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Bangladesh’s ousted leader Hasina plans December return with party colleagues to surrender
Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nations longest-serving leader said she and members of her Awami League aim to return voluntarily to the…
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PM Modi arrives in New Zealand on final leg of three-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 10, 2026) arrived in New Zealand on the final leg of his three-nation visit, during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Christopher Luxon and address the Indian diaspora. Mr. Modi was received by Mr. Luxon upon his arrival at the airport. In his departure statement in…
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Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless Medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday (July 10, 2026) in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster. Fire and thread:…
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China announces temporary export ban on helium
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China announced on Friday (July 10, 2026) a temporary export ban on helium, effective immediately, as the resumption of military conflict in West Asia threatens to trigger new shortages of the gas critical for chip manufacturing. Also Read: ‘India is 100% import‑dependent for…
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CJP protest day 21: Wangchuk says hunger has ‘stabilised’, warns against any attempt to remove him
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, during his indefinite hunger strike, demanding action over alleged examination irregularities and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, on July 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday (July 9, 2026) said his hunger had “stabilised” as…
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As U.S. turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence
On Friday (July 10, 2026), a group of retired judges will step off a tour bus in a ritzy Michigan suburb after three days of barnstorming through corn fields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carry with them a message. In courthouses and public squares, they have marked the nation’s 250th anniversary…