'Never understood how he was dropped after a triple century.'
British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from a historic shortlist that was dominated by women this year.
Two stories of strength and determination coming out of the Paris Games.
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The Russian Federation has gone a step further and shut down all activities of the British Council, which promotes greater understanding of the UK and the English language. The foreign ministry said it would also close a consulate in St Petersburg.
A team of kabaddi players meets often at a gymnasium in Larkhill, Wiltshire, to practice the sport. The team recently defeated a kabaddi team from Italy, and is likely to play against a team of India's Border Security Force (BSF) soon. The game was first introduced in Britain through a Channel 4 documentary in the early 1990s. It soon gained a small but devoted following, including among some police forces.
Indian defence sources said the accident took place when the troops of both countries were coming back after the day's joint exercise being held from June 13-28.
A Sikh policeman in Britain has won a racial discrimination case against the Greater Manchester Police that rejected 12 applications from him to join it.
Talented 21-year-old rider Ollie Bridewell died after a crash in the first free practice session at the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park on Friday.
He had set up the Guinness Book of Records with his twin Ross in the mid-1950s.
'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.'
Rediff.com takes at look at the most popular UFO sightings and close encounters of our age.
Wealth-X found that the unborn child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is already a billionaire, given the fortunes of the immediate members of the British royal family, including great grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, great grandfather Princes Philip, grandfather Charles and father William.
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All Russian diplomats, connected to the country's intelligence agencies, and their families have been given seven days' time to leave the country.
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found collapsed after being poisoned last week. Both remain in a serious condition along with a police officer who came in contact with the same substance.
Rajneesh Gupta profiles the cricketers playing the World Cup 2019.
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