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shared a photo to Instagram, posing with her three sons atop a podium for go-karting company K1 Speed. In the photo, Dion drapes her arms over the shoulders of her 13-year-old twin sons, Eddy and Nelson, while her eldest son, 23-year-old René-Charles, sits at her feet.“Today the world recognizes International SPS Awareness Day,” the singer, 55, wrote.“As many of you know, in the fall of 2022, I was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS).

Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland on Tuesday said it has signed a strategic alliance with Minus Zero aimed at developing tailored autonomous trucking solutions in the country. Bengaluru-based Minus Zero is an autonomous driving technology startup and this partnership aims to revolutionise commercial trucking through autonomous solutions at scale. The initial focus of this collaboration will be on developing autonomous trucking solutions for ports, factory operations and corporate campuses, the city-based heavy commercial vehicle maker said in a company statement. With global regulations and infrastructure evolving to support autonomous driving, this collaboration can extend to offer joint product offerings to international markets.

equity mutual funds have offered negative returns in one horizon, except for international funds and large cap funds, data crunching by ETMutualFunds showed. Small cap funds were the worst hit, with -5.65% return in one month horizon. Energy & Power funds gave a negative return of around 3.46%. Pharma & Health Care funds lost around 3% in one month. Mid Cap Funds lost 2.86% during the same time period.

The Russian government is planning to build a platform that will allow the nation’s law enforcement agencies to seize and hold crypto they confiscate from criminals.

South Korean regulators talked to officials from ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the OECD about crypto policy in Seoul on March 18.

Royal Sense debuted on the BSE SME platform with a premium of 90% on Tuesday. The stock listed at Rs 129.2 on BSE as against an issue price of Rs 68. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares traded with a premium of Rs 37 in the unlisted market.

yen weakened while Japan's Nikkei share average swung between small gains and losses after the Bank of Japan on Tuesday announced an end to its long-running ultra-accommodative stimulus programmes, as widely expected. The central bank ended its negative short-term interest rate policy (NIRP) and yield curve controls (YCC), as well as dropping purchases of risky assets, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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Gaza are starving to death right now. The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying," said Cindy McCain, head of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership on Monday estimated that 1.1 million people -- half the population, according to UN data -- were facing catastrophic conditions.

Indian Premier League kicks off this 2024, cricket enthusiasts in Réunion will be able to get all the live updates of this star-studded tournament at their leisure and without a worry. Watch IPL for 1USD

Indian Premier League (IPL) is a star-studded cricket tournament hosted every year by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since 2008 and this year is no different as all the IPL action resumes this March with the 2024 edition. Watch IPL for 1 USD

Paris Olympics quota winners Akhil Sheoran and Anish Bhanwala as well as Niraj Kumar shone the brightest as Indian rifle and pistol shooters ended their Polish Grand Prix campaign with six medals, including two gold on Monday. Some members of India's 50m rifle and 25m rapid-fire pistol squad are currently on an exposure tour to Europe to compete in various established international Shooting events, in the build-up to Paris 2024. Akhil Sheoran won gold for India in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) match two, when he shot a scorching 468.4 to leave Patrik Jany of the Czech Republic a distant 2.2 behind in second at the Grand Prix Wroclawia & Dolnego Slaska. Both those scores were however higher than the existing world record of 466.1, held by Jany's countryman Jiri Privratsky, as per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza as part of a case accusing Israel of breaching the Genocide Convention with its military offensive against Hamas. In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself." Israel's response was published on the day that the U.N.

Binance has initiated an internal investigation in response to mounting concerns and community discussions regarding potential insider trading associated with Book of Meme (BOME), a meme coin built on the Solana blockchain. 

After climbing 4% last week, crude oil will be looking to extend those gains as we start a busy week.

IPL 2024 opening ceremony: The world's biggest tournament is back with another season and like every year, IPL 2024 will kick-off with a star-studded opening ceremony. The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is all set to face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural match of IPL 2024 at the M A Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium, Chennai on March 22. Ahead of the IPL 2024 opening ceremony, the fans are excited to know the stars who will perform at the event.

Gaza Strip's largest hospital early Monday, saying Hamas militants had regrouped there and had fired on them from inside the compound, where Palestinian officials say tens of thousands of people have been sheltering. In a separate development, the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, accused Israel of continuing to hinder efforts to deliver aid to Gaza, saying the territory faces an «entirely man-made» famine as «starvation is used as a weapon of war». The army last raided Shifa Hospital in November after claiming that Hamas maintained an elaborate command centre within and beneath the facility. The military revealed a tunnel leading to some underground rooms, as well as weapons it said were found inside the hospital. But the evidence fell short of the earlier claims, and critics accused the army of recklessly endangering the lives of civilians. People sheltering in the hospital said Israeli forces backed by tanks and artillery had surrounded the medical complex and that snipers were shooting at people inside. They said the army raided a number of buildings and detained dozens of people.

KARACHI (Reuters) — Pakistan's central bank on Monday held its key interest rate at 22% for the sixth straight policy meeting as inflation risks continued to loom.

Mizuho Securities analysts named Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) stocks their new Top Pick, reiterating a Buy rating and a target price of $575.

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The Dutch government says that French defense industry heavyweight Naval Group has been chosen to build four new diesel-electric submarines for the Dutch navy