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4 Dead, 8 Injured As Gunman Opens Fire In Southern Turkey: Report
4 Dead, 8 Injured As Gunman Opens Fire In Southern Turkey: Report
PM Modi Highlights Trade Growth At India-Norway Business And Research Summit
The summit was attended by CEOs of over 50 companies and more than 250 participants from the Norwegian and Indian business and research communities.
PM Modi Backs Dialogue, Diplomacy To Resolve Ukraine, Middle East Tensions
India and Norway have firmed up a Green Strategic Partnership, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store held wide-ranging talks during which they called for resolving the tensions in Ukraine and West Asia through dialogue and diplomacy.
US Extends Waiver On Sanctioned Russian Oil By Another 30 Days
This is the second time US authorities have extended the temporary measure, which is meant to address oil supply shortages sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran.
Oil Prices Dip After Report Of US Suspending Iranian Crude Sanctions
The unconfirmed report by Iranian media cited an unnamed source, but analysts and traders seized on the news.
No Ebola Case In India, Airports Put On Alert After WHO Warning
The Centre has reviewed standard operating procedures for screening, surveillance, quarantine and case management, while laboratory preparedness is also being ramped up. The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune has been designated for Ebola tes
Two women allege they were raped during filming of Married at First Sight UK
Former contestants claim there was not enough protection for cast during making of Channel 4 showTwo women have alleged they were raped during the filming of Married at First Sight UK, one of Channel 4’s biggest shows, and a third alleged she was subjected to a non-consensual sex act.The show did not do enough to protect them, the women told an edition of the BBC’s Panorama outlining their allegations. Continue reading...
Prediction market Kalshi to give $2m to problem gambling group as it fights ‘gambling’ label
Kalshi announces two-year investment to National Council on Problem Gambling ‘focused on trader health and safety’The prediction market Kalshi, which maintains it is not a gambling platform, has announced plans to give $2m to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) as it continues to ride a nationwide surge.While prediction markets allow users to bet – or “trade” – on the outcome of almost anything, from elections to sports to geopolitical events, the industry has vehemently fought efforts by state officials to regulate its platforms like those of conventional gambling giants. Continue reading...
No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials
Britain likely to face ‘warm, welcoming stance’ if it seeks re-entry but also a ‘hard-headed one’ – with no special dealsBritain would not be able to rejoin the EU on the special terms it enjoyed in the past, veterans of the Brexit negotiations have said.According to former officials from around Europe, the UK should not expect to achieve as beneficial a deal as it once had if it decided to begin negotiations on re-entry. Continue reading...
Iran Announces New Body To Give "Real-Time Updates" On Strait Of Hormuz
Iran has largely blocked shipping through the vital Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of war with the United States and Israel on February 28.
Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer
Expected candidate in Makerfield byelection says party ‘needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust’Andy Burnham drew the battle lines for the future of the Labour party on Monday as the Greater Manchester mayor promised he would “change Labour” and win back the voters the party had lost.Burnham, who is expected to be Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield byelection, claimed it would be no ordinary campaign and said he would make it about national issues where Labour was failing, in a direct challenge to the prime minister. Continue reading...
‘It is heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola
Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last“On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, 38, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of the lack of a vaccine for the Bundibudyo strain. “The fear is that this disease may spread to many other areas.”Residents of Ituri province in eastern DRC, where the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of Ebola last week, are living in growing fear of the possible continued spread of the disease and its deadly impacts, nearly six years after the last outbreak in the region ended. Continue reading...
May 19, 2026