IHA) Foundation is serving food to the underprivileged and needy, and is also providing dry ration to those struggling to make ends meet due to the COVID-induced lockdown. Representational Image IHA Foundation volunteers are driving around the streets …
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In a horrific incident, an alcohol addict man killed his elderly mother because he refused to pay money to feed his addiction. The shocking crime was reported from a village in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana on Saturday. BCCL According to local media, the 45-year-old accused Ramulu had come home on Friday night in a heavily drunken state and began fighting …
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