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When the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination came under fire
The seemingly impeccably designed Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE), which was once the State’s single window system of intake of students to professional courses like engineering, medicine, pharmacy, veterinary,...

Emerald ash borer now in every corner of Adirondack Park; killing 7% of New York’s trees
NYS DEC confirming reports of infestations in every county in the Adirondacks; Champlain Valley hit particularly hard By Tim Rowland The emerald ash borer, once a distant threat, is now believed to be in every Adirondack county, inevitably dooming...
LATAM Plans Multi-Million Dollar Retrofits To ‘Flexible’ A319 Fleet
LATAM Airlines Group plans to spend $40 million upgrading 37 Airbus A319s, a subfleet that has provided the company flexibility as it faced aircraft delivery delays. Plans include 19 retrofitted aircraft allotted for domestic and international...

BBC star in 24-hour challenge in support of Edinburgh brothers rowing Pacific
A BBC star has rowed for 24 hours in support of three Edinburgh brothers who are aiming to become the fastest group to row the Pacific. Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean are in the middle of their 120-day rowing challenge across 9000 miles of open...

Dad suffers life changing injuries after falling from mountain
A "fit and healthy" dad is paralysed after "blacking out" and falling from a mountain in Wales. Keen mountaineer Dave Palmer, 64, had been climbing Tryfan in Snowdonia on April 26, with a group of hikers, including his wife Lindsey, 59, when he...

Global Childhood Vaccination Shows Slight Improvement but Challenges Remain
Reuters A little girl reacts after receiving an oral vaccine during a vaccination drive for diphtheria, influenza, tetanus and pneumococcus, after several new cases of diphtheria were identified, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak...
Annual summer market returns to Washington Square
OXFORD — The Oxford Downtown Development Authority’s annual open air summer market returned to Washington Square on July 10. The market offers a variety of vendors offering fresh produce, health products, crafts and more from 4-7 p.m. on Thursdays...

Placing future generations at the heart of Inter-American human rights law?
A key aspect of the rich and long-awaited Inter-American Court of Advisory Human Rights Advisory Opinion 32/25 on Climate Emergency and Human Rights (AO-32) is the treatment of future generations (FG) with regard to Inter-American regional human...
To be wounded healer
I have always been a fan of the Dutch priest and writer Henri Nouwen (1932-1996). His books have impacted my spiritual journey, and I have a way of coming back again and again to his writing. I remember working on the cancer floor at Bronson...

Unaccompanied migrant minors face growing hurdles in Trump era
Unaccompanied minors are increasingly appearing in immigration courts without legal representation. Stricter screening processes for sponsors and increased enforcement actions are adding to the challenges faced by these vulnerable children....
Boy, 5, allegedly shot dead by brother “playing with firearm”
Yoshini Perumal|Published 1 hour ago 4min THE tragic death of a five-year-old boy, allegedly shot and killed by his minor brother who was playing with a gun while seated in a car, has sparked a call for the enforcement of stricter safety...

Football, parade, barbecue and more — it’s Shrine time in Baker City
Published 7:00 am Monday, July 21, 2025 Festivities for the East-West All-Star Shrine Football game include a parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, in Baker City. (Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald) BAKER CITY — This weekend, Shrine Clubs from...

2006 Mumbai train blasts: Why HC overturned special court verdict
7/11 Mumbai train blasts accused: Acquitting all accused in the 7/11 train blasts case of 2006, the Bombay High Court picked holes in the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) submissions, noting that it “utterly failed to establish offences beyond...

In Argentina, Indigenous Mapuche women face aggravated persecution under Milei’s rule
In Argentina, June marked the 10th anniversary of ‘Ni Una Menos’, a feminist movement that protested gender violence and femicide, initially sparked by the murder of 14-year-old pregnant Chiara Paez by her 16-year-old boyfriend the year before....

Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing severe symptoms, and died the same day, an email seen...

Exports of apples, oranges and pears have stagnated or declined over the past decade: Rabobank
File picture: Soft fruits such as berries and cherries, and tropical fruits like durians, mangoes and avocados are driving growth in the global fruit trade | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The global fruit market is undergoing significant changes,...

World Mango Day serves up summer’s star ingredient
Juicy, sweet and packed with tropical flavor, mangos are a quintessential summer fruit. This season, mango imports are projected to increase nearly 20% over last year. This surge makes World Mango Day on July 22 the perfect time to stock up and...

2006 Mumbai Train Blasts: Bombay High Court Acquits All 12 Convicts
The Bombay High Court observed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) “utterly failed” to prove its case and acquitted 12 persons who were convicted of orchestrating the 2006 serial blasts in Mumbai’s local trains killing 189 and injuring 820....

TV presenter rows for 24 hours in solidarity with friend on 100th day at sea
Former Hermitage Academy pupil Danny Campbell, a judge on Scotland’s Home of the Year (SHOTY), took part in the intense challenge at The Social Hub in Glasgow over the weekend for the Maclean Brothers. The siblings are now 100 days into a...

Immigrant family hides for their lives in St. Louis as ICE crackdown intensifies
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