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Mamdani emerges as front-runner

05-11-2025

New York City is all set to elect a new mayor on Tuesday as the mayoral race enters its final lap, with Indian-descent Zohran Kwame Mamdani emerging as the front-runner to take up the top political post in America's biggest city. Mamdani, 34, born in Uganda and raised in New York City, is a New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist running for Mayor.

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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful, polarising V-Ps in US history, dies at 84

05-11-2025

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents in US history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died on Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement.

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Flying cars: Chinese firm kicks off trial production

05-11-2025

A Chinese firm this week began trial production of flying cars stated to be the next generation in the world of transportation, ahead of US firm Tesla and others plans to launch the same shortly.

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‘PIO truck driver who killed 3 in US was sober during crash’

05-11-2025

An Indian-origin driver who crashed his semi-truck killing three people in California last month was not driving while intoxicated, contrary to initial reports, but the case remains a grossly negligent homicide, US authorities have said.

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Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux dies at 78

05-11-2025

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead, sang back-up on several classic Sixties hits, and fronted her own bands, has died. She was 78.

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US threatens Nigeria with military action

03-11-2025

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.

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Hegseth: US, China to set up direct military lines

03-11-2025

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's increasingly "destabilising" actions in the South China Sea.

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Andrew will head into exile at Sandringham estate

03-11-2025

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the disgraced younger brother of King Charles III, is going into internal exile that will see him further hidden from view from a clearly angry British public.

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Blaze guts Mexico store, at least 23 killed, 11 hurt

03-11-2025

At least 23 people, including several minors, were killed and 11 others injured after a massive fire broke out at a general store in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo, capital of Sonora state, CNN reported, citing officials.

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Canada and Philippines sign defence pact to deter China

03-11-2025

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China's increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, signed a key defence agreement on Sunday to boost combat drills and expand security alliances to deter aggression, officials said.

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Russia launches new N-sub carrier of doomsday drone

03-11-2025

Russia has launched its latest nuclear submarine to be armed with a 'Poseidon' nuclear drone, also known as 'doomsday missile' capable of "wiping out" coastal nations, according to media reports.

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Israel strikes on Lebanon kills 4 Hezbollah men

03-11-2025

Four members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Saturday night, the military said, with Lebanese authorities also confirming four dead in the attack.