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Elections without sovereignty: What Palestines local vote really represent

Elections without sovereignty: What Palestines local vote really represent ## Palestinian Municipal Elections: A Test of Agency Amidst Occupation **Ramallah, West Bank** – As Palestinian communities across the West Bank prepare for upcoming municipal elections, the vote presents a complex... read more »

Lakers down Rockets in overtime for 3-0 ...

Lakers down Rockets in overtime for 3-0 series lead, Celtics beat Sixers

Lakers down Rockets in overtime for 3-0 series lead, Celtics beat Sixers **Lakers Clinch Overtime Thriller Against Rockets, Celtics Secure Crucial Victory** In a night of high-stakes NBA playoff action, the Los Angeles Lakers emerged victorious in a dramatic overtime contest against the Houston... read more »

Capture of ships by US, Iran violates in...

Capture of ships by US, Iran violates international law, shipping body says

Capture of ships by US, Iran violates international law, shipping body says ### Maritime Authorities Urge Release of Crews Amidst Vessel Seizures **London, UK** – The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a prominent global trade association representing shipowners, has issued a stern call for... read more »

Apple's Next CEO Needs to Launch a ...

Apple's Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product

Apple's Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product **Navigating the AI Frontier: Apple’s Strategic Imperative for Its Next Chapter** The technology landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, with artificial intelligence emerging as the defining force of the next decade. As Apple... read more »

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Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Moscow – The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday denied media reports that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since... read more »

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – A committee under the Japanese lower house Wednesday passed a bill on establishing a US-style National Security Council (NSC) to make... read more »

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Male – A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential... read more »

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after all ballots... read more »

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

US Secretary of State John Kerry has called settlements constructed by the Israeli regime on occupied Palestinian lands “illegitimate”. Kerry made... read more »

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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... read more »

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... read more »

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... 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.

Huge crowds greet Pope Leo in Cameroon 20 years after outreach trip

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,... read more »

Pablo Escobar's wild hippo herd to be hunted down and killed...

Pablo Escobar's wild hippo herd to be hunted down and killed in Colombia ## Colombia Grapples with Legacy of Escobar’s Invasive Hippos **Medellín, Colombia** – A significant ecological... read more »