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By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s population is expected to match China’s by the end of April and then to surpass it as the world’s most populous country, the United Nations said on Monday. The announcement by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) comes days after the UN Population Fund said last week India would have 2.9 million more people than China by the middle […]

By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s population is expected to match China’s by the end of April and then to surpass it as the world’s most populous country, the United Nations said on Monday. The announcement by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) comes days after the UN Population Fund said last week India would have 2.9 million more people than China by the middle […]

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire and killing 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history faces a potential death sentence at the end of a federal trial that begins on Monday with jury selection. Robert Bowers, 50, is accused of dozens of charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, in a massacre that unfolded at […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Europe, China and Japan raced to extract citizens from Sudan on Monday as the U.N. chief warned of the risk of “a catastrophic conflagration” with wider repercussions and urged international powers to exert maximum pressure for peace. Foreign evacuations included a 65-vehicle convoy with dozens of children among diplomats and aid workers on an 800-km (500-mile), 35-hour journey in searing heat […]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – At a shelter for lesbian women in Uganda’s capital Kampala, gone are the days when the residents, having fled abuse and stigma at home, could breathe easy and be themselves. That came to an end a month ago when parliament passed some of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ legislation, which would criminalise the “promotion” of homosexuality and impose the death penalty for certain crimes involving gay sex. President […]

(Reuters) – Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said in a statement on Monday. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said in a statement on Monday. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – England’s Premiership Cup will include Championship sides from next season in a new and expanded format, the country’s rugby union (RFU), the Premiership and second-tier clubs said on Monday. The 2023-24 season will have 24 teams — more than double the number this season — and they will be split into four pools of six based on league standings at the end of the current campaign. The move […]

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire and killing 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history faces a potential death sentence at the end of a federal trial that begins on Monday with jury selection. Robert Bowers, 50, is accused of dozens of charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, in a massacre that unfolded at […]