Morning Digest: Wayanad death toll crosses 200; heavy rain brings Delhi to its knees, schools closed today, and more

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Haniyeh killing: India maintains silence

Nitin Gadkari returned after attending swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President in Tehran

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What does Haniyeh’s death mean for Israel-Iran rivalry?

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The different armed groups of Myanmar

A persistent confrontation-ceasefire dynamic seems to define the interactions between the military and the EAOs in Myanmar. To transcend such a dynamic, all legitimate stakeholders need to come to the table to discuss a new framework that celebrates the principles of federalism and democracy

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Taliban disavows some Afghan diplomatic missions abroad; rejects their consular services

It’s the Taliban’s latest attempt to seize control of diplomatic missions since returning to power in 2021; many of their leaders are under sanctions and no country recognises them as Afghanistan’s legitimate rulers

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Rajapaksas’ party decides against backing Ranil in presidential election

Party to field its own candidate, widely expected to be a non-Rajapaksa

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Morning Digest: Political blame game over UPSC aspirants’ deaths continues in Delhi; Two children killed in U.K. stabbing rampage

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Two children dead and 11 people injured in stabbing rampage, says U.K. police

Police say two children have died and 11 other people have been injured in a stabbing in northwest England

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Russia's Wagner admits severe losses in Mali battles

Mali turned to Wagner for support after a military junta came to power in 2020.

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Russia says Kyiv's statements on peace talks contradictory

Mr. Lavrov spoke after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China for talks this week

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G20 Finance Ministers agree to work toward effectively taxing the super-rich

Brazil has made a proposal to impose a 2% minimum tax on billionaires a top priority of its presidency of the Group of 20, ahead of the Nov. 18-19 summit in Rio

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Morning Digest: Paris Olympics opens with glitzy ceremony; covering over mosques, mazar in Kanwar yatra route removed after flak, and more

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Trump meets Netanyahu, mends relationship with key political ally

Mr. Trump’s campaign said he pledged in the meeting to “make every effort to bring peace to the Middle East” and combat antisemitism on college campuses if American voters elect him to the presidency in November.

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Jaishankar meets Chinese FM Wang in Laos, pushes for urgency in resolving LAC standoff

The Ministers met for the second time this month, calling for stronger guidance to officials to complete LAC disengagement

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Netanyahu gives fiery speech to U.S. Congress, seeking support for war in Gaza

The speech was boycotted by many top Democratic leaders and drew thousands of protesters to the Capitol

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Between a fascist past and Right-wing present, Italy is fighting its many battles

Bursting at its seams with immigrants from the Global South and with a Right-wing government in power, Italy under Meloni finds itself in the eye of the identity politics storm; what complicates the matter further is the country’s perception as being on the wrong side of the not-so-long-ago history

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Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 44% to 42% in U.S. presidential race, poll finds

Candidates often expect a bump after formally accepting their party's nomination at stage-managed, televised conventions such as the one that Mr. Trump had last week. But the poll showed no sign of that.

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Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with $81 million haul in just 24 hours

The massive haul represents the largest 24-hour sum reported by either side in the 2024 campaign, even as Ms. Harris' campaign said it was the largest single-day total in U.S. history

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Nancy Pelosi endorses Kamala Harris as Democratic Party’s presidential candidate

The endorsement of Kamala Harris from Nancy Pelosi is significant given that she is a towering personality within the Democratic Party.

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Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation

Israeli leaders have accused UNRWA of collaborating with the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza

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Taiwan must protect its sovereignty, know its own history, president says

Mr. Lai and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party champion Taiwan's separate identity from China, a position that frequently angers Beijing which views the island as an inviolable part of Chinese territory.

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Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli wins vote of confidence in Parliament

Mr. Oli secured 188 votes in favour of the Vote of Confidence motion tabled by him while 74 votes were cast against the motion

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On the student protests in Bangladesh | Explained

Why have students in Bangladesh took to the streets? Why is the 30% quota for freedom fighters and their descendants an emotive matter for the Awami League? How did the protests turn violent? Have the quotas been misused?

