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Italian Alps.The Italian Winter Sports Federation (Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali) announced the news of Jean Daniel Pession and Elisa Arlian’s deaths on Saturday. In a statement written in Italian, the federation called the incident a “tragic misfortune.”According to the national Italian broadcaster Rai News, 28-year-old Pession and 27-year-old Arlian fell the great height from a spot near the summit of Monte Zerbion in Aosta Valley.The climbing route was reportedly familiar to both Pession and Arlian, who were Italian.As is standard practice among mountaineers, the couple were wearing a safety rope to link them together.

CocaCola said demand from in-home and out-of-home consumption have skyrocketed in the east, north, and central India.Anticipating a surge, the companies kept inventory ready and are ensuring that the products are available for consumers across retail platforms, including e-commerce."With temperatures soaring across the country, consumers are looking for refreshing and hydrating beverages to beat the heat this summer," a PepsiCo India spokesperson said.The company, which has beverage brands such as 7UP, Nimbooz, Pepsi, Slice, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, and Sting, is ensuring availability of its products during the surge."Further, given the surge in demand, we are ensuring that our products are available across all retail and e-commerce platforms, catering to both in-home and out-of-home demand, making it easier for everyone to stay cool and refreshed during the hottest months of the year," he said.Coca-Cola India said as the summer season reaches its peak, the Indian beverage market has gained significant momentum.The maker of Coke, ThumsUP, Maaza, Sprite, and Minute Maid has been witnessing consistent growth in terms of sales."With a steady rise in demand, we expect to remain bullish in our sparkling, hydration and juice segments, refreshing consumers with our carefully curated beverages for life portfolio," said a Coca-Cola India spokesperson."With a surge in both, in-home and out-of-home consumption, our endeavour is to continue scaling the distribution through traditional as well as newer emerging channels.Havmor Ice Cream -- now part of South Korean confectionery company LOTTE Wellfood Co -- said it has increased production as the demand for the year has surpassed last year's."Last year, we witnessed one of the warmest

Internet sensation Kabosu, the Shiba Inu of 'Doge' meme fame, passes away at 18; owner announces farewell partyThe incident occurred on Mount Zerbion, located above the resort village of Champoluc in Italy's Aosta Valley region.According to the Italian media outlet Rai, the couple had left early in the morning to reach the peak they both knew. However, when they failed to return, their family alerted the rescuers.A rescue operation was launched immediately with helicopters sent for search to the peak.

Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, says it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs

SYDNEY—After a landslide hit Papua New Guinea’s highlands in the middle of the night last month, locals used spades, sticks and their bare hands to clear debris that authorities say buried people while they slept. Half a world away, Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary who studies landslides, wondered whether scientific methods could have detected the impending disaster and helped to prevent the loss of life. Looking at historical satellite imagery, Shugar found evidence of what appeared to be a small landslide in the same location in January 2022, and then an even smaller one in the days before the catastrophic collapse.

Best home fitness cycle: 10 smooth, quiet, and effective picks to meet your workout needs everydayOn this World Bicycle Day, upgrade your ride with the Urban Terrain UT3003A27.5 Alloy Cycle. This 21-speed mountain bike features Japanese technology derailleurs and shifters for seamless gear changes. Its alloy frame ensures durability, while the front suspension and dual disc brakes offer stability and safety.

In 13th century North Wales, Prince Llywelyn had a faithful hound named Gelert, who accompanied him on hunts. One day the hound played truant and when the prince returned, Gelert bounded up to him joyfully but smeared with blood. The prince ran to his son’s cot, which was empty with the bedclothes and the floor around the cot stained with blood.

10 Best stylish cycles for men: Top picks from Ubran Terrain, E Motorad and moreThe Leader Beast 26T Multispeed Mountain Bike is a rugged yet stylish choice for teens and adults. It comes in a striking MATT Black/SEA Green colour combination, with a 7-speed gear system and front suspension for a comfortable ride. The 26-inch tires and 18-inch frame cater to riders between 5FT to 5.10FT tall, ideal for 12+ years.

Grant Thornton became the largest accounting firm to sell a piece of itself to a private-equity investor on Friday, giving it more financial firepower to make acquisitions and investments—and, potentially, a new client in its owners. The firm’s Chicago-based U.S. unit closed the sale of a stake to a group led by to New Mountain Capital on Friday, following an agreement in March.

WestJet Encore and its pilots reached a deal Thursday after two weeks of negotiations, steering clear of a potential strike this week.

