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January 21, 2026 1:39 PM
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A Japanese court has sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Yamagami admitted that he shot Abe during an election campaign speech in Nara. Yamagami was arrested at the scene and was found to have used a homemade gun. Police lat...
January 21, 2026 1:40 PM
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In Spain, a commuter train crashed near Barcelona after a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks, killing one person and injuring 14 others, Spanish regional authorities said. Three of the injured are in serious condition. The accident happened near the town of Gelida, near Barcelona. Emergency ...
January 21, 2026 11:01 AM
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The U.S. military has seized a seventh oil tanker connected to Venezuela as part of efforts by the Trump administration to control Venezuelan oil exports. According to U.S. Southern Command, the Motor Vessel Sagitta was taken without any conflict. The ship was operating in violation of a U.S.-decl...
January 21, 2026 10:50 AM
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The United Arab Emirates President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has accepted the US invitation to join the newly established Board of Peace for Gaza. According to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE will join the new Board...
January 21, 2026 8:46 AM
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams retired from the space agency after 27 years of remarkable service. The retirement, effective from the 27th of last month, was announced by NASA this morning. In a press release, NASA said Williams flew on three missions to the International Space Station (ISS), spe...
January 20, 2026 10:30 PM
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Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi today met with world leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2026, which is currently being held in Davos, Switzerland. In his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium, Maxime Prevost, he reaffirmed the strength of the I...
January 20, 2026 9:59 PM
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Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi today delivered the keynote address at the roundtable ‘Delivering Sustainability at Scale: Pathways for Global Transformation’ at Davos. In a social media post, the minister said that in his address, he shared India’s perspective on how sustainab...
January 20, 2026 9:29 PM
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European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has said that India and the European Union (EU) are on the cusp of signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), describing it as the mother of all agreements. In her address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos today, she said that after Davos, the...
January 20, 2026 7:28 PM
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren participated in a CII-organised global sustainability roundtable and outlined Jharkhand’s vision for sustainable and inclusive growth. The Chief Minister highlighted opportunities in renewable energy, green technologies, d...
January 20, 2026 3:50 PM
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Abu Dhabi, 20 January: The Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX) and the Simulation and Training Exhibition (SimTEX) opened on Tuesday at the ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi, bringing together international players to showcase advances in unmanned systems, robotics, simulation and training technologies. The ex...
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