‘Fatwah’ author Salman Rushdie attacked with knife
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The novelist was about to speak in New York when he was stabbed

Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday in New York State, while preparing to give a lecture. Video from the event shows security swarming the stage and Rushdie lying on the ground. Initial reports said he was stabbed. The attacker has been arrested.

Rushdie, 75, was preparing to give a speech at the Chautauqua Institution. Unverified photos circulating on social media show the Indian-born British-American novelist being taken away in an ambulance.

“Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck,” the New York State Police said in a st...

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11 killed in gruesome shooting, including children
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A Montenegro man was shot and killed by police after going on a rampage in Cetinje

A resident of Cetinje, Montenegro shot and killed eleven people – including two children – and injured six more on Friday, before he was shot and killed by police, according to local media reports.

Witnesses said the man pulled a pistol in what was termed a family dispute, killed his family, and then proceeded to fire into random bystanders. 

Cetinje police are still investigating the scene and very little information has been released officially.

Montenegro state TV initially...

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J&J to discontinue baby powder amid major pressure
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The healthcare giant said it will transition to cornstarch-based baby powder products after a “worldwide portfolio assessment”

Pharmaceutical conglomerate Johnson & Johnson has announced it will be discontinuing its talc-based baby powder globally and will use cornstarch instead, as mounting lawsuits against the company accuse it of hiding cancer risks tied to the products.

The company said on Thursday that the transition from talc to cornstarch was a “commercial decision” after it had conducted an assessment of its portfolio and maintained that the talc-based baby powder was completely safe....

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Gaza death toll ris­es to 49, in­clud­ing 17 chil­dren
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Since 2008, Is­rael has waged four wars on Pales­tin­ian ter­ri­to­ry killing near­ly 4,000 peo­ple, many of them chil­dren.
Published On 12 Aug 2022

Paraguay’s vice pres­i­dent to re­sign fol­low­ing US cor­rup­tion claim
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Hugo Ve­lazquez Moreno has said he will re­sign and end his plans to run for pres­i­dent, but will fight the ac­cu­sa­tions.
Published On 12 Aug 2022

Drought in Eng­land, fires rage in France as heat­wave per­sists
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France con­tin­ues to bat­tle an enor­mous wild­fire while parts of Eng­land face se­vere drought amid suc­ces­sive heat­waves.
Published On 12 Aug 2022

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What in­fla­tion? US im­port prices drop, con­sumer sen­ti­ment ris­es
Data this week con­tin­ues to in­di­cate that prices pres­sures in the Unit­ed States may have peaked.
Published On 12 Aug 2022

Iran may accept compromise on nuclear deal, hints state news agency
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Iran's official news agency IRNA on Friday (August 12) suggested that Tehran may accept the final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the 2015

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Bank agrees to process Russian oil transit payment to central Europe, say sources
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A Reuters exclusive says that a European bank has agreed to process a payment for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine, Slovak refiner Slovna

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First rigging allegation as Kenyan media slow tally of votes in tight presidential race
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Without providing any proof, the secretary-general of Kenya's governing party has said there was election rigging, fuelling public anxiety on Frida

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Imran Khan invites Pakistanis to attend "Haqiqi Azadi" celebrations on August 13 in Lahore
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is organising his party's independence day celebrations on Augus

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Details of FBI search warrant for Trump home may emerge on Friday
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Details of FBI search warrant for Trump home may emerge on Friday

Live: Woman dies following Meath assault; property prices match Celtic Tiger
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Ireland records hottest August temperature
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A temperature of 31.7C was recorded at a weather station in Oak Park, Co Carlow.

After 7 decades, India all set to become home for cheetahs
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India is all set to welcome cheetahs, the large carnivores which went extinct in the country in 1952, with a team of experts in Namibia making prep

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Salman Rushdie stabbed '10 to 15 times' in neck: Eyewitness shares horrific details
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Polio outbreak in New York? Two cases within weeks; last case before this was in 2013
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In New York City health officials have raised an alarm after polio causing virus was found in the city's wastewater.

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Nu­clear ac­ci­dents can hap­pen in Eu­rope too: Russ­ian ex-pres­i­dent
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Dmit­ry Medvedev’s re­marks come amid on­go­ing fight­ing be­tween Russ­ian and Ukrain­ian forces at Za­por­izhzhia nu­clear plant.
Published On 12 Aug 2022

‘En­tire­ly pre­ventable’: Po­lio like­ly spread­ing in New York City
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Pub­lic health of­fi­cials an­nounced that the po­lio virus has been de­tect­ed in the city’s waste­water and urged vac­ci­na­tion.
Published On 12 Aug 2022