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Friday, November 1, 2024
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Topic: Reuters

Ronaldo has last chance to shine on World Cup stage in Qatar

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been named the best player in the world five times, will arrive in Qatar with a mission to prove that he can still make a difference.

Russia signals retreat in southern Ukraine but Kyiv govt fears trap for advancing troops

Speculation swirled over whether Russia was pulling out, after photos online showed the main administrative building in Kherson with Russia's flag no longer flying atop it.

Toothless attack a concern for pessimistic Mexico at World Cup

Pessimism surrounds Mexico as they gear up for the World Cup in Qatar after inconsistency in qualifying and warm-up matches.

Poland’s fortunes in Qatar hinge on support for Lewandowski

Poland will look to their talisman Robert Lewandowski to score the goals to take them into the World Cup knockout round for the 1st time in more than 35 years

Defiant Danes can point to history and dream of World Cup glory

Denmark can point to previous occasions when they have overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and say that they are genuinely in with a shout of winning the trophy.

Musk plans to cut nearly 3,700 jobs at Twitter, lay off half of its workforce, report says

The Bloomberg report also stated that Elon Musk intends to reverse Twitter Inc's existing work from anywhere policy and will require employees to work from office.

Twitter to charge $8 per month for ‘verified’ badge as Musk seeks to boost subscriptions

Musk on Tuesday said subscribers with blue check marks would get priority in replies, mentions, searches & would be able to post longer videos and audios and see half as many ads.

Indonesia revokes fever syrup licences of 2 firms amid probe into death of over 150 kids

Indonesia's food and drug agency stated that the firms produced drugs using substandard raw materials. The country mainly imports raw ingredients for medicine from China & India.

At COP27 summit, India to press rich countries to keep annual $100-bn climate fund pledge

India will use next week's UN climate conference to help developing nations deal with climate change & switch to cleaner energy, govt sources said.

Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job cuts, report says

Twitter had over 7,000 employees at the end of 2021, according to a regulatory filing and a quarter of the headcount amounts to nearly 2,000 employees.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.