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India has announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir that will start on Sept. 18, the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory

India to hold local polls in disputed Kashmir from Sept. 18, 5 years after revoking its autonomy

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the outgoing leader seeks to reassure investors his $32 billion mega-project remains on track before he steps down this October. Years after announcing his flagship infrastructure project, intended to...

Indonesia Holds First Cabinet Meeting in Planned New Capital, Nusantara

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Nusantara is meant to be ready to house Indonesia's government by October. But building a city in the Borneo jungle is proving a challenge.

Indonesia's $30 billion purpose-built new capital city is not going to plan

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

 Watch live as doctors protest in Mumbai in solidarity with the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata.The 31-year-old postgraduate trainee was found dead in a seminar hall of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in state capital Kolkata on 9 August. An autopsy confirmed sexual assault.A suspect has been arrested, a civil volunteer named Sanjay Roy, who is associated with the Kolkata police.The incident sparked protests in several cities and an attack on a medical college campus as doctors and paramedics in several cities across India demand better and safer working conditions.Scores of people went...

Live: Protests in India after trainee doctor raped and murdered in Kolkata

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - On the campaign trail in rural Thailand last year, Paetongtarn Shinawatra reminded voters of her influential billionaire family's legacy of populism in what was her electoral debut.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand's youngest prime minister

The Mayor of London plans to shut the programme to new applicants on September 7.

Sadiq Khan to close Ulez scrappage scheme

 The mother of a nine-year-old girl shot dead by a burglar in her own home has called for an end to gang violence, two years on from her daughter’s death.Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when a masked gunman opened fire as he chased a convicted burglar through the door of her home in Liverpool on 22 August 2022.Olivia’s mother Cheryl cried as she called for an end to the “no-grass” culture associated with gang violence.Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Friday (16 August), she said: “Anything that you know. You need to speak up.”

Gang violence: Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mother cries as she calls for an end to ‘no grass’ culture

Forecasters say Ernesto could become Category 3 storm by the time it closes in on British Overseas Territory

Hurricane Ernesto could grow more intense as it nears Bermuda after lashing Puerto Rico

 Germany and the Philippines agreed Sunday to rapidly finalize a defense pact that would allow joint military training and possible sale of German weapons to address security threats, including China’s growing aggression in the South China Sea, which Manila’s defense chief said was “the sole cause of tensions” and conflicts in the disputed waters.China has long claimed much of the entire seaway, a key global trade and security route, and vowed to defend its territorial interests at all costs.Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the proposed Arrangement on Defense Cooperation that he and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius discussed in...

Germany and the Philippines agree to rapidly finalize a defense pact to address security threats

On Thursday 84 flights at the Mallorcan aviation hub were cancelled

Thousands of tourists left stranded as 77% of Mallorca flights delayed or cancelled due to severe island storm

Three of the children required hospital operations to remove the pellets from their bodies

Five young children and woman, 62, shot with air rifle in Sheffield street

A section of the Walsall Canal remains closed and anglers are being warned not to eat fish caught in the affected area.

Stretches of canal affected by cyanide spill reopen after safety tests

Health officials have warned travellers visiting South America to be “vigilant” after cases of a virus originating in sloths were reported in tourists returning to Europe for the first time.The imported cases of Oropouche virus (OROV), most commonly found in South America and the Caribbean, were diagnosed in travellers who had recently visited Cuba, with one Italian patient diagnosed after visiting northern Brazil.As of 1 August 2024, there were 8,078 confirmed cases of Oropouche fever in the region – reported in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, according to The Lancet.Travel-associated cases of imported OROV disease in Europe reached 19 at the...

Travellers to South America and the Caribbean warned to take protective measures against sloth borne virus

 The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises of hope for the struggling population.Under blue skies and blazing sunshine at Bagram — once the epicentre of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks — members of the Taliban cabinet lauded achievements like strengthening Islamic law and establishing a military system that provides “peace and security.”The speeches were aimed at an international audience, urging the diaspora to...

The Taliban are celebrating three years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

The election of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand’s prime minister represents a remarkable back-to-the-future moment

Thailand's new prime minister renews the legacy of her father, the divisive Thaksin Shinawatra

Nearly a third of people have been on holiday with family members from at least two generations in the past three years, new research finds.

How multigeneration holidays are helping families stretch their budgets further

Indonesia’s outgoing President Joko Widodo highlighted advances in the economy and infrastructure during his final State of the Nation address

Indonesia's leader highlights economic and infrastructure developments in his final state of nation

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