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Kuwaitis Elected to Senior Leadership Roles at ALECSO

BingX: Major Announcement of Far-Reaching Significance

Bird Flu Confirmed in Cuddalore; 90-Day Breeding Ban Imposed

Swiggy Leases 2.62 Lakh Sq Ft Office Space in Bengaluru for ₹241 Crore

UCLA Stays Unbeaten With Ty Dieffenbach's Heroic Return Against Illinois

Fisheries Commission Lowers Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Cap Amid Conservation Concerns

Caltech Honors Hiroo Kanamori on His 90th Birthday

Judge Denies Peltola Campaign’s Request for Alaska Absentee Ballot Data

Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice Lobbied Bank of England on Crypto After Major Donations

Rocky Fans Break Guinness World Record at Philadelphia Museum Steps

WHO Reports 53,000 TB Deaths in South Africa Amid Declining Incidence

NCLT Chennai Orders Insolvency Proceedings Against Orchid Pharma Founder K Raghavendra Rao

NASA Seeks Commercial Proposals to Extend Hubble Space Telescope's Life

Texas Law Professor Saved by Navy SEAL Student After Collapsing in Class

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

EU reaches deal on major carbon market reform

EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to the bloc's carbon market, the central plank of its ambitions to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.

Tense Fiji election tied, opposition eyes deal for power

Fiji's tumultuous general election ended in a cliffhanger Sunday, with two rival ex-coup leaders failing to win a clear majority and needing to woo a kingmaking minor party to secure power.

'Unforgettable' Peru holiday for tourists evacuated from Machu Picchu

"Machu Picchu was great, but we will remember longer the days of stress that followed. Unforgettable," laughs Alex Lim, a 41-year-old Canadian among 200 tourists evacuated on Saturday from the Inca citadel due to unrest in Peru.

Iran urged to free top actor who backed protests

Iran on Sunday faced calls from celebrities and rights groups to free the actor Taraneh Alidoosti, one of the most prominent figures yet arrested in its crackdown on the three-month protest movement.

Girls strike new note at ancient German boys' choir school

Every year in December, the corridors and classrooms of the famous Regensburg cathedral school swell with the sound of choirboys rehearsing traditional Christmas music.

Vikings win division with historic comeback win, Bills clinch playoff berth

The Minnesota Vikings authored the biggest comeback in NFL history to clinch the NFC North division title with a 39-36 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday.

Expectation soaring in Argentina ahead of World Cup final

With Argentina reaching fever pitch just hours before Lionel Messi and his teammates take on France in the World Cup final, football fans throughout the country felt a sense of destiny brewing.

Booker scores 58 as Suns beat Pelicans, Thunder top Grizzlies

Devin Booker scored 58 points to propel the Phoenix Suns to a come-from-behind 118-114 victory over New Orleans on Saturday, his second 50-point performance of the NBA season.

Women's World Cup will be safe despite fan violence: Australian football chief

Football Australia boss James Johnson vowed tough sanctions Sunday after a goalkeeper was attacked during an A-League match, but insisted the sport was safe and there were no concerns about co-hosting the women's World Cup next year.

Iraqi conservators strive to preserve ancient manuscripts

In an annex of Iraq's national museum, a conservator pores over a 17th-century manuscript, carrying out delicate restoration work as part of efforts to preserve and digitise 47,000 precious texts.

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