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Frontrunner Joe Biden defends his record on race, criminal justice and deportations of migrants.

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Hamza Bin Laden: Son of Osama 'dead', US officials say

US media claim they were told by officials that Hamza Bin Laden is dead.

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Aspetar: The ultra modern, elite sports hospital that imports body parts

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Many of the world's best athletes go to the same specialist hospital in Qatar. Aspetar is at the cutting edge of sports medicine.

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England Will Apply Pressure On and Off The Field: Warner

David Warner will be back to playing Test cricket after 17 months when Australia take on England in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston starting August 1st, after shining for his team during the recently concluded World Cup.

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WRAPUP 1-U.S. officials play down N.Korea missile tests, hold out for new talks

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North Korea's latest missile launches did not violate a pledge its leader Kim Jong Un made to U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, but efforts to resume denuclearisation talks remained in doubt. Kim oversaw the first test firing of a "new-type large-calibre multiple launch guided rocket system" on Wednesday, North Korean state media reported. It followed six days after the launch of two similar short-range ballistic missiles, North Korea's first tests since Kim and Trump met on June 30 and agreed to revive stalled denuclearisation talks.

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England Seek A 'Double' as Australia Eye Ashes History

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England return to 'Fortress Edgbaston' for the first Test against Australia on Thursday looking to round off an already memorable season by completing a World Cup and Ashes double.

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Zoe Ball loses 780,000 listeners from BBC Radio 2 breakfast show

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The presenter took over from Chris Evans in January after he left to join Virgin Radio.

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Johnson faces UK election test as Brexit battle looms

Britain's Boris Johnson faces his first test at the ballot box Thursday in a by-election that could reduce his parliamentary majority to one, making it harder to enact his Brexit plan. Just over a week after he took office as prime minister, Johnson's governing Conservative party looks set to lose the Welsh seat of Brecon and Radnorshire to a pro-European candidate. Victory for the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats in Brecon would embolden those opposition MPs and some Conservatives who have pledged to do whatever it takes to stop a "no deal" departure.

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US extends Iran nuke sanctions waivers but hits FM

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The Trump administration on Wednesday extended waivers allowing foreign firms to work at Iranian nuclear facilities without U.S. penalties even as it hit Iran's foreign minister with sanctions. In a notice sent to Congress, the State Department said it had extended for 90 days waivers that permit European, Russian and Chinese companies to conduct civilian-nuclear cooperation at several Iranian sites. The waivers, which were due to expire on Thursday, had been the subject of heated internal debate with Iran hawks opposed to their extension but others arguing that more time was needed to allow companies to wind down their operations.

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Waterpark Wave Machine In China Triggers 'Tsunami', 44 Injured

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A wave machine at a waterpark in northern China went rogue Sunday, launching a crushing tsunami that injured at least 44 people, according to The Associated Press.

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American YouTube Star Killed In Paragliding Accident

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YouTube star Grant Thompson, who rose to fame as host of the popular channel "The King of Random," has died in a paragliding accident, his family announced.

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Meal Timing Strategies May Help You Lose Weight: Intermittent Fasting Diet Tips

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Meal timing strategies such as intermittent fasting or eating earlier in the daytime may to help you lose weight naturally. Eat this way to burn more fat while following intermittent fasting.

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Airport Closed, Trains Cancelled After Record Rain In Vadodara

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The Vadodara Airport was closed on Wednesday due heavy rainfall. Two domestic flights were also cancelled, airport authorities said.

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UPDATE 1-Bolton says N.Korea tests didn't violate pledge to Trump, but no word on talks

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U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday North Korea's recent missile tests did not violate a pledge its leader Kim Jong Un made to President Donald Trump, but Pyongyang had yet to say when working-level talks on denuclearization would resume. North Korea's tests of short-range missiles on Tuesday and last week came despite a meeting between Kim and Trump on June 30 at which they agreed to revive stalled talks. Bolton told Fox Business Network the U.S. side was still waiting to hear from North Korea about arranging the talks.

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North Korean in custody after crossing heavily fortified border into South

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A North Korean man has crossed the demilitarised zone into South Korea and was in Seoul’s custody early on Thursday. There was no immediate word on the man’s identity or the reasons for his apparent defection across the heavily fortified border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the man was spotted moving towards the South near the Imjin River after crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) late on Wednesday night. "The military has obtained custody of a person in accordance with procedures," the JCS said in a brief statement. "The unidentified person is a North Korean man and the relevant government agency is questioning him on how he crossed the border and his motives," it added. "No particular North Korean military movement is seen across the border," it continued. FAQ | North Korean defection More than 30,000 North Koreans have escaped from the reclusive state to the South since the two were separated by war more than 65 years ago, according to government data, many of them driven by prolonged economic hardship. Pyongyang is under heavy economic sanctions because of its multiple nuclear tests and missile launches, the latest of which came this week. It denounces defectors – who are an important source for accounts of the regime’s brutal treatment of its citizens – as "human scum". Contact between the North and South has been minimal since February, when a second summit between the US and Pyongyang collapsed without an agreement over possible denuclearisation and sanctions relief. South Korea returned three North Koreans on Monday who had crossed the maritime border aboard a fishing vessel. Officials from the South said they thought the fishermen may have wanted to defect but in the end the men chose to return to North Korea. Hundreds of North Koreans make their way to South Korea each year hoping to defect, but unauthorised crossings of the DMZ are rare. The zone is dotted with landmines, fences, guard posts, and other military equipment on both sides of the border. In November 2017, a North Korean soldier was shot multiple times by fellow soldiers as he fled across the border into South Korea, where he was treated by doctors. Another North Korean soldier crossed the border to defect a few weeks later in an incident that led to South Korean guards firing warning shots into North Korea. North and South Korea agreed last year to try to reduce tensions along their border by reducing the number of landmines and guard posts, disarming their guards at a truce village, and imposing a no-fly zone. The border is the Cold War’s last frontier, separating the nuclear-armed North from the democratic and economically advanced South.