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Israeli military says it has struck several Houthi targets in Yemen in response to attacks

A number of “military targets” were hit in the western port city of Hodeidah, a Houthi stronghold, the Israeli Army said, adding that its attack was “in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months”

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Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he’ll return to campaign next week

As more Democratic members of Congress urged him to drop out, Biden remained isolated at his beach house in Delaware after being diagnosed with COVID-19

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Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate

The announcement was made by Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of the ruling Awami League party, and came after police and security officials fired on protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital

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Thousands protest against military operation in Pakistan

More than 10,000 people waving white flags gathered for the rally in Bannu, where a suicide bomber on Monday rammed an explosive-packed vehicle into an army enclave, killing eight Pakistani troops

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Central Paris locks down for Olympics as athletes arrive

The opening parade on July 26 that will see athletes sail down the river Seine

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Bangladesh TV goes off air as anti-quota protesters set fire to TV station; mobile internet blocked

Indian High Commission advises Indians in Bangladesh to minimise going out of their homes, due to violent clashes between Bangladesh police and anti-quota protestors; German media estimate 19 people killed

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Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Democrats make a fresh push for Joe Biden to reconsider 2024 race ahead of convention

If Democrats are seriously preparing the extraordinary step of replacing Mr. Biden and shifting Vice-President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, this weekend will be critical to changing the President’s mind

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Trump says Taiwan 'should pay' US for defence against China

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Top Democrat Adam Schiff calls on U.S. President Joe Biden to exit presidential race

Mr. Schiff, a key congressional powerbroker, praised Mr. Biden but told the Los Angeles Times that he doubts that the 81-year-old incumbent can defeat Trump

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China-Tibet back channel talks ongoing with the help of a ‘third country’: Sikyong Penpa Tsering

Tsering described the Tibetan issue as a “conflict” saying that terms like “Tibetan issue” or “dispute” does not convey the substance of the problem

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Republicans find god’s plans in Trump’s escape

Far from resisting the transformation of the party under Donald Trump, both Senators — Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz — are now among the loudest cheerleaders of it

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Republican Party formally nominates Trump for presidency

The former president clinched a majority of the delegates at the party's national convention

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Trump announces 39-year-old senator J.D. Vance as running mate

Donald Trump announced J. D. Vance as his pick on the first day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, an extravaganza turbocharged by the attempted assassination of the former President

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Former fire chief who died at Trump rally used his body to shield family from gunfire

The victim who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald Trump spent his final moments diving in front of his family to protect them from gunfire that rang out Saturday during an assassination attempt against the former president

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Gunman acted alone; Trump assassination attempt being probed as domestic terrorism act: FBI

The FBI is leading the investigation into the assassination attempt of Trump at an election rally in Pennsylvania

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In prime-time address, Biden warns of election-year rhetoric, saying ’it’s time to cool it down’

President Joe Biden says “we can’t, we must not go down” the road of political violence in America after Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump

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Two Russian warships in China for joint naval exercises

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New Popular Front | France’s ‘republican dam’

The leftwing alliance, cobbled together just weeks before France’s legislative elections, stopped the far-right juggernaut of Marine Le Pen in its tracks and emerged as the largest bloc in parliament, but political uncertainty prevails as no group has a majority

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Indian man among 3 dead in Nepal twin bus accident

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Oli set to return to power in Nepal as Maoist leader Prachanda weighs his options

Prachanda, the chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre), fails his vote of confidence, fifth in one and a half years since he was elected Prime Minister in December 2022, leading to the fall of his government; UML’s K.P. Sharma Oli stakes claim to lead the government

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Morning Digest: Cauvery panel asks Karnataka to ensure flow of water for Tamil Nadu; SC to hear Kejriwal’s plea against ED arrest, and more

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Israel presses operation in Gaza's north

The upsurge in fighting, bombardment and displacement followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in late June that “the war in its intense phase is about to end”

