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Indian national charged in US over false citizenship claim to vote in 2024 election; faces up to 10 years in prison | World News

Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari/Image: US Department of Homeland Security An Indian national has been charged in the United States for falsely claiming to be an American citizen to vote in the 2024 general election in Minnesota, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari was indicted by a federal grand jury in Minnesota…

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Putin, Trump to announce several joint projects as Russian diesel returns to market

US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia and the United States are preparing to announce new joint initiatives beyond their recently agreed diesel deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday.The two countries are discussing collaborative data centre projects, including facilities powered by electricity generated by Russian nuclear…

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California wildfires spread amid strong winds; over 150,000 customers without power

Southern California is currently grappling with wildfires, prompting evacuation orders in several communities and causing widespread power outages. (Pic Credit: Reuters) Several wildfires were burning across Southern California on Friday as hot, dry and windy weather heightened fire danger, prompting evacuations and leaving more than 150,000 electricity customers across California without power.A fast-moving blaze in…

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‘OH’IO No: Hindu American Vivek Ramaswamy’s Catch-22 problem with MAGA ahead of the midterms | World News

President Donald Trump listens as gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at a campaign rally at the Covelli Centre, in Youngstown, Ohio. AP/PTI(AP10_13_2026_000002B) The Indian identity has always cast a strange shadow over America, even before the USA came into existence. Christopher Columbus – who never reached the present-day mainland US and yet became one of…

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A Pennsylvania woman lived on a 60-acre family farm for 22 years, then agreed to sell it for $250,000 with a proposed 99-year lease letting her stay; an appeals court kept the sale blocked after her siblings objected

A Pennsylvania appeals court has upheld an order blocking the sale of a 60-acre family farm. The ruling stops a deal that would have allowed one sister living on the property to sell the land for $250,000 while continuing to live there under a 99-year lease. The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an injunction issued by…

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In 2020, members of a Michigan farming family signed solar-option agreements covering 562.8 acres; a judge has now ruled them valid, keeping nearly 30% of a proposed $330 million solar project in play

RWE sent option notices by FedEx in November 2025, while the Smallegan family maintained they never received the documents. A legal battle over farmland in western Michigan has ended with a ruling that could keep a major solar development moving. For the Smallegan family, however, the decision means hundreds of acres tied to their agricultural…

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In 2012, a Michigan woman put her Troy home in her name and that of a woman who regarded her as a grandmother; 14 years later, an appeals court upheld the survivorship deed over her daughter’s challenge

A Michigan appeals court has upheld a survivorship deed signed 14 years ago, ruling that a house in Troy belongs to a woman who was considered a grandmother by the owner, rather than the owner’s only legal heir. A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that granted partial…

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Thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth $5.8 million from an Italian winery, using its own forklifts to load the loot onto two trucks | World News

Thieves reportedly stole around 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth approximately €5 million ($5.8 million) from one of Italy’s most prestigious wine producers, Marchesi Antinori, in an overnight heist in Tuscany. The gang allegedly disabled security systems before using the winery’s own forklifts to load the bottles onto two trucks and escape. The theft took…

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16-year-old Pennsylvania student collected 60 backpacks filled with supplies and hundreds of stationery items; then distributed them across seven schools and created four ‘Kindness Karts’ to encourage students to pay kindness forward | World News

A 16-year-old student from Pennsylvania, Annie McIntyre, turned an idea to help children prepare for school into a community initiative that reached seven schools across three school districts. Through a project called Build-a-Backpack, the Scranton Preparatory School student collected 60 backpacks filled with school supplies, along with hundreds of additional stationery items. She also created…

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