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3 Indian sailors killed in explosion on naval ship

Shawdesh Desk: Three Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said. It gave no reason for

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12th century prayer room found under mosque in Iraq’s Mosul

Shawdesh Desk: The foundations of a prayer hall from the 12th century have been discovered under the Al-Nuri mosque — where the Islamic State group once proclaimed their “caliphate” —

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Global Covid cases top 330 million

Shawdesh desk: Amid the global scare over the rising Omicron cases, the overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 330 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total

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At least 26 killed in Afghan earthquake

Shawdesh Desk: At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said. The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed in Qadis

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World’s 10 richest men doubled wealth during Covid, says report

Shawdesh desk: The world’s 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the Covid pandemic as poverty and inequality soared across the globe, a report said

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Ukraine says has ‘evidence’ Russia behind cyberattack

Shawdesh desk: Ukraine said Sunday it had evidence that Russia was behind a massive cyberattack that knocked out key government websites this past week, as Microsoft warned the hack could

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India logs 258,089 new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate rises to 19.65%

Shawdesh desk: A day after recording a massive spike, India’s daily Covid-19 tally dropped slightly with 258,089 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to over

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Hostages freed in Texas synagogue standoff

Shawdesh desk: All hostages were freed unharmed late Saturday after an hours-long standoff at a Texas synagogue, where a man apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist had taken

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