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Russian Embassy: Trump offers Putin help in fighting Siberian wildfires

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The Russian Embassy said Putin was grateful for the offer.

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UN experts: Islamic State aims for resurgence in Iraq, Syria

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Leaders of the Islamic State extremist group are aiming to consolidate and create conditions for an "eventual resurgence in its Iraqi and Syrian heartlands," U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in a report to the Security Council this week that the process is more advanced in Iraq, where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and most of the militant group's leadership are now based following the fall of the so-called "caliphate" that he declared in the two neighboring countries. In Syria, where the last IS stronghold was toppled in March, the IS covert network is spreading and sleeper cells are being established at the provincial level, mirroring what has been happening in Iraq since 2017, the report said.

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US soldiers shot 170 civilians in this ditch

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Two walls have brought me to tears. They are on opposite sides of the world, 8,600 miles apart. Both are filled with names of people I never knew but who have helped shaped the person I have become.

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How anime shaped Japan's global identity

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A biker gang slices through Tokyo's neon-soaked night. The riders hit the brakes next to a giant, black crater created by an atomic blast. It's so enormous that it bursts beyond the comic strip panels and seeps across the whole page.

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Founder of coffee chain goes missing

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The head of India's biggest coffee chain has gone missing.

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1,000 diagnosed with dengue in 24 hours

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More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh, the majority of whom are children, have been diagnosed with dengue in the last 24 hours, amid the country's worst outbreak on record, a senior health ministry official said Tuesday.

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China's top Uyghur official claims most detainees have left Xinjiang camps

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Desperate Zimbabwe Cricketers Ready to Play for Free

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The captains of the men's and women's nationals teams recently wrote to Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry, expressing their interest to be allowed to play cricket again as soon as possible.

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Body Of Missing Cafe Coffee Day Owner VG Siddhartha Found: Updates

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The body of missing Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha has been found, two days after he went missing from a bridge near Mangaluru in Karnataka.

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Ashes 2019 | Ricky Ponting Urges Usman Khawaja to take Aggressive Route

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Ponting, one of the best batsmen Test cricket has seen, made the crucial No.3 position his own, aggregating 9904 in 196 innings with an aggressive mindset well symbolised by his trademark pull shots and free-flowing drives.

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Ashes 2019 | Australians Being Nice to You is Weird: Stokes

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Stokes, who has been reinstated as vice-captain for the Test side, expects a fierce battle from the Australians and definitely predicts flashpoints through the series.

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Cafe Coffee Day Founder's Body Found 2 Days After He Went Missing

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The body of VG Siddhartha, the founder of the popular chain Cafe Coffee Day and son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, has been found, two days after he went missing from a bridge...

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U.S. appeals court upholds ruling against Chinese banks in N.Korea sanctions probe

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A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday it had upheld a ruling by a U.S. judge who held three large Chinese banks in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into violations of sanctions on North Korea, opening the way for heavy daily fines. In a ruling in May, Beryl Howell, Washington D.C.'s chief federal district judge, held the banks in contempt for refusing to comply with U.S. investigators' demands that they hand over records connected to the alleged movement of tens of millions of dollars in violation of international sanctions on North Korea.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Revamp: Sports Minister to Meet Shashank Manohar

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Fernando said he will be carrying a document which was tabled in parliament last week.

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Ashes 2019 | Joe Root and Tim Paine's Different Paths to Ashes Captaincy

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Paine is the first captain chosen to lead an Australia Test tour of England primarily because he is a 'decent chap' since Ian Johnson in 1956 -- a series England won.

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Climate change: UK's 10 warmest years all occurred since 2002

The patterns of warm and cold years in Britain are a clear signal of climate change, say scientists.

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Car industry investment plummets in UK

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It comes at a time when the sector has been spending heavily on preparations for a no-deal Brexit

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Fact: North Korean Jet Fighters Fought Against Israel in the Yom Kippur War

That day two Kurnass pairs from two squadrons, 69 and 119, were scrambled to the Gulf of Suez sector. During the Yom Kippur War the Israeli Air Force (IAF) actually faced an Arab coalition, rather than the Egyptian Air Force in the south and the Syrian Air Force in the north. Fighter squadrons from Algeria, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea deployed to Egypt prior to October 1973. The North Korean MiG-21 squadron was based at Bir Arida to defend Egypt’s south. The North Korean MiG-21 pilots did not engage Israeli aircraft until Dec. 6, 1973.(This first appeared earlier in 2019.)

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Democratic debates: Ten candidates line up in second presidential TV debate

The party's most progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, take centre stage.

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Does the US economy need a rate cut?

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The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for the first time since 2008 on Wednesday.

