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Indian-American wins UK
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Indian-American wins UK's prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship

London, Dec 13: An Indian-origin student is among 51 winners of the prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship, which selects American scholars to pursue their graduate education at any university in the UK. Bengaluru-born Hari Choudhari, a student of International Politics with minors in History and...
Commonwealth e-learning course to improve ability to access climate finance
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Commonwealth e-learning course to improve ability to access climate finance

Dubai, Dec 13: A new Commonwealth e-learning course launched on Wednesday will improve the ability of small and other vulnerable states to access billions of dollars in climate finance. Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, launched the ‘Commonwealth Climate Finance Essentials...
Special counsel takes Trump trial to Supreme Court
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Special counsel takes Trump trial to Supreme Court

Washington, Dec 12: In an extraordinary move, special counsel Jack Smith personally asked the US Supreme Court to decide whether former President Donald Trump has any immunity from criminal prosecution for the alleged crimes he committed while in office. This will be the first time in the...
Woman leaves Texas for abortion amid court fight
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Woman leaves Texas for abortion amid court fight

Houston, Dec 12: A woman who sued Texas to get an abortion after learning that the foetus has a fatal condition, has left the US state to have the procedure, her lawyers have confirmed. Shortly after Thanksgiving last month, 31-year-old Kate Cox from the Dallas area found that her foetus was...
Deep divisions at final phase of UN climate talks over fossil fuels
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Deep divisions at final phase of UN climate talks over fossil fuels

Dubai, Dec 12: As the 2023 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 28th session of the Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP28) comes to a close, some of the major topics are still being discussed behind closed doors, such as the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and the Global Stocktake -- the main...
British-Indian is Conservative parliamentary candidate for Oxford
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British-Indian is Conservative parliamentary candidate for Oxford

London, Dec 12: British-Indian dental surgeon Vinay Raniga has been chosen as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, a constituency in the South East region of England. As a National Health Service (NHS) dentist, Raniga serves his local community by treating their...
Israeli Military Intelligence, Shin Bet interrogate arrested Hamas militants
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Israeli Military Intelligence, Shin Bet interrogate arrested Hamas militants

Tel Aviv, Dec 12: Officers of the Israeli Military Intelligence and Shin Bet are currently interrogating Hamas militants arrested from the Gaza Strip amid the raging war, sources told IANS. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sources, more than 500 Hamas men who were arrested from the...
Biden to host Zelensky at White House on Tuesday
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Biden to host Zelensky at White House on Tuesday

Washington, Dec 11: US President Joe Biden will host his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Tuesday amid stalled discussions on a Kiev aid deal in Congress. This will be Zelensky's third visit to Washington since Russia launched its ongoing war against Ukraine in...
Nobody likes Hamas
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Nobody likes Hamas's Yahya Sinwar in Gaza: Ex-Minister tells Israeli...

Tel Aviv, Dec 11: Yosef Almansi, a former Communications Minister in the Gaza Strip, told Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency that senior Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is hugely unpopular in the besieged enclave and that nobody liked him. Almansi made the remarks while being interrogated by Shin...
US F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Korea, pilot rescued
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US F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Korea, pilot rescued

Seoul, Dec 11: A US F-16 fighter jet crashed in western South Korea on Monday and the pilot was safely rescued after making an emergency escape, sources said. The jet crashed into the waters after taking off from the Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, 178 km south of Seoul, earlier in the day during a...
Far-right Javier Milei sworn in as new Argentine President
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Far-right Javier Milei sworn in as new Argentine President

Buenos Aires, Dec 11: Javier Milei, a far-right populist outsider, has been sworn in as the new President of Argentina in a ceremony held at the National Congress in Buenos Aires. At the ceremony on Sunday, outgoing head of state Alberto Fernandez placed the presidential sash and handed the baton...
UK teen arrested for attacking elderly Sikh in hate crime incident
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UK teen arrested for attacking elderly Sikh in hate crime incident

London, Dec 11: A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a hate crime incident in which an elderly Sikh was beaten by a group of teenage boys in a town in south east England. The boy, arrested last week on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent, has been released on police...
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