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Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs inside as city relaxes dining restrictions
Hong Kong dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. Since 1994, only guide dogs and those performing statutory duties have been allowed in restaurants under the city’s food business regulation. But the policy change aimed at promoting…
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Kozhikode railway station in Kerala restores train services after clock tower collapse
Workers engaged in controlled demolition of the remaining clock tower structure at Kozhikode railway station on Friday | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Train services at the Kozhikode railway station in Kerala, which saw severe delays on Thursday following the collapse of the century-old clock tower on platform 2, have been restored to normal. Debris clearance…
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India lays out tariffs and quotas for U.K. vehicles under trade deal
This quota will gradually increase to 2,000 vehicles per year by year 15, and the tariff will fall to 10% by year 10 of the deal’s implementation. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian government has released the list of quotas and tariffs for automobile imports from the United Kingdom under the trade deal between…
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China successfully tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system, says state media
This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters China on Friday (July 10, 2026) successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, in the hopes of breaking U.S. dominance in reusable rockets. The Long March 10B rocket lifted off from the…
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‘Kashmir not selling Disneyland’: CM Omar Abdullah on tourism
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addresses the Conclave on “Sustainable Tourism Planning: Designing Tourism for Tomorrow” at SKICC in Srinagar on July 9, 2026. Photo: X/@CM_JnK via ANI As Kashmir sees an upswing in tourist footfall over the years, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government is looking at new strategies to strike a…
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Israel shared intel about ‘new’ Iran plot to kill Trump: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel shared intelligence with the United States this week about a new and “specific” plan by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, U.S. media reported Thursday (July 9, 2026). The reports come as renewed U.S. and Iranian attacks raise fears of a return to all-out war…