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Jaypee Infra insolvency: NCLAT permits fresh bids

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal paved the way for the third round of bidding for beleaguered Jaypee Infratech, providing relief to close to 25,000 homeowners awaiting possession of their apartments and villas for as long as a decade. But, unlike the past, it allowed the resolution process, which will complete two years on August 9, to be finished in 90 days.

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CJI allows CBI to file case against HC judge

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In an unprecedented decision, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday gave permission to the CBI to register a case (FIR) against sitting Allahabad high court judge Justice SN Shukla under the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged favours to a private medical college for MBBS admissions.

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Debt row pushed CCD founder over the edge

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VG Siddhartha, founder-chairman of the Rs 4,200-crore Café Coffee Day (CCD) chain, was in the news for the past several months due to his debt woes. He is feared to have jumped off a bridge over Netravathi river on the outskirts of Mangaluru on Monday evening. In a letter to the "Coffee Day family", he said he had "fought for a long time but today I gave up".

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Filed 35 complaints: Unnao rape survivor's kin

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A relative of the Unnao rape survivor revealed to TOI on Tuesday that the family had sent 35 written complaints to the local police and administration in the last one year expressing fear that they would be targeted by the henchmen of jailed BJP MLA and rape-accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar. However, no action was taken by the police, the relative said.

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In big win, government swings Rajya Sabha vote to clear triple talaq bill

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Parliament on Tuesday marked a historic moment when Rajya Sabha passed the much-debated and politically contentious triple talaq bill that makes the Muslim practice of instant divorce punishable with the government comfortably beating off the opposition challenge by 99-84 votes.

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Asian stocks up ahead of Bank of Japan decision, trade talks

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Asian stocks traded modestly higher Tuesday. Investors are waiting for clues on several key events, including rate decisions from the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve, as well as progress on US-China trade talks in Shanghai.

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US Man Caught With Missile Launcher At Airport, Says It Was A "Souvenir"

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US transport security officers confiscated a missile launcher from a checked bag at a Washington-area airport on Monday, with a Texas man saying it was a souvenir from Kuwait.

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Daimler's electric trucks will make online shopping greener

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Online shopping makes life easier for consumers but it can harm the environment, especially if you opt for express delivery. German automaker Daimler has found one way to tackle the climate crisis.

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Mother, 3 Children Found Hanging At Pune Home

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The bodies of a 28-year-old woman and her three children were found hanging inside their house in Pune on Sunday, police said.

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Cafe Coffee Day Founder VG Siddhartha Goes Missing From Mangaluru

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VG Siddhartha, the founder of the popular chain Cafe Coffee Day and son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, has gone missing from Mangaluru in Karnataka, the police said. He was last...

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Ashes 2019 | Write Smith Off at Your Own Peril: Waugh

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Former Australian captain and current team mentor Steve Waugh is extremely pleased with Steve Smith's preparations for the upcoming Ashes series that will get underway in Birmingham from August 1 (Thursday) and has warned the English team to be aware of the 30-year-old.

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U.S. firms see little clarity on Huawei as U.S.-China talks resume

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Panic Among Passengers As Pilot Aborts Take Off At Last Minute In Bhopal

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More than 150 passengers of a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from the city survived a scare on Monday evening when the pilot aborted take-off last minute at the Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal due to some...

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Russian opposition leader says he was poisoned in custody

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Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader, was discharged from a Moscow hospital and sent back to jail, despite claims by his doctor that he may have been poisoned by an unknown chemical agent while in custody.

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10 Killed After Plane Crashes Into Pakistan Neighbourhood: Report

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At least 10 people lost their lives and 12 others were injured when a small plane crashed into a residential area near in Pakistan's Rawalpindi early on Tuesday.

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Chandrayaan-2: Orbiter may get extended life

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The orbiter on Chandrayaan-2, which Isro initially said would go around Moon for just one year, may now have a lifespan of at least two years. "Chandrayaan-1 was planned for a longer life but a problem led to a curtailed lifespan, which has been corrected. Going by the amount of fuel that will remain after all manoeuvres, it may orbit for at least two years," said a source.

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Fresh orders to J&K cops keep Kashmir on the edge

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Kashmir remained on the edge on Monday with two more "confidential" orders issued by the administration on Sunday - the first seeking details from police about mosques and the ideological affiliations of their managements, and the other asking the police to collect information about the passenger capacity of taxis and fuel capacity of petrol pumps - finding their way to social media.

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FIR against MLA, 29 others for plot to kill Unnao rape survivor

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Twenty-four hours after a speeding truck crashed into the car in which the Unnao rape survivor was travelling, UP police booked jailed BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and 29 of his associates on charges of criminal conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder. Two aunts of the rape survivor died in the accident on Sunday.

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BSY wins trust vote, Karnataka speaker quits

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Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa proved his majority in the assembly on Monday without breaking a sweat, setting the ball rolling for cabinet formation with the BJP leadership's nod in Delhi. The win somewhat erased memories of his trust vote 14 months ago when he had to resign on the floor of the House, admitting he did not have the numbers.

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Indian Cooking Tips: How To Make Gujarati-Style High-Protein Dal Handvo On Gas Stove (Watch Video)

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Crisp on the outside and spongy soft inside, dal handvo is ideal for tea-time or breakfast.

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"Don't Put Life In Danger": Iran Warned UK Warship, Audio Reveals

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Iranian forces warned a British warship's crew against putting their "life in danger" during the seizure of a tanker this month, in a new recording of the incident released Monday.

