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    Roger Federer retires after teaming with Nadal in last match
    International

    Roger Federer retires after teaming with Nadal in last match

    London, Sep 24: This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative career that spanned...
    Oscar-winning Cuckoos Nest actor Louise Fletcher dies
    Entertainment

    Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dies

    Los Angeles, Sept 24: Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88. Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by...
    Man missing for 17 days after Sichuan earthquake found alive
    International

    Man missing for 17 days after Sichuan earthquake found alive

    Beijing, Sep 23: A man who was missing for 17 days after an earthquake in China's southwest Sichuan province has been found alive, according to local media reports. The 28-year-old hydropower station employee Gan Yu had stayed behind with his colleague Luo Yong after the magnitude-6.8 earthquake...
    Valery Polyakov, the man who took longest single trip to space, dies
    International

    Valery Polyakov, the man who took longest single trip to space, dies

    Moscow, Sep 19: Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80, Russia's space agency announced Monday. Polyakov's record of 437 days in space began January 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the...
    Putin, Zelenskyy court major allies as Ukraine makes gains
    International

    Putin, Zelenskyy court major allies as Ukraine makes gains

    Kyiv, Sep 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy are each courting major allies on Thursday, seeking to prop up their efforts in a war whose fortunes have tilted toward Ukraine in recent days. In Uzbekistan's ancient Samarkand, Putin was hoping to...
    Spokesman: Zelenskyy in car accident, no serious injuries
    International

    Spokesman: Zelenskyy in car accident, no serious injuries

    Kyiv, Sept 15: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's car collided with another vehicle early Thursday after a battlefield visit, but he was not seriously injured, his spokesman said. Zelenskyy was returning to Kyiv from the Kharkiv region, where he visited troops in the recaptured city of...
    History: Thousands come for last glimpse of queen
    International

    'History': Thousands come for last glimpse of queen

    London, Sep 14: When Rachel Brading was a child she waited hours to see Queen Elizabeth II pass by her hometown in the midlands of England. Forty years later she was waiting again, one among a crowd of thousands hoping to catch one last glimpse of the late monarch's coffin before her burial. ...
    Mass firing at UAE newspaper raises question of censorship
    International

    Mass firing at UAE newspaper raises question of censorship

    Dubai, Sep 13: The story about high fuel prices was safe, editors agreed, even under the strict press laws of the United Arab Emirates. Instead, it unleashed a firestorm at Al Roeya newspaper in Dubai. Within days, top editors were interrogated. Within weeks, dozens of employees were fired and the...
    Public holiday declared for Queen
    International

    Public holiday declared for Queen's state funeral

    London, Sep 10: King Charles III has declared that the day of his mother's funeral will be a public holiday. Charles approved the decision during his formal accession ceremony on Saturday. The date of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral has not been announced but is expected to be around Sept...
    Chinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days
    International

    Chinese man trapped aloft in hydrogen balloon for 2 days

    Beijing, Sep 8: Chinese state media say a man has been found safe after he spent two days aloft in a hydrogen balloon, traveling about 320 kilometers (200 miles), after it became untethered and flew away while he was using it to harvest pine nuts from a tree. The man, identified only by his...
    Apple maintains prices on new iPhones despite inflation
    Sci - Tech

    Apple maintains prices on new iPhones despite inflation

    Cupertino (US), Sept 8: Apple's latest line-up of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster processors, and a longer lasting battery at the same prices as last year's model, despite the inflationary pressure that has driven up the cost of many other everyday items. That decision, revealed on...
    Ukrainian firefighters rescue kitten from burning building
    International

    Ukrainian firefighters rescue kitten from burning building

    Kyiv, Sept 5: Ukrainian firefighters known for rescuing people from buildings hit by shelling in more than six months of war helped a small, furry survivor this weekend — a gray-and-white kitten. The rescuers, wearing full firefighting gear, battled raging flames and smoke to pull the kitten out...
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