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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry followed in his late mother’s footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity’s work clearing explosives from old warzones.The Duke of Sussex is in the southern African country with the Halo Trust organization, the same group Princess Diana worked with when she went to Angola in January 1997, seven months before she was killed in a car crash in Paris. Diana’s advocacy and the images of her walking through a minefield helped mobilize…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on the Middle East.Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahrain’s crown prince and dined privately with Qatar’s prime minister. The Republican president has lavished attention on the Persian Gulf, a wealthy region where members of his family have extensive business relationships. He has already visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on the first foreign policy trip of his second term.With little…

India lost the Third test at Lord’s against England by a narrow 22-run margin. The hosts now lead the series 2-1 with two games to be played in the ongoing Test series. With India trailing 1–2 in the five‑match Test series against England, winning the final two games has become vital. However, Jasprit Bumrah’s participation for the Manchester Test remains uncertain until the toss. The star pacer was rested for workload management during the Edgbaston Test, and head coach Gautam Gambhir has confirmed that Bumrah will feature in only three matches in the series. With two matches left, fans are…

BATUMI: India’s Divya Deshmukh pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the FIDE Women’s World Cup so far, defeating world No. 2 Zhu Jiner in the first game of their pre-quarterfinal clash in Batumi, Georgia, on Wednesday. Playing with the white pieces, the 18-year-old Divya displayed strategic maturity and exceptional composure against the Chinese star, who is the tournament’s second seed and one of the title favourites. In a tightly controlled game, Divya built her position gradually, maintained pressure through the middlegame, and capitalised on Zhu’s inaccuracies to close out a memorable win.  With a 1-0 lead in the…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power.Eswatini says it is holding the men in correctional facilities until they can be sent to their home countries, after it became the latest nation to accept third-country deportees from the U.S.Here’s what to know about Eswatini:The king rules supremeEswatini is one of a handful of countries that are still absolute monarchies, and the only one in Africa. That means the king has absolute power over…

The police in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district said on Wednesday that they had confidential information that the whistleblower in the Dharmasthala secret burials case might abscond once the bodies are exhumed.The statement came amid allegations by lawyers representing the case that there was a delay in conducting a mahazar of the site in Dharmasthala and that the police “appear completely indifferent” to the evidence the witness, a former sanitation worker, can provide. A release issued by Arun K, SP, Dakshina Kannada, said, “There is confidential information that the complainant (whistleblower) could abscond. Due to this, there are reports suggesting that…

Sony Pictures Releasing RATING : 5 / 10 Pros Madelyn Cline is a scene stealer Some inventive death scenes Cons Overreliance on legacy characters New cast is bland and forgettable It’s official — the ’90s are so back that they’ve actually come full circle to becoming dated again. “I Know What You Did Last Summer” follows in the footsteps of “Scream” in getting itself a splashy Gen Z makeover. But unlike “Scream,” whose meta sense of humor made it a perfect fit for a new generation…

New Delhi: Indians consume salt 2.2 times more than the amount recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), posing severe health risks such as hypertension, strokes, and kidney disease, among others, according to ICMR’s National Institute of Epidemiology.  WHO recommends less than 5 grams per day of salt (roughly under a teaspoon) or below 2g of sodium per day. However, “the mean salt consumption per day by an Indian is 11 grams per day, which is 2.2 times more than the WHO recommendation”, the ICMR-NIE said. According to the apex research body, regular iodised salt contains 40 per cent of…

Mumbai: If you want, you can join us. That was Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ open offer in the state assembly to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and rival Uddhav Thackeray. The ‘invitation’ was received with laughter from both sides. The comment came as Fadnavis was thanking Ambadas Danve, leader of the Opposition in the Upper House, before his term ends next month. The banter comes after recent rifts and power tussles among the Mahayuti allies, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was present in the assembly when Fadnavis made…

Former Canadian alt-right YouTuber Lauren Southern has accused manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate of sexual assault.Southern alleges in her memoir, “This Is Not Real Life,” that Tate assaulted her after the two met in 2018 when she was 22 years old.She released several chapters from her self-published book for free on Substack Tuesday, saying she was doing so because they “weren’t written with the intention of profiting off this incident.”In the excerpts, Southern describes traveling to Romania with British white supremacist Tommy Robinson to pitch Tate and his brother Tristan on investing in a right-wing media venture.She says…