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PM's Office Asks CBI To Investigate Impersonation Case

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Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate an alleged case of impersonation wherein the name of PMO has been misused for committing financial...

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2 refugees in Arizona charged with supporting Islamic State

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Why Did It Take Trump So Long to Drive Out Dan Coats?

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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The best question to ask about the departure of Dan Coats as director of national intelligence is what took President Donald Trump so long to drive him out? Coats minced no words when warning of the threat Russia and other foreign actors pose to American elections, and resisted Trump’s pressure to insert himself into the government’s investigation of Russian interference.The president in turn kept his national intelligence director out of the loop. When Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July 2018, Coats acknowledged publicly that he had no idea what the two leaders discussed in their two-hour conversation. Administration officials tell me that in the last year Coats had stopped delivering most of the daily intelligence briefings to the president.Trump’s problems with Coats go back to the first days of his presidency. According to the report of the special counsel, at a dinner on Jan. 26, 2017, Coats persuaded Trump (over objections from his other advisers) not to fire his first FBI director, James Comey, right away and instead meet with him face to face before making a decision on whether to dismiss him.That turned out to be terrible advice for a man like Trump. Comey took notes of his early meetings with the president, and that account made Trump sound like a mob boss. When Trump finally did fire Comey, the decision sparked the obstruction-of-justice investigation that Robert Mueller took over. Trump’s efforts to charm Comey set in motion the events that led to the Justice Department probe that has haunted his presidency. So it’s not surprising that John Ratcliffe, the Texas congressman Trump has chosen to replace Coats, has carved out a public profile as a skeptic of Mueller’s probe. Last week at the House Intelligence Committee’s hearing with Mueller, Ratcliffe skewered the former special counsel for sharing his opinion that his investigation did not exonerate the president. “Because there is a presumption of innocence, prosecutors never ever determine it,” Ratcliffe said.His line of questioning has led some of the president’s critics to condemn Ratcliffe’s nomination as a reward for an unqualified loyalist. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted that he was chosen because he exhibited “blind loyalty” to the president in last week’s Mueller hearing. In Ratcliffe’s defense, he has had national security experience as a member of Congress. In 2017 he was among the group of lawmakers who helped shepherd through the re-authorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. That counts as an irony because Ratcliffe in recent months has endorsed the Justice Department reviews of the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation in part for potential surveillance abuse.In 2018, then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein began including him in highly classified briefings to congressional leadership on the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, even though Ratcliffe himself was not in the leadership or the chairman or ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. These issues will be hashed out when he appears before the Senate for his nomination hearing. As my colleagues at Bloomberg News report, many Republican senators have been mute on his selection so far. If he fails to impress lawmakers like Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, his nomination could be in trouble.Ratcliffe’s lack of experience can cut both ways. The position is a notoriously weak one. In theory, the director of national intelligence is supposed to set the budget priorities for the rest of the intelligence community. The law that created the position, however, did not give the director the power to command the other agencies.Successful directors have had to use their powers of persuasion. Without experience in the national security state, persuading subordinate agencies is near impossible.This was a problem for Coats. Michael Allen, a former Republican staff director of the House Intelligence Committee, praised Coats for keeping the “ship steady in rough waters.” But he acknowledged, “It’s unclear whether he innovated or dramatically improved the intelligence community.” Allen chalked this up to “statutory authorities which prevent decisive leadership” across a sprawling bureaucracy.There is a lesson here for Trump. Even if Ratcliffe is everything the president apparently hopes he is, there is nothing he can do as director of national intelligence to shape the investigations into the FBI’s initial probe of his campaign. What’s more, without much experience inside the national security state, Ratcliffe will have a hard time changing the nature of the bureaucracy he will lead.To contact the author of this story: Eli Lake at elake1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Katy Roberts at kroberts29@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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Trump Intel Pick John Ratcliffe Started Theory Of FBI Anti-Trump 'Secret Society'

