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Prabhsimran credits Yuvraj, Ponting for his improvement
Prabhsimran Singh. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Prabhsimran Singh was in the middle of a gym session when he got to know about his selection in the India squad for the three T20Is in Zimbabwe later this month. When PTI reached out to him, the 25-year-old from Patiala could not express in words…
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Syria welcomes U.S. announcement of removal from blacklist
A shopkeeper waits for customers in an old market near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on July 9, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AFP Damascus welcomed a U.S. announcement that it would remove Syria from its list of “state sponsors of terrorism”, a move that one economist told AFP opened the door to economic recovery…
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Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces
Caskets on the ground outside the Rwampara General Hospital during a go-slow by healthcare workers involved in the Ebola response over unpaid salaries, as authorities seek to contain a new outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, in Rwampara, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters New suspected cases…
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Delivery worker killed after bus hits bike in Kochi
A 46-year-old food delivery worker was killed after he was knocked down and run over by a private bus in Kochi on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Sunilkumar, 46, of Udma in Kasaragod district. The accident occurred at Kacheripady around 8 p.m. when both the bus and the motorcycle were heading towards Kaloor.…
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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…