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People cook their breakfast as they take refuge after fleeing from their home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims, at Wat Chroy Neangouns Buddhist pagoda in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on Friday. (PTI)

The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight plus months of frigid temperatures people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early []

Actress Jenna Ortega has expressed her concern about the use of artificial intelligence in film and TV and hopes people will get sick of such work and want to return to genuine human creations in the future. During the jury press conference at the Marrakech Film Festival, The Wednesday actress said: There is really charm []

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called on countries to strengthen access to affordable and science-based care to people facing infertility. The WHO defines infertility as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point []

People throng a stall selling winter apparel as the mercury continues to dip, in the city on Friday. (ST)

MANILA, Nov 9: Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the Philippines largest storm this year, battered the northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, killing at least two people and forcing over a million to evacuate from high-risk areas prone to floods, landslides, and storm surges. With winds of up to 185 kph and gusts of 230 kph, []

By Dominick Dauni Roising Rymbai History is always written by the victors of war and conquests with the assistance of the gatekeepers of knowledge and education and, of course, the controllers of trade and commerce. The atrocities and ruthlessness of the Allies during the colonial rule and in the two World Wars were either never []

People throng the Shillong Gurdwara as they offer prayers on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti in the city on Wednesday. (ST)

People browse through gold ornaments on the occasion of Dhanteras in the city on Saturday. (ST)

People bid farewell to Ukrainian soldier Oleh Pyvovar in Irpin, Ukraine on Wednesday. Oleh was killed during a combat mission in Donetsk. (PTI)

Bengaluru, Sep 28: Mithun Manhas rapid ascension to the BCCI presidency, which was ratified at the AGM on Sunday, is symbolic of the decision-makers desire to keep the highest cricket administration post in the country firmly in the hands of cricketers. That Manhas was chosen ahead of some big names such as Sourav Ganguly and [] The post Street-smart, task-master, people-friendly: Manhas steps into challenging BCCI role appeared first on The Shillong Times .

Midway through a difficult discussion in her performance review, an employee named Jane finally cracks, and the tears start. Her boss doesnt know what to do and handles the situation awkwardly. Ask yourself: how would you react in this situation? And would you have the same reaction if it were not Jane who was crying []

When we talk about drug overdose deaths, many of us imagine a problem that affects young people. But new data from Australias Annual Overdose Report, reveals a significant jump in the number of older adults dying from an overdose, compared to two decades ago. Since 2001, unintentional overdose deaths have declined by about one-third among []

A whopping 2.1 billion people or one in every four people globally lack access to safely managed drinking water, according to a joint report by UN agencies WHO and the UNICEF on Tuesday. This includes 106 million people who drink directly from untreated surface sources, stated the report, released as part of the World Water [] The post Report reveals 2.1 bn people lack access to safe drinking water appeared first on The Shillong Times .