Pre-election polls showed left-wing senator Ivan Cepeda leading, but facing a strong challenge from hard-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, a pro-Trump outsider.

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The massacre committed by the Israeli enemy in a raid on the town of Deir Zahrani, Nabatieh district, at dawn on Sunday...resulted in eight martyrs, including three women, and 19 wounded, including five children and six women, says Ministry in a statement

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Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia's oil and gas facilities in recent months, arguing the energy sector both funds and directly fuels Moscow's more than 4-year-old invasion

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The visit of the delegation assumes significance as it comes days after the cancellation of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s proposed visit to Kathmandu

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The waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea has emerged as the most consequential battleground of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, with Tehran effectively taking control of the route and rattling energy markets and the global economy

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The images reveal more than 80 pads for possible use by China’s expanding fleet of mobile ​missile launchers and air-defence batteries.

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President Donald Trump’s administration has touted ‌its success at ​taking out suspected drug ⁠trafficking vessels in the eastern ‌Pacific and the Caribbean

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Ningbo, in southern Zhejiang Province of China, was once a historic maritime hub shaped by Buddhist culture and trade. It has now emerged as a key hub for showcasing China’s green industrial push, where electric vehicles, advanced manufacturing, and tightly integrated supply chains are powering the country’s bid for global leadership in the technologies of the future. Ananth Krishnan reports from the port city

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From podcasts and therapy-speak to breadcrumbing and attachment styles, modern dating has become saturated with emotional vocabulary. So why are situationships still thriving?

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Mr. Trump’s lawsuit ⁠says the Journal tarnished his reputation with an article describing a birthday card to deceased sex offender Epstein as bearing Mr. Trump’s signature

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Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed on ‌social media that there had been fighting in the area, as did the ⁠Army, but neither provided details on the death toll

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In his first encyclical, the pope has warned against algorithmic dehumanisation, but Frank Herbert already gave that genre of personality a name sixty years ago 

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The mixed signals have thrown into question talks aimed at formally ending the war that began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran

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Iran and the U.S. have traded threats for weeks while negotiating through Pakistani mediation

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The Cannes Film Festival has perfected the art of embracing politics without letting agent provocateurs scuttle the event

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Lindsey Graham asked Pakistan to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's call to mediators in the U.S.-Iran war to join the Accords.

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Canadian citizens, permanent residents and other foreign nationals who have been in affected areas in ⁠recent weeks and do not have symptoms will have to quarantine for 21 days from May 30, ‌according to a statement from Canada’s public health agency

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Ozgur Ozel and the core leadership of the Republican People's Party, or CHP, were removed from their posts on May 26 by a court order that many people consider to be politically motivated

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Authorities ⁠initially imposed an internet blackout from January 8 in response to nationwide ‌anti-government protests before a new blackout was initiated following the start of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran on ‌February 28

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Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of a small ‌far-right ⁠party in Mr. Netanyahu’s cabinet, has frequently made comments that go beyond official Israeli ⁠policy, including that Israel must annex southern Lebanon and Gaza

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The United States and Iran have observed a ceasefire since April 8 while mediators push for a negotiated settlement, although Iran has imposed controls on Gulf shipping, and the U.S. has blockaded Iran's ports

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U.S. Secretary of State underlines strategic alliance with India, calls Iran the ‘world’s leading sponsor of terrorism’, says Tehran has been holding civilian vessels hostage; S. Jaishankar calls for ‘safe and unimpeded maritime commerce’

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The Trump administration, which has imposed a punishing blockade on Cuba, has indicted the 94-year old former revolutionary leader and President, in a replay of the farcical accusations that led to the U.S. abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro early this year

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The strike has drawn a strong reaction from top Russian officials, with President Vladimir Putin ordering the Army to prepare a response

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A total of 247 miners were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi Province when the accident occurred on May 22 night

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, however, said the visit did not necessarily mean “we have reached a turning point or a decisive situation”

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Donald Trump told reporters that ‌Donald Trump Jr. wanted his father to attend, but that it ​was going to be a “small private affair”

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Tulsi Gabbard ​cited her husband’s recent diagnosis with ⁠a rare form of bone ⁠cancer as the reason for resignation

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“I’ve been a strong supporter of NATO my entire career,” said Marco Rubio

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The overall toll still remains unclear, partly because relatives of the victims have removed bodies of their loved ones, police said

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Burhan alias Arjumand Gulzar Dar, alias Doctor, a commander of the Al Badr terror group, was designated as a terrorist by India in April 2022 for his involvement in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir

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The Justice Department charged the influential former President over the deadly 1996 downing of two civilian planes manned by anti-Castro pilots

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On nuts, resilient insects and knowing your place in society

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued their own threat, saying, “if the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you”

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The 82-year-old sports and equality icon received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Cal State Los Angeles on May 18

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The unclaimed drone struck an electrical generator on May 17 near the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant in Barakah in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, triggering a fire but causing no injuries nor radiation leak

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Global turmoil has heightened the need for stable China-U.S. ties

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At India-Norway Business and Research Summit, Modi, Store discuss enhancing investment, trade in India

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Donald Trump said he had “further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached”

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At least two people were killed when the assailant opened fire at a restaurant, with the two others killed elsewhere and the assailant fleeing in a car

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Lawmaker Wes Streeting, who quit as Health Minister last week, said on Saturday (May 17) he would stand in any formal leadership contest.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks followed the Israeli military’s announcement that Ezzedine Al-Haddad, commander of Hamas’s armed wing, had been killed in an airstrike in Gaza on May 15

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The victims were six men, three women, and a child, and all were shot in the early hours of May 17

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Canada’s national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive

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246 suspected cases had been reported as of ‌Saturday (May 16, 2026) in DRC’s Ituri province across at least three health zones, including ⁠Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu

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India and the Netherlands inked a number of agreements to further enhance their cooperation in a range of areas

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Results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to confirm the case are expected to come over the weeken

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Rogers Devia died in an attack by gunmen in the rural area of Cubarral, a city he governed between 2020-2023 lying 170 kilometres (105 miles) south of the capital Bogota

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The cruise missile hit the nine-story corner block during what the Ukrainian air force said was Russia's biggest barrage of the country since its all-out invasion

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U.S. President said the U.S. “suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI), horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!”

