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Thousands without power in U.S. Pacific islands after super typhoon
Tens of thousands of people were without power on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) on Guam and the Northern Marianas after a super typhoon tore through the U.S. Pacific territories, with no casualties reported. The small Island of Rota was the worst affected after a direct hit from Super Typhoon Bavi with winds up to 290…
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Reviving the lost Patna Kalam: How Bihar is bringing back the lost art that captured everyday India
Picture watercolours on imported paper, in delicate brushwork on pale, bare backgrounds, and the stark image of two men in dhotis working in a distillery. Or a woman, dressed in blue-and-yellow ghaghra and dupatta, dancing in a palace hall while the musicians play. These artworks are part of an 18th-century Indian painting tradition known as Patna Kalam. It was a pre-photographic…
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Amnesty report finds ethnic cleansing in Sudan. What does it reveal?
In a report ‘City Under Siege, Children Under Fire: Rapid Support Forces’ Crimes Against Humanity in North Darfur’ released on July 1, Amnesty International concluded that Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed “crimes against humanity and carried out ethnic cleansing” during its campaign to seize El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state. Sudan has…
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Former Afghanistan pace bowler Shapoor Zadran passes away
Shapoor Zadran was undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at a hospital in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), a day short of his 39th birthday, after reportedly undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at…
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Baruipur rape-murder case: West Bengal Police intensify probe; examine shack as possible crime scene
Security heightened outside the Baruipur police station after police brought people accused in the alleged gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, in South 24 Parganas, on Monday, July 6, 2026. File | Photo Credit: PTI Investigators probing the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl at Baruipur in West Bengal‘s South 24 Parganas…
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Militants kill nine police officers in attack on post in southwest Pakistan
Pakistan army soldiers in Bolan, Balochistan File | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of militants attacked a police post overnight in southwestern Pakistan, triggering an intense gun battle that killed nine police officers and wounded some others, officials said Tuesday (July 7, 2026), in the latest escalation of militant violence in the region where insurgents have…