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flip phones is brewing in the Indian smartphone market sweepstakes. Emulating Samsung, Chinese smartphone brands are launching innovative flip phones to target affluent customers, opening more premium pastures for the brands to operate in. While Samsung still leads in terms of sales, Chinese brands such as Tecno, Oppo, and Motorola have joined the fight with their own interpretations of a flip phone.

By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren

Kupiansk-Lyman sector of the front line in northeastern Ukraine after a sharp increase in fighting there, the commander of Ukraine's ground forces said on Monday. Video footage released by the ground forces showed General Oleksandr Syrskyi meeting troops at an undisclosed location in woodland, and quoted him as saying fighting in the northeastern Kupiansk-Lyman sector had «significantly escalated». «The enemy is preparing, seriously preparing for offensive actions, bringing in staff,» Syrskyi said in the footage posted on the Telegram messaging app. «The main goal is to break through our troops' defences and recapture our territory.» Ukrainian forces recaptured the city of Kupiansk and nearby areas nearly a year ago, ending months of Russian occupation following Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022, but Russian forces have gone on the attack in the region again. The Ukrainian military reported in its daily update that fighting was raging along the eastern front, particularly around Kupiansk, and near Avdiivka and Mariinka in the Donetsk region. Russia went on the offensive around Avdiivka last week and fighting there has been intense.

Businesses are still expecting to pass on bigger price hikes to consumers amid fears the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight has stalled, according to the central bank’s own surveys.

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By Steven Scheer

gravity of Hamas’s crimes. More than 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians, many of those women and children, were murdered in their homes, on the street, in kibbutzim, at a music festival. Perhaps 150 more have been dragged to Gaza and shut in makeshift dungeons.

Dogecoin (DOGE) is fighting for life amid rock-bottom price action following a -3.5% drop last week - leaving some panicked bag-holders asking 'is Dogecoin going to zero'?

Analysts from stockbroker Barrenjoey say they have “some sympathy” for pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson snr in his push to try to lift Endeavour Group’s performance, but say his aggressive campaign overplays the extent of the problems.

Monday was a good day for Keybridge Capital’s Nick Bolton, but the fight isn’t over.

YouTube to initiate necessary legal measures against "fake news channels" and advised the platform to incorporate a disclaimer to address this issue effectively. In a notification, MeitY advised YouTube to put a disclaimer «news not verified» on "fake news channels". The IT Ministry has also asked major social media platforms with more than five million members to submit an action plan within 10 days, «on how they aim to combat fake news and unlawful content». Earlier this month, YouTube responded to the IT Ministry's notice to remove any kind of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or face stringent action, saying they have a «zero-tolerance policy» on CSAM and related content. A YouTube spokesperson told that no form of content that endangers minors is acceptable to them. «We have heavily invested in the technology and teams to fight child sexual abuse and exploitation online and take swift to remove it as quickly as possible,» the spokesperson said. Encrypted messaging platform Telegram which was also asked to respond to the IT Ministry's notice, said it is «always committed» to upholding legal and ethical standards on its platform, particularly in this case of addressing issues related to Child Pornography (CP), CSAM, and Rape and Gang Rape (RGR) content on the Indian internet. In a statement, Telegram said that in response to reports of CP/CSAM/RGR content, it maintains a «zero-tolerance policy towards any unlawful activities conducted by users on our platform».

Siddaramaiah on Monday said the Congress high command has not sought any funds from the party regime in Karnataka to meet the party’s campaign expenses in the five states that are facing polls in November. His comments followed the attacks from the Opposition BJP and JDS linking the estimated Rs 82 crore cash recovered by the income tax authorities from a series of raids on two contractors in Bengaluru. While one of them is an office bearer of the state contractor association, the other is a spouse of a former corporator. Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana are headed to assembly elections in November, and the Opposition parties have accused the ruling Congress of turning the southern state into an ATM to fund the party’s campaign expenses in these states. But the chief minister strongly denied the allegations.

earlier shared on social media that it had already donated 4,000 meals to hospitals and military units dedicated to Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas. It plans to donate thousands of meals every day to soldiers in the field and in drafting areas, it said.

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder

Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a «big mistake,» US President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Sunday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack by Hamas on October 7, has declared war on the militant group, launching a relentless bombing campaign and warning more than a million people in northern Gaza to move south ahead of the operation. Asked by CBS news program 60 Minutes if he would support any occupation of Gaza by the American ally, Biden replied: «I think it'd be a big mistake.» Hamas «don't represent all the Palestinian people,» he continued. But invading and «taking out the extremists» is a «necessary requirement,» he added. The Hamas attack saw fighters shoot, stab and burn to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians.

Michael Ahearne, chief executive of SkyCity Entertainment, will depart the company in March as the Adelaide casino owner braces for a potential multimillion-dollar fine and the loss of its New Zealand licence.

Congress chose the first day of 'Navratri' on Sunday to release its first lists of party candidates for the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh (30 of 90), Madhya Pradesh (144 of 230) and Telangana (55 of 119). While the Congress high command has been projecting OBC politics and caste survey as election topics this season, the party state units and the AICC poll point persons mostly stuck to the traditional yardsticks in picking candidates, based on winnability, social demography, unity considerations besides the traditional accommodation of entrenched leaders' family members and loyalists while throwing in women and youth representation also in the mix. Chattisgarh: Seven MLAs are out in the first list while CM Bhupesh Baghel and his 12 ministers have padded up again to retain (barring one who moved to a new seat) their seats with Baghel contesting from Patan, Deputy CM TS Singh Deo from Ambikapur, senior minister Tamradhwaj Sahu from Durg Rural and speaker Charan Das Mahant from Sakti.

Tommy Fury and KSI's much-anticipated clash on Saturday evening resulted in an unexpected turn of events, leaving the boxing world in a state of uproar. Despite Fury emerging victorious by majority decision, KSI vehemently protested what he believed was a «robbery,» expressing his discontent to the audience.

Reuters report. “I don't think these are healthy thoughts in the minds of healthy people, because to say that the United States is preparing for war with Russia, well we are all preparing for war because we follow the ancient principle: if you want peace, get ready for war," Putin said in a video clip posted on Telegram. “But we want peace," he added with a chuckle.

AP citing Juliette Touma, a spokesperson for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, about half a million Gaza residents have taken refuge in UN shelters across the territory and are running out of water. “Gaza is running dry," she said, adding that UN teams have also begun to ration water.

Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for patients they fear will die once generators run out of fuel. Palestinian civilians across Gaza, already battered by years of conflict, were struggling for survival Sunday in the face of an unprecedented Israeli operation against the territory following a Hamas militant attack on Oct 7 that killed 1,300 Israelis, most of them civilians.