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Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition

File photo: US President Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Picture credit: Reuters) US President Donald Trump’s administration has submitted a proposed civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress for review, while maintaining that the pact will only move forward if Riyadh agrees to normalise relations with Israel.The agreement was…

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‘Secure, predictable sea lanes indispensable’: India urges UN to safeguard key maritime routes | India News

India also cautioned against “over-reliance ” on any single model of production, arguing that such dependence could leave food systems vulnerable to geopolitical disruptions, economic coercion and weaponisation. NEW DELHI: India has called on the international community to work collectively to safeguard critical sea lanes and maritime infrastructure, saying secure and predictable shipping routes are…

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A Kentucky county closed a 225-acre golf course after it averaged only 9,000 to 10,000 rounds a year; the site is now becoming one of the county’s largest new public parks, with 70% preserved as greenspace

From golf fairways to a 225-acre public park: Kentucky’s former Fox Run Golf Course is getting a new life, with 70% of the property preserved as greenspace. A former golf course in Kentucky is being transformed into a sprawling 225-acre public park featuring hiking and biking trails, climbing structures, a dog park, interactive water features…

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Was PoK’s Skardu airbase next after Sargodha? Ex-CDS Chauhan reveals why India switched targets | India News

Skardu military base, PoK (AP file photo) NEW DELHI: Did India plan to strike Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Skardu airbase after targeting Sargodha? Former chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan has revealed that Indian forces had cleared Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan as a possible target during Operation Sindoor but had to change plans because of “bad weather”.Chauhan,…

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A couple built a four-bedroom home in Wiltshire for their disabled daughter in 2022, now face council demolition order after planning row over basement and Green Belt rules

A Wiltshire couple face losing the home they built for their disabled daughter after a planning dispute over a basement and Green Belt rules. (Photo: Wiltshire council) A Wiltshire couple have been ordered to demolish the four-bedroom home they have lived in with their disabled daughter for more than four years after a planning dispute…

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Lok Sabha Speaker seeks response from rebel TMC MPs on disqualification petitions | India News

Rebel TMC MPs with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in June NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who are now affiliated with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), seeking their responses within seven days to disqualification petitions filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led…

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Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership | World News

Singapore is sending up to 70 tonnes of unwanted clothing to Malaysia every week under a cross-border textile recycling partnership designed to give discarded garments a second life. The initiative involves social enterprise Cloop, which collects unwanted clothes through its textile recycling bins before sending them to Life Line Clothing in Port Klang, Malaysia. The…

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Operation Sindoor: ‘They had gone towards Sargodha’: Ex-Navy officer backs former CDS Anil Chauhan on Kirana Hills remarks | India News

File photo: Former CDS Anil Chauhan NEW DELHI: Former director of naval operations and intelligence commodore Ranjit Rai (Retd.) on Tuesday said former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan’s remarks on Pakistan’s Kirana Hills indicated that Operation Sindoor was a “total success”, particularly highlighting India’s use of loitering munitions during the 87-hour military…

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15 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital’s gynaecology ward in Pakistan

The fire reportedly started after an air-conditioner compressor exploded inside the nursery, according to rescue sources. 15 newborns died after a fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on Wednesday.According to PIMS officials, the nursery housed 16 newborns when the fire broke out, with only…

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‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: Kangana Ranaut hits back at Rahul Gandhi amid ‘smash patriarchy’ row | India News

Image reshared by Kangana Ranaut NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the controversy over his “smash the patriarchy” remark.Ranaut’s response also came after Rahul Gandhi weighed in on the row over her comments about actor Kriti Sanon’s outfit in a Raksha Bandhan advertisement,…

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