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Alex WongDonald Trump’s new pick for Director of National Intelligence played a role last year in popularizing what briefly became one of the right’s most easily-debunked conspiracy theories about the investigation into Trump and Russia, offering what he presented as evidence of an anti-Trump “secret society” operating within the FBI.Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, has been an outspoken critic of the FBI’s investigation into contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russia before the 2016 election. Like other Republicans, he seized on text messages between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, who were having an affair, as proof that the FBI had been biased against Trump in the run-up to the election. One of Ratcliffe’s biggest contributions to the Republican pushback on the investigation came in January 2018, when he claimed that he had seen text messages between Page and Strzok that suggested the existence of a “secret society” working against Trump. But Ratcliffe’s claims, which were subsequently amplified by pro-Trump media outlets, fell apart when the fuller text exchanges became public.Ratcliffe’s congressional office didn’t respond to a request for comment.Trump Invites Putin to Visit, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Learns About It From Tweet Read to Him on StageRatcliffe, who was tapped by Trump to replace the departing Dan Coats, first made his “secret society” claim on a Jan. 22, 2018 appearance on Fox News. "We learned today about information that in the immediate aftermath of his election, there may have been a 'secret society' of folks within the Department of Justice and the FBI, to include Page and Strzok, working against him,” Ratcliffe said. “I'm not saying that actually happened, but when folks speak in those terms, they need to come forward to explain the context."According to then-Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who appeared alongside Ratcliffe on Fox News that day, it was Ratcliffe himself who was responsible for discovering the supposedly incriminating text messages. Ratcliffe followed that cable news appearance by promoting his claim on Twitter, claiming the text messages were proof of “manifest bias” at the top of the FBI. “The texts between Strzok and Page referenced a ‘secret society,” Ratcliffe tweeted. EMBED - https://twitter.com/RepRatcliffe/status/955599629206335488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw While he was making these claims, Ratcliffe never described the full text message he was quoting from. Still, right-wing media picked up on his explosive notion of an anti-Trump cabal inside the FBI. The Daily Caller declared that Ratcliffe had found proof of an “Anti-Trump ‘Secret Society’ At FBI.” "FBI CONSPIRACY?” tweeted Fox News host and Trump confidante Sean Hannity, who later deleted the tweet. A day after Ratcliffe’s initial claim on Fox, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) moved the conspiracy further, claiming that Republican investigators had learned of meetings of an off-site “secret society” from an “informant.” Johnson eventually had to back down from his proclamation, saying he had only heard the term from the Strzok-Page text messages. Despite the excitement that greeted Ratcliffe’s claims among Trump supporters, the actual “secret society” text message turned out to be less sinister than initially suggested. ABC News published the full text message two days after Ratcliffe made his viral Fox appearance, revealing that the “secret society” text referenced calendars of a “beefcake” Vladimir Putin that Strzok was giving out as gifts to people who worked on the Russia investigation. "Are you even going to give out your calendars?” Page wrote. “Seems kind of depressing. Maybe it should just be the first meeting of the secret society."Shortly after the ABC story broke, discussion about an anti-Trump “secret society” largely disappeared from right-wing media. Even Johnson, one of the secret society’s most enthusiastic promoters, conceded there was a “real possibility” that Page’s text message was a joke. Ratcliffe himself appears to have abandoned the claim, at least publicly. He hasn’t tweeted about it since he first pushed it in Jan. 2018. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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Google Doodle Celebrates 133rd Birthday Pioneer Indian Surgeon Muthulakshmi Reddi

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Today's Google Doodle celebrates Indian educator, lawmaker, surgeon, and reformer Dr Muthulakshmi Reddi. Constantly breaking down barriers throughout her life, Dr Reddi devoted herself to public...

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Drunk Man Kisses Cop During Procession In Hyderabad, Arrested

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A drunk man in Hyderabad kissed an on-duty cop during a procession in Hyderabad, the police said today.

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Capital One hack: Arrest after details of 100m US individuals stolen

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The hacker gained access to individuals' date of birth, addresses and phone numbers.

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Retired Army Officer Beaten To Death For Resisting Robbery In Amethi

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A 64-year-old retired Army captain was beaten to death by unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said on Sunday.

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In Benjamin Netanyahu's Election Campaign, A PM Modi Cameo

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An election advertisement banner, featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, has been seen in Israel.

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The photographer who captures a whole day in a single photo

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Stephen Wilkes has found a very personal way to capture an entire day in a single photo. His extraordinary panoramas are created by taking thousands of photographs at famous locations, and then digitally stitching the best ones together into images depicting each scene from dawn to dusk.

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3 Of Family, Found Dead On IIT Delhi Campus, Hanged Themselves: Autopsy

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A day after a lab technician, his mother and wife were found dead in their residence inside the IIT campus in south Delhi, the autopsy report has confirmed that they hanged themselves, the police said...

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Saudi Prince's $500 Billion Megacity Shows Signs Of Life

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The walls are covered with graffiti in the sleepy fishing village of Khurayba. There are supplications to God, advertisements for vacation rentals and house painters. Near the local school, there's a...

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Ashes: Australia's Josh Hazlewood Warns Jason Roy Over Test Transition

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Jason Roy made just five in the first innings but struck 72 from number three in the order in the second.

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Putin critic Navalny hospitalised after 'allergic reaction' in jail

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who was taken from jail to hospital suffering an allergic reaction could have been exposed to an "unknown chemical substance", his doctor said. The Putin critic is serving a 30-day jail sentence for calling a mass protest after authorities blocked prominent opposition candidates from taking part in Moscow city elections.

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20 beautiful European cities with hardly any tourists

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With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations, there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors.

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Foreign Assets Worth Rs 200 Crore Found After Raids On Congress Leader

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Tax officials have recovered foreign assets worth over Rs 200 crore after raids against Haryana Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi and his family, the Income Tax Department said on Sunday.

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Love Island: How ITV2's breakout hit cornered the market

ITV2's breakout hit reflects the real-life romantic lives of its young audience.

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A professor spoke ill of the dead. What happened next?

A tweet by a liberal professor ignited a debate about free speech on university campuses.

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Is India the answer to Netflix's troubles?

It has launched a cheaper, mobile-only plan in India, hoping to capture its 'next 100 million' users.

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'He liked my spirit, and approved my visa on the spot'

How technology boss Vik Verma was able to get a visa to emigrate to the US and make a fortune in business.

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Brexit: What would no deal mean for Ireland?

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The Irish government has been clear that it would face significant damage if there was no agreement.

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K'taka rebel MLAs say speaker played to the script

The 17 dissident MLAs who have been disqualified by Karnataka speaker KR Ramesh Kumar have begun exploring options to salvage their political careers. In private, many say they have been let down by their parties as well as BJP, which had assured them of plum posts. But the biggest blow, they say, came from Kumar, who has barred them from contesting elections till 2023.

