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Russian Region Declares Emergency As Black Sea Oil Spill Fallout Widens
- Dec 26, 2024 14:48 pm IST
- Reuters
Authorities in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on Wednesday declared a region-wide emergency, saying that oil was still washing up on the coastline 10 days after two ageing tankers ran into trouble.
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PM Modi May Visit China, Trump Likely In India: 2025 Diplomatic Calendar
- Dec 26, 2024 14:23 pm IST
- Written by: Sanstuti Nath
With the first dawn of 2025 less than a week ahead, India has already started work to shape its foreign policy in the new year.
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Orca That Carried Dead Calf For 1,600 Km Gives Birth To New Baby
- Dec 26, 2024 13:13 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
An orca, who carried her dead calf for 17 days and swam over 1600 kmof ocean in 2018, has given birth to a new baby, according to the Center for Whale Research.
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Bushra Bibi, Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's Wife, Gets Interim Bail In Protest Case
- Dec 26, 2024 13:08 pm IST
- Asian News International
The District and Sessions Court granted interim bail to Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi till January 13 in cases related to the November 26 protest.
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"Ozempic Santa": Elon Musk's Picture In Santa Claus Costume On Christmas
- Dec 26, 2024 12:01 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk embraced the Christmas spirit on Thursday, sharing a photo in which he was dressed as Santa Claus.
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'No More Fear': Stand-Up Comedy Returns To Post-Bashar al-Assad Syria
- Dec 26, 2024 11:53 am IST
- Agence France-Presse
In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus's new rulers.
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Donald Trump's Inaugural Fund Set To Break Record As US Businesses Line Up To Donate
- Dec 26, 2024 11:43 am IST
- Written by: Sanstuti Nath
Corporate America, which had majorly endorsed Kamala Harris in the run-up to the US presidential election, is now seeking to make inroads with the incoming US president Donald Trump.
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How Warren Buffett Plans To Distribute His Fortune After Death
- Dec 26, 2024 10:59 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Billionaire Warren Buffett has shared his thoughts on the future of his immense fortune and offered advice on inheritance in a message to his company's shareholders.
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Come To Morgue, Stand For 10 Mins: Chinese Funeral Home's Post For Jobseekers
- Dec 26, 2024 10:48 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
A funeral home in Rushan, Shandong province, China, is hiring a "morgue manager", offering a monthly salary of 2,200 yuan (Rs 25,000). Sounds simple? Wait till you read the fine print.
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China To Build World's Largest Hydropower Dam In Tibet
- Dec 26, 2024 10:43 am IST
- Reuters
China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect millions downstream in India and Bangladesh.
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Watch: People Dress Up As Santa's Elves, Chant 'Hare Krishna' In Japan
- Dec 26, 2024 10:26 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
In Japan, a group of people chanted 'Hare Krishna, Hare Rama', blending it to the tune of the Christmas carol 'Jingle Bells'.
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Bashar Al-Assad's Wife Asma Battling Leukemia, Has 50% Chance Of Survival: Report
- Dec 26, 2024 09:15 am IST
- Edited by: Manjiri Chitre
Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reportedly battling leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood, and has a 50-50 chance of survival.
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Japan Airlines Hit By Cyberattack, Domestic, International Flights Delayed
- Dec 26, 2024 09:07 am IST
- Agence France-Presse
Japan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyberattack that caused delays to domestic and international flights but later said it had found and addressed the cause.
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Panama Canal, Canada, Greenland - Donald Trump's Christmas Wishlist
- Dec 26, 2024 08:53 am IST
- Edited by: Aastha Ahuja
On Christmas, US President-elect Donald Trump fired at "radical Left lunatics" and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Donald Trump Sends Christmas Message To "Left Lunatics", "Governor Trudeau"
- Dec 26, 2024 08:23 am IST
- Written by: Sanstuti Nath
US President-elect Donald Trump spent Christmas day firing off on his Truth Social website about his own perceived political persecution -- from doubling down on his threats to take control of the Panama Canal to making Canada the 51st state of US.
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Body Found In Wheel Well After United Airlines Flight Lands In Hawaii
- Dec 26, 2024 07:45 am IST
- Reuters
A dead body was found in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline said on Wednesday.
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At Least 33 Killed In Mozambique Prison Riot On Christmas Day
- Dec 26, 2024 07:11 am IST
- Reuters
A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday, as civil unrest linked to October's disputed election continues.
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Kabul Claims Pakistani Airstrikes On Afghanistan Killed 46 People, Mostly Women And Children
- Dec 26, 2024 07:00 am IST
- Reuters
Bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province on Tuesday killed at least 46 people, most of whom were children and women, the Afghan Taliban said, adding it would retaliate.