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On this day, Nov. 19...........
1850 - The first U.S. patent for magic lantern slides made of glass plate was issued to their inventor Frederick Langenheim of…
Lebanese MPs fail to elect president for 6th time
Beirut: Lebanese lawmakers have failed to elect the country's president for the sixth time, as none of the candidates secured enough votes, media reported on Thursday.
According to the Lebanese constitution, a presidential candidate must…
Republicans manage to win back the House in Mid-terms
Washington: Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of the Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC reported.
While the party's margin in the House of Representatives is razor-thin, it…
Motto for Today: ‘To an ugly heart nothing can appear pretty.’
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On this day, Nov.16...........
1620 - The first corn (maize) found in the U.S. by British settlers was discovered in Provincetown, by sixteen desperately hungry…
Motto for Today: ‘Mind replays what the heart can’t delete.’
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On this day, Nov.15.......
1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.
1744 - Gowan Knight presented his research on magnetising…
Tehran court awards death sentence to a rioter, protestor
Tehran: A Tehran court on Sunday issued a death sentence linked to "riots," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody. The 22-year-old woman…
Republican leaders face anger over midterm election losses
Washington: News that Democrats have gained in the US Senate after midterm elections this week has sparked recriminations within the Republican Party.
Critics of former President Donald Trump blamed him for the poor showing while other…
Mamata: Those who don’t like Bengal are conspiring and trying to malign the State
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said those who don’t like Bengal are conspiring and trying to malign the State.
" They keep looking for ways how to malign Trinamool Congress. When I was the Railways Minister,…
Slovenia elects first female president, Natasa Pirc Musar
Ljubljana: Slovenian voters elected Natasa Pirc Musar, an independent candidate, as the first female president of the country.
Musar will take office on December 23 when the second mandate of the incumbent president Borut Pahor expires.…
Motto for Today: ‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams’
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On this day, Nov.14........
1666 - The English physician, Samuel Pepys, made a record in his diary describing Richard Lower making the first documented blood…
Biden vows, ‘US to ‘vigorously’ compete with China’
Washington: The United States will "vigorously" compete with China and speak out against human rights abuses in the country, but Washington will make sure that the competition does not turn into a conflict, President Joe Biden said on…
Benjamin Netanyahu to form next govt in Israel
Israeli forces detain 5 terror suspects in West Bank
Blast in central Istanbul kills 6 people, injures 81
Ankara: The Sunday explosion in central Istanbul left four people dead and 38 injured, the governor of the Turkish capital, Ali Yerlikaya, said.
The blast occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal on Sunday afternoon.
"According…
Nihal Baig, an Aerospace engineer takes IRONMAN 70.3 Goa title
Panaji: Nihal Baig (28), Pune-based aerospace engineer beat the defending champion Bisworjit Saikhom of the Indian Army to win the second edition of IRONMAN 70.3 Goa held here on Sunday.
The event saw a total of 1,450 triathletes take part…
Pak parleys: Senior most officer to be new Army chief
London: After meetings between Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif here, it has been decided to appoint the military’s senior-most officer as the next army chief, Geo News reported on Saturday.
The…
18 persons die in minibus crash in North Egypt
Cairo: At least 18 people died and six more sustained injuries after a minibus crashed in the province of Dakahlia in Egypt's north, the country's ministry of social solidarity said on Saturday.
According to the authorities, the vehicle…
Motto for Today: ‘Confidence comes not from always being right, but not fearing to be…
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On this day, Nov.13........
1851 - The first public message was sent on the submarine telegraph cable under the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais,…
Monarchy shrinks: Australia plans referendum on United Kingdom’s status
Melbourne: The death of Queen Elizabeth II has reignited a simmering republican debate in Australia, where the United Kingdom’s monarch is head of state and appoints a Governor General. PM Anthony Albanese’s government is planning to put…
A day after Nepal Quake, Japan gets tremors of 5.0 magnitude
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Japan's eastern prefecture of Ibaraki on Wednesday, with no tsunami warnings issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
According to the JMA, the quake occurred at…
UK cabinet Minister quits over bullying allegations
London: Gavin Williamson, a cabinet office minister in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government, has resigned after mounting allegations that he had bullied colleagues.
On Tuesday, in his resignation letter posted on Twitter,…
