Dozens are still unaccounted for since the landslide hit Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra on Wednesday night in Raigadh district. Hundreds of rescuers have recovered 27 dead bodies as they pushed on with a fourth day of searching for many people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a…
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Usually iPhones plummet in value as soon as you take them out of the shop. But there are some special cases, as seen at an auction in the US, where a first edition, unopened 4GB model sold for $190,372.80 (£145,416). Not many of these were made at the time, leading the model…
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In a brief address in Spanish, Messi, 36, thanked supporters and said he had the “same desire” he always has. The World Cup-winning Argentina forward joins the Major League Soccer (MLS) club on a deal until the end of 2025. He will be reunited with defensive midfielder Sergio Busquets – with…
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Two people have died after an “attack” on the bridge linking the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Russia. Moscow has blamed Ukraine for the incident, alleging US and UK involvement, but Kyiv has not officially said it was responsible. The Kerch bridge was opened in 2018 and enables road and rail…
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Born in the ‘80s, the Hermès Birkin bag has since risen to become the quintessential fashion accessory. Katya Foreman tracks its history. When it comes to handbag hierarchy, the Hermès Birkin – the ultimate status symbol in the arm-candy stakes – continues to rule the roost, as the prized possession…
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Depreciation of the rial comes amid boiling tensions with the West and continuing protests in Iran. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s currency has reached an all-time record low amid increasing tensions with the West and the unrest gripping the country. On Sunday, the United States dollar went past the 450,000-rial mark for…
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The country’s equality council warns of high rates of sexual violence, says young generations worst affected. Five years into the #MeToo movement, French society “remains very sexist in all of its spheres”, a government-created equality watchdog says in its annual report. The High Council for Equality between Women and Men…
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Russian envoys are ordered to leave after Moscow said it was downgrading diplomatic relations with Tallinn. Russia and Estonia on Monday were expelling the ambassadors from each other’s countries in a tit-for-tat move, saying that their diplomatic missions will be headed by charges d’affaires as relations between the countries sank…
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The co-pilot of the ill-fated flight that crashed in Nepal on Sunday lost her husband in a plane crash 16 years earlier, it has emerged. Anju Khatiwada was co-piloting Yeti Airlines flight 691 when it smashed into a gorge near the tourist town of Pokhara, killing all on board in…
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