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A man was shot dead by New Zealand police on Friday after assaulting at least six people at a supermarket in Auckland city and the incident has been termed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as a "terrorist attack" carried out by a Sri Lankan national who was under surveillance. ....
Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesman for the Taliban regime, told an Italian newspaper that China was "our main partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us as the Chinese government is ready to invest and rebuild our country", the Guardian reported. ....
England all-rounder Ben Stokes could miss the men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE in October and November. Stokes has been on an indefinite break from all forms of cricket since July to take care of his mental well-being and give time to his left index finger to heal after surgery. ....
A trilby hat gifted by his wife turned out to be the lucky charm for Indian pistol shooter Shighraj Adhana as he ended his campaign in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a silver and bronze medal. ....
Delhi University's St. Stephen's College has released its first cut-off list for students seeking admission to various undergraduate courses with BA Economics (Hons) seeing the highest cut-off with 99.5 per cent. ....
The oil marketing companies (OMCs) have kept pump prices of auto fuels -- petrol and diesel -- unchanged on Monday, a day after reducing retail rates by 15 paise per litre, to wait and watch the global oil situation before making fitter changes. ....
India skipper Virat Kohli termed Monday's performance that saw India register a sensational 157-run win in the fourth Test as one of the three best bowling performances he has witnessed. He added the dry and hot conditions helped his bowlers get reverse swing which turned the game in their favour. ....
The Sri Lanka Parliament on Monday passed the 'state of emergency' with claims to seize hidden food stocks amid soaring prices of food and essential items. ....
Thirteen people have died and nearly 500,000 homes and businesses remain out of power as of Monday in the southern US state of Louisiana, one week after Ida's landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the coastal state, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. ....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former India stars took to Twitter on Monday night to congratulate and praise the Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team for beating England by 157 runs in the fourth Test at The Oval and taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.....