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Destructive Abhishek 113 leads India to series win over New Zealand

Jammu and Kashmir ministers resign before planned council expansion

Norway, Finland leaders hold 'frank and substantive' talk with Putin

Germany, EU, stable investment stops despite upheaval: Merz

Wall Street faces earnings and Fed tests after turbulent technology-led week

China brands drop Mbappe for 'offending national sentiments'

Ukraine, Russia say US-brokered truce holding in ravaged city

India orders evacuations as Cyclone Arnab looms

Police form SIT after vehicles in Rahul Gandhi convoy collide on expressway

Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel 'sensitivities'

Delhi grants minimum monthly pay and DA to about 4,000 MCD health workers

Critical coal inventories affect nearly half of India’s domestic power plants

Ather Energy shares climb 14% after quarterly profit and expansion plan

FCNR(B) deposit drive puts sharper margin pressure on private banks

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

US transition to electric vehicles faces delays

The US transition to electric cars has hit a speed bump, with concerns about vehicle range and limited charging capacity adding to core affordability issues.

Sleepless India fans ready for World Cup title clash

Thousands of sleepless flag-waving fans sporting blue India jerseys clogged roads outside the world's biggest cricket stadium early Sunday, too excited to sleep as excitement built ahead of the World Cup final.

Under fire, undermanned: Israel's wartime economy soldiers on

When rocket sirens echo on the factory floor of Rav-Bariach Industries, Israel's biggest maker of security doors, workers rush to take refuge in bomb shelters fitted with their own kit.

Cricket politics: India's Modi basks in World Cup success

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers India in the blockbuster climax of the Cricket World Cup Sunday, commentators say he is also seeking to capitalise on the wildly popular sport to burnish his appeal ahead of elections next year.

From Senna to Leclerc: The Macau GP team breeding stars for 50 years

The Macau Grand Prix's reputation as a breeding ground for stars is inextricably linked to the Theodore Racing team -- a marque that launched some of the biggest names in motorsport including the late, great Ayrton Senna.

Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital a 'death zone', WHO says urging evacuation

Gaza's largest hospital has become a "death zone," the World Health Organization said Sunday, announcing plans to evacuate the facility, as Israel's army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas.

'Big Three' auto employees ratify overhauled contracts: union source

Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) have ratified the in-principle labor agreements promising sweeping pay increases that were reached with US car companies Ford, Stellantis and General Motors, a union source told AFP Saturday.

S. Korea's T1, Weibo Gaming of China clash in League of Legends final

South Korean powerhouse T1 take on China's Weibo Gaming in the League of Legends world final in Seoul on Sunday, aiming for a record fourth win in an event widely known as the Super Bowl of e-sports.

Argentina holds cliffhanger election with economy at stake

Desperate for a way out of a crippling economic crisis, Argentines will vote Sunday in a nail-biter election race between embattled Economy Minister Sergio Massa and the libertarian outsider Javier Milei.

Disgraced Laporte appointed director of rugby at Altrad's Montpellier

Controversial former French Rugby Federation (FFR) president Bernard Laporte has been appointed director of rugby of struggling Montpellier, the Top 14 club's billionaire owner Mohed Altrad said on Saturday.

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