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US duo win Nobel Medicine Prize for heat and touch work

Shawdesh Desk: US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch, the jury said. “The groundbreaking discoveries…

‘Pandora Papers’ expose leaders’ offshore millions

Shawdesh desk: More than a dozen heads of state and government, from Jordan to Azerbaijan, Kenya and the Czech Republic, have used offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds

Mass protests against Brazil’s president

Shawdesh desk: Thousands of people have taken to the streets in towns and cities across Brazil to protest against the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro. The protests were organised by opposition

Mamata all set to win crucial Bengal bypoll

Shawdesh desk: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to win the crucial Bengal bypoll, with Sunday morning trends showing she is well ahead of her main rival from India’s

Italian vessel rescues 65 from migrant boat fleeing Libya

Shawdesh Desk: An Italian offshore supply vessel on Saturday rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat. The migrant boat was drifting

Bhabanipur by-election: Mamata Banerjee leads by more than 12,000 votes after 4th round

Shawdesh Desk: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was leading by more than 12,435 votes against her closest contender, BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal, at the end of the fourth round of

Qataris begin voting in first ever legislative polls

Shawdesh desk: Qataris began voting in their country’s first ever legislative polls Saturday, AFP correspondents saw, with 30 of 45 seats in a previously appointed, largely advisory council up for

Philippines’ Duterte says will retire from politics

Shawdesh Desk: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he will not run for vice president in 2022 and will retire from politics, potentially paving the way for his daughter to