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These neighbourhood grocery stores stock up on fresh produce and preserved meats from the seven States, and serve as a lifeline for the North East community. We speak to the people behind them who run their businesses here, even as conflict continues back home

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The new High Commissioner paid tributes to the statues of Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square and Parliament Square and to Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar at Ambedkar House in London upon assuming charge

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The announcement comes just a day after U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed that Israel had sent Iron Dome air-defence weapons to the UAE along with personnel to operate them

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Europe must push for a negotiated settlement to Ukraine war

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The U.S. President sought to downplay differences with Chinese President Xi Jinping over Iran and the shadow the conflict is casting on global oil markets

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They have been charged with conspiracy, wilfully failing to immediately inform U.S. Coast Guard of a known hazardous condition, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and false statements

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The group declined to support stronger measures from some European governments and withheld details, but French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the Ministers had decided to sanction Hamas leaders

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The security official said, “Israeli forces established a base in an abandoned airstrip, built by Saddam Hussein, in the Najaf desert”

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The U.S. President described Iran’s proposal as a “piece of garbage” which he was not going to waste time reading

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A British official said 20 of them had flown in on the special flight to Manchester; the other two did not live in Britain and would be travelling to their countries of residence

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Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, and to ensure the security of shipping, state TV said

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S. Jaishankar arrived in Port of Spain from Paramaribo on May 8 on the concluding leg of his three-nation tour of Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at deepening India’s engagement with the Caribbean nations

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Iran on May 9 said it was still reviewing the United States’ proposal linked to ongoing negotiations over the West Asia conflict

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Attacks on May 8 were claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), who had already killed at least 30 people in attacks on villages on May 6

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The Russian President said he was ready to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a third country only once all conditions for a potential peace agreement were settled

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Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire with the tanker strikes and hampering diplomatic efforts to end the conflict

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Treasury said it remains ready to ‌take economic action against Iran’s ​military industrial base so Tehran cannot reconstitute its production capacity ⁠and project power outside its borders

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President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

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The lifting of restrictions should clear the way for athletes from Belarus to compete ‌freely under their own flag and anthem, including in team sports, and allow them to ‌take ⁠part in all qualifying events starting later this year for the 2028 Los ⁠Angeles Olympics

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The West’s advantage lies not only in military alliances or economic scale, but in institutional resilience and its capacity to attract, integrate, and retain talent

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Analysts say the new Balendra Shah government, which has a whopping majority in Parliament, is trying to rule by ordinances and is bypassing legislative debate; it also faced pushback over clearance of ‘illegal’ settlements along riverbanks in Kathmandu Valley, that left many without homes

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A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the American blockade of Iran’s ports, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post

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Rubio will hold talks with Jaishankar and Ajit Doval, and call on Prime Minister Modi, in discussions that are expected to set the course for India-U.S. ties after several ups and downs over tariffs and sanctions

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The two were seized by Israeli forces and brought to Israel for questioning, while the others were taken to the Greek island of Crete and released

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"There's no oil blockade on Cuba, per se," Mr. Rubio said while guest-hosting the daily White House press briefing

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Mr. Trump said on Truth Social that he was now pausing ‘Project Freedom’ after a request by mediator Pakistan and other countries, saying that “Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement” with Tehran

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Lifelong learning should be elevated as a strategic policy priority, ILO tells governments; study finds only 16% of workers had any structured training in past year; highlights inequalities in access to learning

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The extension is to allow police more time to interrogate them, the pair's lawyer said

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Mamata percieved as hurdle in Teesta talks; ahead of Beijing trip, Bangladesh FM says, “Of course, Teesta will be discussed with China”; Dhaka demands greater share of Teesta waters

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worldRussia declares a ceasefire on May 8, 9 for Victory Day celebrations; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy announces his own ceasefire regime on May 5, 6

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The shooting near the National Mall occurred shortly after a motorcade carrying Vice-President J.D. Vance had passed by the area, U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said

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"We don't think that we're destined to submit to a more transactional, insular, and brutal world and gatherings such as these point to a better way forward," the Canadian Prime Minister told fellow leaders

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Three Indian nationals sustained injuries after the fire broke out on the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone, following a drone attack from Iran, local media reported

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“Project Freedom” would begin on Monday (May 4, 2026) morning in West Asia, Mr. Trump said, adding that his representatives are having discussions with Iran that could lead to something “very positive for all”

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The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde

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Nepal reiterates territorial claim to Lipulekh Pass, flags concerns over Kailash Manasarovar Yatra; India says the border pass has been long standing route for the yatra since 1954; it is unclear whether the Foreign Secretary will get to meet Nepal PM during the visit originally slated for May 11-12

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Why did Louisiana redraw districts, creating a new Black-majority district? How did Louisiana’s situation bring two legal problems into direct collision? What did the Court decide about the Voting Rights Act? What are the implications and concerns?

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The cartel, already grappling with changes in the global energy landscape, geopolitical tensions, and declining influence, faces a litmus test with the exit of the UAE, one of its top oil producers with capacity to influence the market

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A security source in Gao, south of Tessalit, said "no clashes took place" during the rebel forces' capture of Tessalit

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He did not elaborate on what he saw as shortcomings in the proposal received by Pakistani mediators

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