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Dubbed “the great potato rescue”, it is part of a plan to save the spuds from going to waste. Source link

No reason has been given but the decision follows a huge fall-out between South Africa and the US. Source link

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the move is a response to Tehran’s deadly crackdown on protesters. Source link

Democrats are pushing to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless new measures are implemented. Source link

Passengers received a text message about the cancellation of flights, citing “unforeseen circumstances”. Source link

The Trinidadian-American rapper held hands on stage with the US President, amid ICE protests. Source link

Delhi had changed tax rules in 2016, making gains from the sale of Indian shares taxable even under treaties. Investments made before 1 April 2017, however, were exempted. Tiger Global said its Flipkart investments predated the change and, therefore, qualified for the exemption. Source link

A mayor in the Philippines has survived a rocket launcher attack on his vehicle in broad daylight. CCTV footage captured the moment when one of the attackers fired at the SUV carrying mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan, causing an explosion. Ampatuan’s car is seen stopping briefly and driving away after the hit. The mayor survived the…

What followed was a period of extraordinary success. Overnight, Singh became Bollywood’s most relateable voice, recording across many languages – Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu – and sometimes singing multiple songs in a single film. He collaborated repeatedly with leading composers including Pritam, AR Rahman, Vishal–Shekhar and Amit Trivedi. Source link

As well as the possibility of a civil war, such as experienced by Syria, Yemen and Libya, there is also the risk that in the chaos and confusion, ethnic tensions could spill over into armed conflict as Kurds, Baluchis and other minorities look to safeguard their own people amid a nationwide power vacuum. Source link