Serbian actress-model Natasa Stankovic seems to have become active on Instagram again, amid rumours of an impending divorce from ace cricketer Hardik Pandya. Stankovic often shares pictures and messages on her Instagram Stories. On Wednesday evening, Stankovic took to Instagram Stories and dropped a mirror selfie of herself at a gym. She was also seen hugging her dog. Along with it, she also shared the song ‘Reckless Love’ by Cory Asbury. The lyrics displayed in Stankovic’s story read, “There’s no shadow You won’t light up, Mountain You won’t climb up, Coming after me. There’s no wall You won’t kick down, Lie You won’t tear down, Coming after me.” Stankovic also shared her first Instagram post since the rumours of the separation became viral on social media. On Wednesday, she shared a selfie of herself posing in the elevator. The model looked chick in a lacy white kurta and blue jeans. She also shared a picture of Lord Jesus walking with a child in the park. The post became viral on the image and video-sharing website, crossing 420K likes.

Rafah" has been shared by more than 44 million Instagram accounts since Monday after a deadly Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city. The image depicts densely packed rows of tents stretching endlessly across a desert landscape overshadowed by mountains, alluding to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled there during Israel's military campaign against Hamas. Chilean-US actor Pedro Pascal, top models Bella and Gigi Hadid, who are of Palestinian descent, and French football star Ousmane Dembele are among the celebrities to have shared it on Instagram.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has put together $21 billion for private credit wagers, its biggest war chest yet for Wall Street’s buzziest asset class.

MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images online purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen's Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. It wasn't immediately clear what brought down the drone, but the U.S. military's Central Command acknowledged seeing «reports» of the aircraft being downed in a desert region of Yemen's central Marib province. It marked potentially the third such downing this month alone. Images published online and analyzed by The Associated Press showed the MQ-9 on its belly in the barren desert, its tail assembly disconnected from their rest of its body. At least one hatch on the drone appeared to have been opened after it landed there, though the drone remained broadly intact without any clear blast damage. One image included Wednesday's date. Noticeably, the drone did not appear to carry any markings on it.

DAYS OF PLAY' sale begins today and will continue until June 12th or while supplies last. These offers can be availed through various retailers, including Amazon, Blinkit, Croma, Flipkart, Reliance, Sony Center, and Vijay Sales, among others.One of the highlights of the sale is the PlayStation 5 Slim, which now comes with a price cut of ₹5,000.

Indian stocks, the total assets under management (AUM) of state-owned insurance behemoth LIC has now crossed the Rs 50 lakh crore mark to nearly double the size of neighbouring Pakistan's GDP. Latest data shows that Life Insurance Corporation of India's AUM has increased by 16.48% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 51,21,887 crore ($616 billion) as of March-end compared with Rs 43,97,205 crore at the end of the previous FY23.

fatality this year; as the Everest mountaineering season nears its end, the figure is lower than the previous few years. Last year was the deadliest season for the mountaineers at the world's highest peak, and 18 fatalities were recorded in 2023.

Ohio’s historical society is close to gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks now maintained by a country club where its members golf alongside the mounds

United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the South Pacific island nation’s National Disaster Center said the landslide “buried more than 2000 people alive" and caused “major destruction."Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred, and it was not immediately clear how officials arrived the number of people affected.Australia prepared on Monday to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea as overnight rains in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous interior raised fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers could become dangerously unstable.Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said his officials have been talking with their Papua New Guinea counterparts since Friday, when a mountainside collapsed on Yambali village in Enga province, which the United Nations estimates killed 670 people. The remains of only six people had been recovered so far.“The exact nature of the support that we do provide will play out over the coming days," Marles told Australian Broadcasting Corp.“We’ve got obviously airlift capacity to get people there.

Srinagar: Kashmir Valley has recorded a turnout of over 50% across the three Lok Sabha seats that went to polls on May 25, eclipsing the records since 1989, when terrorism started here. Elections for the three seats of Baramulla along the Line of Control in north Kashmir, Srinagar in central Kashmir and Anantnag-Rajouri, spread across the Pir Panjal mountains in south Kashmir, have concluded. Baramulla recorded 59% polling, Srinagar 38% and Anantnag-Rajouri 53%. Compared to the previous eight Lok Sabha polls since 1989, voting has increased by 15-20 percentage points.

U.N. migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. Media in the South Pacific nation north of Australia had previously estimated Friday's landslide had buried more than 300 people. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said earlier on Sunday that only five bodies had been retrieved from the rubble.