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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after the inauguration of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, in May. AP Photo
India's Virat Kohli (R) and Suryakumar Yadav celebrate after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana (not pictured) during the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the R.  Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 12, 2023.  (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA  /  AFP)Kohli, Rahul and India's terrific cricket victory
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Tourists watch the fountain outside the Dubai Mall and near the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. BloombergThe UAE's gratuity scheme will empower millions
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School buses leave at the end of the school day on August 29 in Barsha, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The NationalRoad safety reminders are necessary for all
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BENGALURU, INDIA - AUGUST 23: Employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrate after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon inside the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility on August 23, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. India’s indigenously built unmanned Chandrayaan-3 space exploration mission with the 1752 kg lunar lander ‘Vikram’ containing the six-wheeled 26 kg rover ‘Pragyan’ landed near the lunar South Pole making it the fourth country after the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and China, to achieve this feat. Chandrayaan-3 will conduct in-situ scientific experiments on the lunar surface. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa / Getty Images)India's epic Moon landing and the incredible scientists that made it happen
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In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio sits in chairs shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-23 space capsule about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept.  27, 2023.  The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin, touched down on Wednesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.  (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)'It's good to be home': Astronauts stuck in space for a year return to Earth
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - September 26, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (R), stands for a photograph with HE Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (L), prior to a meeting, at Al Shati Palace.

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Hedaya Wahba of Egypt celebrates on the podium with her taekwondo bronze medals at 2016 Rio Olympics. ReutersUN criticises French ban on wearing hijab at 2024 Olympics
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Houses and armoured vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces in Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. APWhy the Global South is fed up with being lectured on Russia-Ukraine
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The Carolina Herrera spring/summer 2024 show is coming to Dubai Fashion Week. AFPCarolina Herrera named guest of honour at Dubai Fashion Week
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