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India protests Pak harassment of diplomats

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India issued yet another note verbale to Pakistan earlier this month protesting five cases of harassment of Indian diplomats in Islamabad, TOI has learnt. While these were mostly cases of tailing, the government thought it proper to register a protest because of the frequency of such incidents.

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Jammu & Kashmir 'build-up' to foil ISI terror plots for Independence Day

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Dispelling rumours of the paramilitary build-up in Jmmu & Kashmir being linked to a plan to abrogate Articles 35A and 370, a top intelligence official on Sunday said the exercise was in response to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) planning terror strikes in the run-up to Independence Day to shore up the sagging morale of separatist forces.

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Chandrayaan-2 taught us faith, fearlessness: PM

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PM Modi said two important lessons people can learn from the Chandrayaan-2 mission are "faith and fearlessness". The PM also announced a unique Chandrayaan quiz for youth. "Facts about space, India's space mission and matters of science and technology will be the main focus of this quiz. Details of the quiz will be given on mygov website on August 1," the PM said.

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Cape Town - tourist hotspot where eight people are murdered a day

Cape Town in South Africa is well-known tourist hotspot, but is also one of the world's most dangerous cities.

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Nasa’s Valkyrie robot could help build Mars base

The semi-autonomous robot is able to use human tools and guide itself across difficult terrain.

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Mario Cerciello Rega: US teen held over officer’s killing ‘illegally blindfolded’

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The photo of a blindfolded suspect was taken after his arrest over a police officer’s killing in Rome.

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Iran Took Advantage of the Royal Navy's Weakness

Great Britain once had a marvelous navy, its warships boasting names like Courageous, Dauntless, Indefatigable, and Ultimatum. Her fleets were more than a source of national pride—they manifested it, a physical assurance that Britain had the ability to see to its national interests.In the early 1980s, not too long after Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, the Royal Navy sailed sixty-four surface combatants and sixteen submarines. Today, the British fleet has dwindled to a mere nineteen surface ships, half of which are in maintenance, and only ten submarines. This is the result of serial underinvestment in defense, a condition witnessed throughout most of Europe and even in the United States.The consequence of this underinvestment is that Britain and other Western nations today are minimally able to protect their own interests, with almost no ability to deter bad behavior of the sort we have recently seen in the Gulf from the perennially thuggish Iran.In reality, although it sounds harsh, Britain has only itself to blame for the seizure of its oil tankers. It has chosen to become a soft target—as has most of Europe—which encourages bad behavior by those willing to take what they want.Iran’s recent attacks on oil tankers would be surprising were it not for its forty-year pattern of problematic behavior enabled, even incentivized, by the West’s tolerance, apathy, occasional complicity, and self-imposed weakness to do anything about it. Ever since the mullahs seized power in 1979, the odious regime in Tehran has consistently employed violence and the threat of violence to maintain power at home and extend its influence across the Middle East.

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Wall Street Journal Corrects ‘Bombshell’ Report On North Korea Nukes

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The Wall Street Journal quietly added a massive correction to a story that, if accurate, would have had significant implications for nuclear talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.On Thursday, the newspaper reported that analysts with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) believe that North Korea may have developed as many as 12 nuclear weapons since the historic Trump-Kim summit in Singapore June 12, 2018.“Analysts at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency say North Korea’s scientists may have produced 12 nuclear weapons since the first Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore last year. In total, Pyongyang could currently possess between 20 and 60 nuclear bombs, according to estimates by various security analysts,” the newspaper reported.If true, the assessment would undercut the basis for ongoing nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Trump has said he believes Kim has adhered to an agreement to curtail the development of nuclear weapons, but Trump’s critics have accused him of being naive in trusting the North Korean dictator.

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Russi Taylor: Minnie Mouse voice actress dies aged 75

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Russi Taylor, who played Minnie Mouse for three decades, has died aged 75, Disney has announced.

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"We're African Americans, Patriots": Barack Obama Shares Article On Trump

Former President Barack Obama, who doesn't often comment on current politics, seemed to endorse on Saturday an op-ed written by 148 African Americans who served in his administration that called out...

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CNN Anchor's Emotional Response To Trump's Rant About "Infested" Hometown

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CNN anchor Victor Blackwell paused for 10 long seconds as he considered President Donald Trump's latest tweets targeting a lawmaker of color Saturday.

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Additional troops spark panic in J&K

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The Centre's decision to deploy 100 more companies of paramilitary forces in J&K has fuelled rumourmongering about 'impending' abrogation of Articles 35A and 370, and spread panic among people. These two Articles of the Constitution give special status to the state.

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All You Need to Know About the Upcoming ICC World Test Championship

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Along with the Ashes series in England, August 1, 2019 will also see the beginning of the ICC World Test championship. Brought in to add context to bilateral Test series, the first edition of the World Test Championship will run till June 2021 when two finalists will play for the title at Lord's in London.

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Old £1 coins: 145 million coins still not returned

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Nearly two years after they stopped being legal tender, 145 million old-style £1 coins are still missing.

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Thousands Out On Moscow Streets To Seek "Free Elections", Many Arrested

Police in Moscow said they arrested more than 1,000 people Saturday at a banned opposition protest calling for city authorities to reverse decisions to exclude key opposition candidates from the...

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More than 1,000 detained during Moscow opposition election protest

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Bahrain executes 3 men

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Three men were executed by firing squad on Saturday morning according to Bahrain's Advocate General and Chief of anti-crime prosecution Ahmed al Hammadi, according to kingdom's state news agency.

