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Everything you need to know about India’s 2024 general elections as Modi seeks third term
India gears up for world’s biggest election stretching over six weeks in sweltering heat
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Saudi could get first Miss Universe contestant this year
Saudi Arabia could have its first Miss Universe contestant this year, organisers said this week, after a fashion model and influencer claimed she had been selected. Less than a week later, Miss Universe issued a statement referring to Qahtani's post as "false and misleading" and saying no selection process had been carried out in the Gulf kingdom.
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In India’s Silicon Valley, voters only want one thing from 2024 elections: water
Bengaluru is grappling with a water shortage so severe, there isn’t enough to take a shower or flush a toilet, and all residents want from a new government is a resolution of the crisis, Stuti Mishra reports
7-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Minister ridiculed on Question Time for asking if Rwanda and Congo are different countries
Policing minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Question Time.
2-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Jessica Zrinski: homicide detectives use police dogs to search bushland for missing Sydney woman
Search near Jenolan Caves comes after CCTV footage showed Zrinski in station wagon being driven towards Blue Mountains in November 2022
2-min read - NewsKameraOne
VideoBeachgoers rally to save over a HUNDRED stranded pilot whales in Australia
Beachgoers in Australia sprung into action as roughly 160 pilot whales washed up on Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough on April 25. At least 26 of the whales perished despite the efforts of more than 100 volunteers.
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Bangladesh children sweat at home as heatwave shuts schools
Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found the soaring temperatures at home left her in no state for homework.Bangladesh authorities expect to reopen schools from April 28, before temperatures are expected to recede.
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