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NATO begins sending F-16 jets in new support for Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the F-16 transfer “concentrates Vladimir Putin’s mind on the fact that he will not outlast Ukraine, he will not outlast us”

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France’s unions call for strikes to pressure Macron into allowing leftist coalition government

A leader of a major French union has called for mass strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and allow a leftist coalition to form a new government

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Iraq court condemns to death widow of IS leader al-Baghdadi

The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkiye

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Trump torches Biden as gloves finally come off after debate

Donald Trump dared his successor Joe Biden to another debate without moderators

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China hits back at NATO’s ‘smears and attacks’ ahead of summit

Biden is hosting leaders of the 32-nation transatlantic alliance for three days from July 9

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Israel’s new strikes in Gaza City threaten truce talks: Hamas

Hamas warned that the latest raids and displacement in Gaza City could lead to the collapse of long-running negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release

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French parties scramble to gather allies after inconclusive results

In the French system, the President nominates the Prime Minister, who must be able to survive a confidence vote in parliament

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Myanmar’s ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government

Residents of the area in the southern part of the western state of Rakhine, along with local media, also reported the seizure of Thandwe Airport

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What does the Conservative party loss mean for India?

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PM Starmer wraps up U.K. tour after visit to Nothern Ireland

In Belfast, he met the leaders of the U.K. province's power-sharing executive and other parties at the Stormont parliament buildings

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Erdogan says may invite Syria's Assad to Turkiye 'at any moment'

Turkiye originally aimed to topple Mr. Assad's regime when the Syrian conflict erupted with the violent suppression of peaceful protesters in 2011 and backed rebels calling for his ouster

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French leftists win most seats in elections, pollsters say; far right falls to third

Final results are not expected until late Sunday or early Monday in the highly volatile snap election, which was called just four weeks ago in a huge gamble for President Macron

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Israeli strike kills 16 at UN-run school in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue

Israel’s military said its aircraft had targeted ‘terrorists’ operating around the Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza.

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Putin congratulates Iran's new president, hopes for closer ties

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Oil truck collides with minibus in western Ukraine, 14 dead

The report, on the Telegram messaging app, was accompanied by pictures of an overturned vehicle in a cornfield

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Rachel Reeves: Britain's first woman finance chief

Rachel Reeves won U.K. general election by a landslide, ending 14 years of rule by the right-wing Conservatives.

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Saudi Netflix show creator says convicted by anti-terrorism court

In a second video posted this week, which is still available on social media platform X, Mr. Almuzaini filmed himself inside a car, saying: "I am banned from travelling" out of Saudi Arabia

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Pro-Palestinian protesters breach security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners

Tensions over Israel’s war against Hamas dominated Parliament’s final sitting day before a five-week break

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Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least 6 people in the southeast Caribbean

In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water and workers dismantled roadside advertising boards to protect them from the lashing winds.

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U.K. elections 2024: Eric Sukumaran, a Tory candidate with ties to Kerala

Mr. Sukumaran, when asked why he chose the Conservative Party, says, “because we’re the one party that really values individual freedom over the collectivist approach of the left”

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80% of Gazans now displaced: UN humanitarian coordinator

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Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least Sept. 18

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China builds new presidential palace in Pacific's Vanuatu

China's embassy said the project had gifted Vanuatu "another landmark building", while symbolising a new "milestone" in their increasingly warm relationship

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No topic off-limits for Modi’s upcoming talks with Putin: Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and PM Modi will discuss regional and global security, trade and all other topics on the agenda during their meeting,

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North Korea says its recent missile tests involved new ballistic missile with 'super-large warhead'

It said the test-fire on July 1 was meant to verify flight stability

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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base; he alleges abuse in custody

The decision to release Mohammed Abu Selmia, apparently taken in order to free up space in overcrowded detention centres, sparked uproar from across the political spectrum

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Russia says captured two more east Ukrainian villages

The gains came after Russia claimed two other villages over the weekend

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Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims

Ehsan Shan, though not party to the desecration, was accused of reposting the defaced pages of the Koran on his TikTok account

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