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Islam in Indonesia is 'tolerant,' President says

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ICC Defends Dharmasena's Overthrow Call During World Cup Final

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The ICC on Sunday came out in defence of umpire Kumar Dharmasena for his controversial decision to award six overthrow runs, instead of five, to England during the epic World Cup final against New Zealand.

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Virat Kohli Sings National Anthem Ahead of Pro Kabaddi League Game

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Kohli also sang the national anthem ahead of the start of the Maharashtra Derby as home team U Mumba took on the Puneri Paltan.

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Former Union Minister Jaipal Reddy Dies At 77

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Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jaipal Reddy passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad early hours of Sunday. He was 77.

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Guatemalan activists protest migrant asylum pact with US

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Hundreds of Guatemalans gathered Saturday to protest an agreement that President Jimmy Morales' government signed with Washington to require migrants passing through the Central American country to seek asylum here, rather than pushing on to the U.S. The protesters also carried signs calling for Guatemala to maintain its sovereignty and expressing support for a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission that Morales expelled from the country.

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French cyclists hit again by curse of Tour de France

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Two Frenchmen were in contention to win the biggest race in cycling - but it was not to be.

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PM calls for more integrated defence forces, global effort on terror

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the Army, Navy and Air Force to better integrate themselves as they modernise their capabilities, even as he warned Pakistan that its nefarious designs would be thwarted every time, like they were in Kargil in 1999. Modi said the government is taking several measures to speed up the country's military modernisation as a top priority.

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K'taka assembly speaker asked to give up post?

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The vote of confidence to be moved by Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Monday is expected to have a smooth passage, but the state assembly is likely to witness more "drama" with BJP planning to move a no-confidence motion against speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. Party sources said Kumar has been discreetly asked to give up the post.

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ED arrests Hyd bizman at centre of CBI vs CBI row

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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested Hyderabad businessman Sana Satish Babu, an accused in the meat exporter Moin Qureshi money laundering case and who was at the centre of the fierce infighting with CBI last year. Sana had been a key element in the feud between former CBI director Alok Verma and his erstwhile No. 2 Rakesh Asthana.

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GST cut, EVs will be cheaper by up to Rs 1.5 lakh

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Electric cars will get cheaper by between Rs 60,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh, while two-wheeler prices will come down by up to Rs 8,000. The government, making a strong push for green modes of transport, on Saturday slashed the GST rate on the cleaner vehicles from 12% to the lowest slab of 5%.

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Libyan officials say fighting rages near capital

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The battle between rival militias for control of the Libyan capital raged amid increased fighting over the past the past 24 hours, officials said Saturday, with both sides relying heavily on airpower to make progress in the stalemated conflict. Forces loyal to Khalifa Hifter, a veteran army officer based in the country's east, began an offensive to capture Tripoli in early April. Hifter's self-styled Libyan National Army has been advancing into the city's southern outskirts, clashing with an array of militias loosely affiliated with the U.N.-recognized government based in the capital.

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Vitamin D Diet: Have Vitamin D-Rich Breakfast With These Meals

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Here we list down some interesting breakfast ideas to get your fill of the essential Vitamin D nutrient.

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Fortnite: UK player places second in e-sports World Cup

Jaden Ashman from Essex will split $2.25m (£1,8m) with his Dutch team mate Dave Jong.

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No-deal Brexit now 'assumed' by government, says Gove

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Michael Gove says he expects the EU will not consider striking a new withdrawal deal with the UK.

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Overnight Rain Chokes Mumbai, Revives Memories Of July 26, 2005 Fury

The heavy rainfall in Mumbai has led to massive waterlogging and massive traffic jams across the city, revivingthe memories of the much greater monsoon fury the city had witnessed on July 26, 2005....

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India A Near Commanding Win in First Unofficial Test Against West Indies A

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A five-wicket haul from Shahbaz Nadeem saw India A roll out West Indies A for 180 in the second innings on Day 3 of the first unofficial Test at North Sound on Friday.

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Seats Have Shrunk, Legroom Has Vanished - And Airlines Aren't Done Yet

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Air travel is becoming a test of physical endurance. Seats have shrunk, legroom has vanished -- and the airlines aren't done with you yet.

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Days After Imran Khan's Visit, US Approves Sales To Support Pak F-16 Jets

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Days after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pentagon notified the US Congress on Friday of its decision to approve military sales worth USD...

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Gone In 3 Minutes: How 680 Kg Gold Was Stolen From Airport In Brazil

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It took less than three minutes for eight armed men to make off with $30 million worth of gold bars from Sao Paulo's international airport -- possibly the second-largest heist in Brazil's history.

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South African President Makes Public Info On Meetings With Gupta Brothers

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has made public an affidavit in which he revealed the details of his meetings with the controversial Gupta brothers to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry.

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Russian opposition plans election protest despite crackdown

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Russian opposition and ordinary Muscovites plan to take to the streets of Moscow Saturday to demand free and fair polls despite a police crackdown including the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. This week authorities jailed President Vladimir Putin's top opponent for 30 days and launched a probe targeting his allies but activists said they would not abandon plans to attend an unauthorised rally. Authorities launched the clampdown as opposition politicians are fighting to get on the ballot for a Moscow parliament election in September amid anger over worsening living standards and Putin's falling approval ratings.

