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Dubai airshow bars Israeli companies from exhibiting: organiser

Israeli defence companies have been barred from the upcoming Dubai Airshow after a “technical review”, its organiser said on Tuesday, without providing further details, two years into the devastating Gaza war. “The

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Clarke, Devoret and Martinis win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”,

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US-Japanese trio win medicine Nobel for immune system research

Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States and Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for research into how the immune system is

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Syria selects members of first post-Assad parliament

Members of local committees in Syria began on Sunday selecting members of a transitional parliament, in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed directly by interim

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17 dead in Darjeeling as heavy rain hits North Bengal, tourist spots shut

Severe monsoon rains have devastated parts of North Bengal and Sikkim, leaving at least 17 people dead and causing major damage to infrastructure and transport links. Authorities warn the toll

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11 people killed in Nepal landslides, officials warn of more severe rainfall

Landslides triggered by severe rainfall hit at least two villages in Nepal’s eastern mountains on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and leaving one other missing, officials said. Six people

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Israel kills 20 people after Trump tells it to ‘stop bombing’ Gaza

At least 20 people have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, hospital officials have told Al Jazeera. The attacks and killings continue after President Trump told Israel

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I’ll change the monarchy when I’m king, says Prince William

The Prince of Wales has said he will bring change to the monarchy when he is king, in an interview palace sources say is the most open Prince William has

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