A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed on Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island’s worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180 kilometres east of the capital Colombo, when it hit the…
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Losing weight with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) can be incredibly challenging, but it’s far from impossible. A woman who successfully shed 38 kg despite battling PCOS recently shared her transformative journey on Instagram, highlighting 10 common weight loss mistakes that can hinder progress. While PCOS can make weight loss more difficult due to hormonal imbalances,…
Rayhan Demytrie South Caucasus correspondent Getty Images The US sanctions against Georgia’s richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, aim to freeze his assets Last spring, when tens of thousands of Georgians were protesting against what they saw as a clear sign of Russian influence on the country’s politics, Georgia’s parliament rushed through amendments to the nation’s tax…
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Pakistan white-ball team vice-captain Salman Ali Agha addressing the media persons at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). — Reporter Agha stresses importance of consistency in players’ performance. Points to poor start, powerplay disaster as key reasons for defeat. Agha vows to leave loss behind and prepare for India challenge. KARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Salman Ali Agha…
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Feb 18, 2025, 12:40 PM ET Welcome to Week 3 of the 2025 college softball season. Over the weekend, we saw a few notable upsets and excellent play from the Clearwater Invitational. So how do the best programs in softball stack up now after all the action? There has been movement in the top 10…
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A representational image of a paraglider. — Reuters/File An Indian student found an innovative solution to hours-long traffic jams as he paraglided to his examination centre to avoid being late in Maharashtra’s Satara district. A video of Samarth Mahangade, a student from Pasarani village in Maharashtra, flying through the sky with his college bag…
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The notices came all weekend, landing in the inboxes of federal scientists, doctors and public health professionals: Your work is no longer needed. At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed. At the Centers…
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Emergency responders operate around a plane on a runway after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 17, 2025. — Reuters Child among three people critically injured from accident. Video filmed by passenger shows plane belly up on tarmac. Toronto experiencing strong winds, snowstorm for past few days. A…
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The first four games of the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off have been thrilling, including two games that went to overtime, a wild USA-Canada game that included three fights in the first nine seconds, and a level of play that is well beyond what some expected for an event that replaced the All-Star Game. With two…
Listen to article The government is set to privatise up to 50 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the next 3 to 4 years, Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema announced during a meeting with a World Bank (WB) delegation on Monday. Cheema met with a delegation of Executive Directors (EDs) and Alternate Executive Directors (AEDs) from the World…
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