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A tragic bus accident in Sri Lanka's Uva Province on Thursday night claimed 15 lives and injured 16 others, with high-speed driving suspected as the cause. New Delhi: At least 15 people were killed and another 16 were injured in a tragic bus accident on Thursday night in the mountainous Badulla District of Sri Lanka's Uva Province. The fatal crash occurred around 9:00 PM local time near Ella town, approximately 280 kilometres east of Colombo. A group of more than 30 people was travelling in the bus on a leisure trip from Tangalle when the driver reportedly lost control of…

UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned after an inquiry found she breached ethical standards over a £40,000 stamp duty shortfall on her recent property purchase, triggering a leadership shake-up in the Labour Party. New Delhi: UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday following an independent inquiry that found she had failed to meet the ethical standards required of government ministers in relation to her recent home purchase. Rayner admitted earlier this week that she had not paid the correct stamp duty on her £800,000 apartment in Hove, purchased earlier this summer. In her resignation letter to Prime…

Duchess of Kent dies: Katharine was the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. London: Duchess of Kent  Katharine has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday. In a statement, the Palace said she "passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family". The flag at Buckingham Palace has been lowered to half-mast. Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, was the oldest member of the Royal Family and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. She was a familiar figure at the Wimbledon tennis championships,…

Trump Truth Social remarks: Donald Trump remarked that the United States has lost India and Russia to China, while sharing a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping from the SCO summit. New Delhi: Donald Trump on Friday triggered a row after he claimed that the US lost India and Russia to "deepest, darkest China" amid tensions with the three nations over tariffs and the Ukraine war. The remarks come in the backdrop of the SCO Summit in China's Tianjin, where Indian PM Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and and Chinese President Xi Jinping held key…