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Perus ballot count drags on amid frustration with presidential election **Peru Navigates Electoral Uncertainty as Vote Tally Continues Amidst Political Turmoil** Lima, Peru – Peru’s presidential election remains in a state of protracted uncertainty as vote counting continues, fueling public... read more »

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El Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12

El Salvador publishes law allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12 **El Salvador Approves Harsher Penalties for Juvenile Offenders Amidst Security Crackdown** **San Salvador, El Salvador** – In a significant shift in its penal code, El Salvador has enacted legislation permitting life... read more »

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Iran war live: Pakistan in push for new round of US-Iran peace negotiations

Iran war live: Pakistan in push for new round of US-Iran peace negotiations **Regional Tensions Escalate as Pakistan Advocates for Renewed US-Iran Diplomacy Amidst Lebanese Casualties** **Islamabad, Pakistan –** As the conflict in the Middle East continues to cast a long shadow, Pakistan has... read more »

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of seer Shobhan Sarkar, who had sought directions to the Uttar Pradesh government and the district administration of Fatehpur for allowing excavations in a village where, he believed, huge reserves of gold lay buried. A Division Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Vipin Sinha dismissed the petition of Sarkar with the remark "no case has been made out to grant any of the reliefs as claimed in the writ petition". Sarkar had claimed that there was a "hidden gold treasure of about 2,500 tonnes at the bank of river Ganga in village Adampur, Tehsil and District Fatehpur". He had also claimed that he was ready to bear the expenses for carrying out excavations at the site for which he had planned to involve experts from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and IIT-Kanpur. However, the court rejected the petition observing that Sarkar had "miserably failed to prove any of his right to claim any permission". Significantly, an excavation was carried out at a village in Unnao district recently following a similar claim made by Sarkar. The seer later on blamed the failure of the operation on his not being "invited" to the site by the excavators.
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Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 20 years after outreach trip **Pontiff’s Return to Cameroon Draws Jubilant Welcome, Echoing Two Decades of Pastoral Connection** Yaoundé, Cameroon – Pope Leo received an effusive and massive welcome upon his arrival in Cameroon today, marking a... read more »

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Beijing – At least 10 people were killed in Beijing when a fire engulfed a storehouse Tuesday, police said. The incident, which occurred in the capital city’s Chaoyang district, was... read more »

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Syria rebel chief Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade killed in regime strike

Beirut: The head of the Syrian rebel Liwa al-Tawhid Brigade has died of wounds he suffered in a regime air strike last week, the rebels and a monitor said on... read more »

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