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Ukraine’s military on Tuesday claimed another successful attack on a Russian warship, marking the latest in a string of naval defeats for Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet that Kyiv says has reduced its numbers by more than a third since the start of the war. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said maritime drones operated by its Group 13 special unit had struck the 1,300-ton Russian patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the Black Sea, near the Kerch Strait that separates occupied Crimea from the coast of southwest Russia. “As a result of the strike by Magura V5 maritime drones, the Russian ship Project 22160 ‘Sergei…

Police in India have arrested the manager of a hotel after it allegedly served dry ice as mouth freshener to a group of diners. Five people started vomiting, and their mouths started bleeding, after they consumed the sugar and spice mix, traditionally served after a meal. Police say that the packet contained dry ice, a solid form of carbon dioxide used as a cooling agent.All the customers had to be hospitalised following the incident. On Tuesday, police in Gurugram city, where the restaurant is located, arrested its manager on charges of poisoning “with the intent to cause hurt or harm”.…

Opill, the first oral contraceptive approved for over-the-counter use in the United States, will be available in stores and online this month, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $19.99 for a one-month supply and $49.99 for a three-month supply, according to Perrigo, the company behind the product. Perrigo announced Monday that Opill has shipped to major retailers and pharmacies and will be available to pre-order from select retailers beginning this week. Once the product hits shelves, anyone can buy it without a prescription. It will also be available at Opill.com. “From an online perspective, it should be available for order pretty much…

US voters head to the polls in 15 states spanning the breadth of the continent on Tuesday, from Maine to California and Alaska to Alabama. At stake are more than a third of the delegates to this summer’s Democratic and Republican conventions, which will determine the two major parties’ presidential candidates. It is the biggest one-day prize of the presidential nomination calendar, conducted in states (and American Samoa) with a total population of more than 134 million. This year’s Super Tuesday is not expected to generate many surprises, with Joe Biden and Donald Trump continuing their march towards a rematch…

A Russian patrol ship has been damaged after being attacked by sea drones in the Black Sea, according to Ukrainian intelligence. The Sergei Kotov, which was launched in 2021, was allegedly hit in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Ukraine’s military intelligence service said the Black Sea fleet ship suffered damage to the stern as well as right and left sides. The Kremlin is yet to comment. Ukrainian intelligence official Andrii Yusov told the RFERL broadcaster the attack had killed and injured sailors on board. The Sergei Kotov is one of four patrol ships completed for the Russian Navy’s Project…

A court in India has acquitted a disabled academic and four others serving life sentences for allegedly having links to Maoist rebels. GN Saibaba, who is paralysed from the waist down, was convicted in 2017 for waging an insurgency against the state. He has denied all the allegations against him.A court in Maharashtra state acquitted him in 2022, but India’s top court had suspended the order and asked for a re-hearing. On Tuesday, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Mr Saibaba and others and set aside their life sentences. A former professor at Delhi University, Mr Saibaba…

At least 35 people died while dozens more were injured as freezing rain and unexpected snowfall hit remote areas of Pakistan over the weekend. Twenty-two children were among the fatalities, many of whom were crushed in landslides that buried their homes, disaster management authorities said. The extreme weather hit Pakistan’s northern and western regions, clogging roads and damaging hundreds of houses. Experts were surprised by the snow as Pakistan is typically humid in March. Mushtaq Ali Shah, a former director of the country’s meteorological department, attributed the unusual conditions to climate change. He added that a light hail storm that…

Harvard University turned over another trove of documents about campus antisemitism to Congress on Monday evening in response to an unprecedented subpoena from the House Education and Workforce Committee. Harvard was facing a 5 pm ET Monday deadline to respond to the subpoena, the first issued since the House Education Committee was founded in March 1867. It’s not clear whether the latest round of documents will satisfy Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican chairwoman of the committee who has accused Harvard of “obstructing” her investigation into campus antisemitism. “Harvard has produced documents in response to the Committee’s subpoena,” Nick Barley, a spokesperson for the House…

China has set an ambitious economic expansion target of “around 5%“ for 2024, as its leaders vowed to “transform the growth model” in the face of significant challenges facing its development. The figure — similar to last year’s growth target — was announced by Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday at the opening of the annual gathering of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, which draws nearly 3,000 delegates to Beijing for a week-long meeting. “Stability is of overall importance, as it is the basis for everything we do,” Li said during the delivery of his maiden work…

Of all the sounds that still echo in my memory from 50 years of covering the conflict in Northern Ireland, one above all still haunts me. It’s not the sound of bombs and bullets but the banging of a pan. On recordings made by the IRA’s notorious Internal Security Unit (ISU), that noise was the signal for suspected informers to begin confessing they had been working for the “Brits”. The tapes were delivered to families as alleged proof of their betrayal. The penalty for the informers was – as Martin McGuinness, the IRA leader at the time, told me -…