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Boy survives 50ft fall at Brecon Beacons National Park

A teenage boy suffers a "very severe leg injury" in the fall in Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Jeremy Corbyn: No-deal Brexit would put NHS in danger

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The Labour leader predicts tax cuts for the rich under Boris Johnson's "aggressive, far-right" government.

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Fossil Sport Smartwatch Review

Fossil Sport is one of the first Snapdragon Wear 3100-powered smartwatches in India. Is this enough to keep Wear OS relevant as a platform? Read our review to find out.

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Nightclub collapse kills two in South Korea

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Among the injured are athletes competing at the Fina World Swimming Championships 2019 in Gwangju.

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Sen. Rand Paul Fights Sanctions on Russian Pipeline

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Nord Stream 2/GettyAdvocates for a massive Russian natural gas pipeline project have a powerful, quiet ally in Congress: Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican and close friend of President Donald Trump. He has quietly worked against sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 project, which would dramatically expand Russia’s shipments of natural gas to Germany. Critics say it would also dramatically expand Russia’s influence in Western Europe while harming Ukraine. The Trump administration has weighed sanctioning the project, but has yet to do so. And Trump himself has criticized it.On Thursday, the senator postponed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s mark-up of legislation that would have put sanctions on the project, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the committee’s proceedings. And while Paul hasn’t publicized his opposition to the proposed sanctions, he sent Senate colleagues a letter before the mark-up explaining his stance. The letter, which The Daily Beast obtained, argues that the legislation in question–a bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz and Jeanne Shaheen–doesn’t clearly state which entities would be sanctioned. “This means that, ultimately, we are voting blind as to who will be sanctioned under this bill,” Paul wrote. “Congress would once again pass on our authority to the Executive Branch, thus abandoning our constitutional responsibility to make laws.” Though the letter criticizes the legislation for being vague about the sanctions’ targets, it also says the sanctions would directly impact two specific companies–one Italian, and the other Swiss. “These sanctions would not be felt by the Russians, but by companies from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Finland, Sweden, and Italy, as well as their investors,” Paul wrote. Paul isn’t alone in that view. Last year, Agnia Grigas of the Atlantic Council told Foreign Policy that sanctions on the project could drive a wedge between the U.S. and Western European allies. “I strongly urge you to oppose this legislation,” Paul concluded in his letter. Paul is working with aide Jim Webb, who joined his office last year, to gin up opposition to the project, according to a Senate source with knowledge of the office’s strategy. Richard Burt, the Washington lobbyist leading the effort to protect the pipeline, has a longstanding relationship with Paul, and Politico called him one of the senator’s “main foreign policy advisor[s]” in 2014. Burt also advised Trump during the 2016 campaign on a major, Russia-friendly foreign policy address. A spokesperson for Paul did not respond to requests for comment. Russia’s state-controlled natural gas export monopoly, Gazprom, is building the near-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Its completion would let Russia double its natural gas shipments to Germany. Shortly before Trump’s friendly press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July 2017, he ripped German Chancellor Angela Merkel for embracing the project. Noting that Germany is a member of the NATO alliance, created to stave off Russian aggression, Trump said, “We have to talk about the billions and billions of dollars that’s being paid to the country we’re supposed to be protecting you against.”Rand Paul Wants to Scrap Some U.S. Sanctions on RussiaPaul has long criticized interventionist foreign policy, and was one of just two senators to vote against the 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which sanctioned Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Its only other Senate opponent was Sen. Bernie Sanders. An aide to a senator who publicly opposes the Nord Stream 2 project said Paul’s letter contains errors. “The letter is very shouty and very wrong,” said the aide, who was not authorized to speak on the record. “It misspells a bunch of things repeatedly, including Nord Stream. It says the bill is economic warfare but it’s against two companies. It says no one knows who’s getting targeted, then it complains about targeting those two companies. It says Europe supports Nord Stream, but everyone except Germany opposes it.”The legislation in question would sanction ships involved in building the pipeline. Russian state media says construction of the pipeline is nearly complete. “This pipeline has the tremendous potential to compromise energy security throughout the continent for decades,” said Shaheen, a Democrat, when she introduced the bill. Russia’s influence in the U.S. and the West has come into sharp relief over the past several years, since the Kremlin interfered in the American 2016 presidential campaign and the Brexit vote in the U.K. In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last week, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller said the Kremlin is currently working to meddle in the 2020 campaign season. And much of the conversation about Russia’s 2016 interference focuses on sanctions. During the Obama administration, the United States sanctioned numerous Russian officials for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Those sanctions enraged the Kremlin, which dispatched envoys to lobby Washington to have them lifted. Those sanctions were the topic of the now-notorious June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump’s campaign chief Paul Manafort, son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner, and a Kremlin-linked lawyer. Since Trump’s election, the U.S. has leveled more sanctions against the Kremlin–sometimes haphazardly. When the Treasury Department sanctioned the Russian aluminum conglomerate Rusal and its parent company En+ Group, global aluminum markets veered into chaos. Treasury then made a deal with the company to reduce oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s control over it, and lifted the sanctions. But the decision to roll them back drew vocal opposition on the Hill, and 42 Senators voted to keep them in place. Several months after that effort failed and the sanctions were lifted, news broke that Rusal would make a major investment in an aluminum plant in eastern Kentucky–the home state of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and of Sen. Paul. The Kremlin’s Oil Company Has a Man in TrumplandRead more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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