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Australians Alan Maurice and his husband, David, are raring to come back to India for the third time. The couple have already completed the “Golden Triangle,” connecting the cities of Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, and earlier this year, they visited Mumbai and Hampi in southern India, famed for its temples and palaces. “The idea is to visit Kerala, Kashmir, and Delhi soon — it has been on our bucket list,” Maurice told DW. David agrees that his experience traveling in India was very enjoyable. “I don’t recall a single bad instance in our travels. We are mindful and watchful, but many of…

Missing from the 26-man squad named by national team coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday are Kai Havertz, who has just returned from hamstring surgery for Arsenal, as well as the injured Jamal Musiala, Antonio Rüdiger, Tim Kleindienst and Nico Schlotterbeck. Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade and midfielder Tom Bischof, who recently signed for Bayern Munich from Hoffenheim, have both been given their first callups to the senior national team, who are to face Portugal in their UEFA Nations League Final Four semifinal on June 4 in Munich. ‘Good option in attack’ “Nick (Woltemade) is a good option in attack especially with the absence of…

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Thursday validated the results of the presidential runoff vote, which was won by Nicusor Dan, the pro-European mayor of Bucharest. Prior to the ruling, the court unanimously rejected an appeal by his far-right rival, George Simion, who lost the race decisively on Sunday.  Dan beat him with 53.6% of the vote in the runoff, winning by more than 829,000 votes. In the first-round vote on May 4, Simion won almost twice as many votes as Dan. Simion filed the request, alleging interference by France and Moldova. However, both election authorities and independent observers said the election…

The Palestinian Red Crescent on Thursday warned that aid trucks allowed into Gaza this week have not yet reached civilians and that the limited number of deliveries risks fueling chaos and violence. Israel announced this week it would begin allowing aid into the Palestinian territory after a nearly three-month blockade of food and supplies. However, the UN has expressed frustration with the scale and pace of deliveries as most trucks stuck are at the border crossing or awaiting Israeli permission to distribute supplies. UN agencies and aid groups have been struggling to retrieve and distribute the aid, blaming complicated Israeli…

The UK has signed a long-awaited deal to hand control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed.It means Britain will give up sovereignty of the Indian Ocean territory and lease back the vital UK-US Diego Garcia military base – at a cost of £101m a year. Politics Live: Starmer signs deal to hand over UK control of Chagos Islands to MauritiusIn a news conference, the prime minister said the base is of the “utmost significance to Britain”, having been used to deploy aircraft to “defeat terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan”, and “anticipate threats in the Red Sea…

Ahead of February’s general election in Germany, the country’s industry leaders raised the alarm. They urged the new German government to do something against high electricity prices and warned of business closures and companies relocating abroad if nothing happened. Their concerns appear to have resonated with the new coalition government of the conservative CDU/CSU party alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) headed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. After only a few weeks in office, it is planning significant relief measures, but some experts are warning of potential downsides. How high are electricity prices for German industry? It’s hard to pinpoint a…

‘Art is my accessibility’: Janhavi Khemka Janhavi Khemka’s mother has always been the source of her inspiration as an artist. Her earliest memories of making art involve her mother: “My mother would help me with my school assignments, explaining them through hand gestures, facial expressions, and body language.” Khemka (above right), who was born in Varanasi, India in 1993, is hearing-impaired. Her mother taught her to read lips in Hindi at a young age and encouraged her artistic exploration. But she died when Khemka was 15. “The impact she left on me helped me navigate an able-bodied world, further inspiring my…

China’s Tianwen-2 mission will mark the country’s first attempt to survey and sample an asteroid and put it in league with the US, Russia and Japan.   Tianwen-2 will investigate a nearby asteroid called Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the sun at a distance relatively close to Earth. The entire mission could last a decade. If it successfully retrieves and returns samples from the asteroid, it will continue to explore the solar system with a second trip to the main asteroid belt. When will Tianwen-2 launch? Tianwen-2 will launch at the end of May 2025 on a Long March 3B rocket from the…

The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 on Tuesday night to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals. Isaiah Hartenstein, who is vying to become just the second German after Dirk Nowitzki to win an NBA title, had 12 points and 5 rebounds on the night. “At the beginning, we got the shots we wanted, we just didn’t make them. A few layups missed,” Hartenstein said post-match. “Once our offense found its footing, we took our game to the next level.” ‘NBA always No. 1’ German fans are hoping that not only will he win…

Two staff members of the Israeli embassy were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night. The two victims, a man and a woman, were leaving an event at the museum when the 30-year-old suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference. The suspect was detained by event security, Smith said. When he was taken into custody, the man began chanting, “free, free Palestine,” Smith said. The suspect had no previous contact with police, she added. ‘Harming the Jewish community is crossing a red line’ Israel’s envoy to the United Nations,…