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Foreign lawmakers join Taiwan Coast Guard trip
People watch the sunset along the waterfront ahead of the approach of Typhoon Bavi in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan’s coast guard took a group of foreign lawmakers on a patrol on Thursday (July 9, 2026) around sensitive islands controlled by Taipei but located only a few…
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Building tilt prompts Kochi Corpn. to seek mandatory licence
A building near Jos Junction in Ernakulam after it tilted onto an adjacent commercial structure while being lifted with hydraulic jacks. The Kochi Corporation is set to demolish it on July 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The Kochi Corporation will seek an amendment to the Kerala Municipal Building Rules (KMBR) making it mandatory to obtain prior licence…
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Amnesty urges investigating Israeli attacks on Lebanon as ‘war crimes’
Men on a motorcycle drive past as Mannequins are displayed inside a reopened clothing store with blast-damaged windows, as rubble from a building destroyed in an Israeli strike is seen across the street, after the Israel-Lebanon deal, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amnesty International on Thursday (July 9,…
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Two men arrested in Hyderabad for attempted murder over ₹2,100 wage dispute
The Attapur police and the Hyderabad Task Force arrested two men within 48 hours for allegedly attempting to murder a 24-year-old man over a dispute involving unpaid wages of ₹2,100 in Chinthalmet. The accused were identified as Syed Aftab alias Affu, 24, a driver from Suleman Nagar, and Akbar Khan, 28, a ceiling worker from…
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Landslip kills seven children, teacher at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
Rescuers work at the site of a landslip at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP At least seven children and a teacher were killed in a landslip caused by monsoon rains at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar. Four of the…
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Modi, Albanese call on all parties to ‘exercise restraint’ and de-escalate tensions in the Gulf
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive at Indian Community Event at Marvel Stadium, in Melbourne on Thursday (July 9, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on Thursday (July 9, 2026) made a joint call for a de-escalation of tension and hostilities…