President Vladimir Putin is set to begin a two-day visit to India on Thursday, seeking to deepen defence ties even as New Delhi faces growing US pressure to stop buying Russian oil. The Russian leader, making his first trip to India since the start of the Ukraine war, will be accompanied by a delegation that […]
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Honduran TV presenter Salvador Nasralla widened a narrow lead Wednesday over Trump-backed rival Nasry Asfura as the counting of votes cast in a weekend presidential election dragged into a third day. With nearly 80 percent of the count from Sunday’s voting completed, Nasralla was leading fellow right-winger Asfura with 40.23 percent to 39.68 percent, according […]
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Lebensmittel aus gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen sollen in der EU künftig in vielen Fällen im Supermarkt keine Kennzeichnung mehr tragen müssen. Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der 27 EU-Länder einigten sich nach Angaben beider Seiten in der Nacht zum Donnerstag auf Lockerungen der Regeln für den Einsatz von Gentechnik. Die Änderungen sollen dafür sorgen, […]
Read MoreFans of Nintendo’s “Metroid” science-fiction saga have reason to celebrate Thursday as the latest instalment in the series is released after an eight-year wait and a bumpy road through development. Drawing loose inspiration from the “Alien” movies since its first title in 1986, the game series has followed the adventures of space bounty hunter Samus […]
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Tech giant Meta said Thursday it is starting to remove under-16s in Australia from Instagram, Threads and Facebook ahead of the country’s world-first youth social media ban. Australia is requiring major online platforms, also including TikTok and YouTube, to block underage users by December 10, when the new law comes into force. Companies face fines […]
Read MoreDemocrats in the US Congress released photos and videos Wednesday showing the luxury island home where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced underage girls into sex with powerful men. The images of Epstein’s former Caribbean hideaway shed little new light on the complex scandal. However, they could add pressure on the Trump administration to […]
Read MoreA doctor who supplied “Friends” star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, musing to a fellow physician over “how much this moron will pay” for the drug, was jailed in California on Wednesday. Salvador Plasencia, 44, is the first of five people to face justice over Perry’s 2023 death in […]
Read MoreAn explosive docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs — produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent — has been released on Netflix, despite the disgraced music mogul’s attempts to block its airing. The four-part “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” chronicles the career and dramatic fall of the 56-year-old rapper and record executive, who was sentenced in October […]
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