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Israel PM Netanyahu Vows "Merciless Strikes" On Hezbollah, Including Beirut
- Oct 14, 2024 23:06 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to strike Hezbollah without mercy following a deadly drone strike on a military base in Israel, and retaliation would extend to targets in Beirut.
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Climate Change Could Reduce Amazon's Methane Absorbtion By 70%: Study
- Oct 14, 2024 22:48 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found.
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Israel Intercepts Rockets Fired From Lebanon, Air Raid Sirens Activated
- Oct 14, 2024 22:23 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The Israeli army on Monday said air raid sirens were activated across central Israel, including the commercial hub of Tel Aviv, as projectiles were fired across the border from Lebanon.
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NASA's Europa Clipper Probe Lifts Off For Jupiter's Icy Moon
- Oct 14, 2024 21:53 pm IST
- Reuters
NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida on Monday on a mission to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice.
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Russia Urges BRICS Partners To Create IMF Alternative Amid Western Pressure
- Oct 14, 2024 19:51 pm IST
- Reuters
Russia, which chairs the BRICS group this year, has called on its partners to create an alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to counter political pressure from Western nations ahead of the BRICS summit later this month.
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Israel's War With Hezbollah Escalates After 21 Killed In Strikes On Lebanon
- Oct 14, 2024 19:09 pm IST
- Reuters
Israel expanded its targets in its war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 18 people in its first strike on the Christian-majority town of Aitou in the north, the Lebanese Red Cross said.
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5 Headless Bodies Found On Road In Mexico, Remains Discovered In Plastic Bags
- Oct 14, 2024 18:48 pm IST
- Edited by: Anjali Thakur
"A report was received indicating that, on the asphalt strip of the road (...) there were several bags that looked like human silhouettes," the state prosecutor's office said.
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"No Ground" For Indirect Talks With US, Says Iran Amid West Asia Tensions
- Oct 14, 2024 18:41 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Iran said Monday it currently sees "no grounds" for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East.
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Satellite Pics: China's New Base Near Pangong Lake "Unlike Any Other Site"
- Oct 14, 2024 18:28 pm IST
- Written by: Vishnu Som
Senior Indian military sources who have analysed satellite imagery of a new Chinese base on the North bank of the Pangong Lake say that the site ''is unlike any other site'' that lies on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual control.
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Israeli Shelling In Northern Gaza Kills 10, Heightening Evacuation Fears
- Oct 14, 2024 18:24 pm IST
- Reuters
At least 10 people were killed and 40 injured in northern Gaza on Monday after Israeli tank shells hit people queuing for food, Palestinian medics said, as fears mounted in the enclave that Israel plans to displace all residents from the north.
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People Near Israeli Army Base Shaken By Hezbollah Drone Attack
- Oct 14, 2024 18:14 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
People living near an Israeli army base hit by a Hezbollah drone strike described a loud explosion then multiple ambulances arriving, as fresh rocket fire and air raid sirens sent them rushing to shelters on Monday.
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India Summons Canada Envoy In Massive Escalation Of Diplomatic Row
- Oct 14, 2024 18:09 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
India has summoned Canada's charge d' affairs in New Delhi after the diplomatic relations between the two countries witnessed a new low today.
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EU Sanctions Iranian Officials, Entities For Aiding Russia's War On Ukraine
- Oct 14, 2024 18:09 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The EU imposed sanctions on Monday on prominent Iranian officials and entities, including airlines, accused of taking part in the transfer of missiles and drones for Russia to use against Ukraine.
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Keir Starmer Vows To Cut Red Tape, Urges Foreign Investors To 'Back' UK
- Oct 14, 2024 17:39 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Keir Starmer - treading a tricky path to be both pro-business and also pro-worker, with a series of new workplace safeguards for employees -- has placed great importance on the International Investment Summit in London.
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Mysterious Drones Swarmed US Military Bases For 17 Days, Pentagon Was Not Able To Stop Them: Report
- Oct 14, 2024 17:38 pm IST
- Edited by: Anjali Thakur
The drone sightings continued for 17 days, raising suspicions that they might be the work of Russian or Chinese agents seeking to spy on American military assets.
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Kremlin Condemns NATO's Nuclear Drills, Cites Escalation Amid Ukraine War
- Oct 14, 2024 17:29 pm IST
- Reuters
The Kremlin said that NATO's annual nuclear exercise involving nuclear-capable military aircraft, which began on Monday, was fuelling tensions in light of the "hot war" unfolding in Ukraine.
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Opinion | India Will Have To Chart Its Own Delicate Path As Middle East Explodes
- Oct 14, 2024 17:08 pm IST
- Mohammad Gulrez
As India continues to expand and enhance its labour-trade-energy engagement with West Asia, it'll have to be careful on the diplomatic front.
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China Ends Military Drills Around Taiwan, Warns "Separatist" Forces
- Oct 14, 2024 17:02 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
China ended a day of military drills around Taiwan on Monday in which it deployed fighter jets and warships in what Beijing said was a "stern warning" to "separatist" forces on the self-ruled island.
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Trio Wins 2024 Nobel Prize In Economics For Work On Wealth Inequality
- Oct 14, 2024 16:33 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.