Sabalenka, Lehecka win Brisbane International titles

Brisbane, Jan 5 (UNI) Aryna Sabalenka and Jiri Lehecka got their 2025 seasons off to the perfect start by winning the singles titles at the Brisbane International tennis tournament on Sunday night. Sabalenka, the world number one, dropped her first set at the key Australian Open warm-up tournament against 107th-ranked Polina Kudermetova, but recovered to…

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Former Greek PM Simitis dies aged 88 – Reports

Athens, Jan 5 (UNI) Greece’s former prime minister and one of the founders of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, Costas Simitis, died in Greece on Sunday at the age of 88, Greek media reported. Simitis headed the Greek government from 1996 to 2004. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sent condolences on the death…

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6 injured in university shooting in Baghdad

Baghdad, Jan 5 (UNI) Six people, including students, were injured on Sunday in a shooting incident inside a private university in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The incident occurred around noon when a student of al-Esraa University in Karrada neighborhood entered the campus and opened fire with a pistol,…

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VP inaugurates NCC Republic Day Camp 2025

New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday inaugurated the NCC Republic Day Camp 2025 and exhorted the cadets to make a commitment to national transformation that rests on five basic pillars namely social harmony, family enlightenment, environmental consciousness, swadeshi and civic duties. He said, “These Panch–Prana, flowing through our society’s vein…

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3 killed as ICG chopper crashes in Gujarat

New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) Three personnel were killed after an ALH MK-III helicopter of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday met with an accident at Porbandar Airport Runway in Gujarat According to a Defence Ministry statement, the ICG helicopter, with two pilots and one aircrew diver, was on a routine training sortie. Immediately after…

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