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A Spanish court on Wednesday ordered the heirs of Gen. Francisco Franco to hand over to the state a 19thcentury palace used by the late dictator as a summer retreat.

The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions on a boost from Nvidia and Microsoft, as data showed a moderate increase in U.S. private payrolls last month.

A top official later clarified that it was a 'mock drill' to check the preparedness of the employees in the event of an accident.

Underlining that the monsoon session is being held in unprecedented circumstances in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joshi said officers from ministries would have to come to Parliament if the Question Hour is held and that can make the place crowded.

The Trump administration on Wednesday stepped up its battle with China by further restricting the ability of Chinese diplomats to travel, hold meetings with academics and host cultural events in the United States.

The upcoming season of The Boys has so many surprises, revelations and themes ripped from todays front pages that some actors are wondering if their show runner has psychic super abilities.

Messages of Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police were spray painted on several tourist attractions in Tennessee on Monday night, including Graceland, the Elvis Presley estate, authorities said.

The 42-year-old journalist who died in Pune on Wednesday did not get a cardiac ambulance in time, his kin have alleged.

Bangalore International Airport, on Tuesday, said the passenger traffic spiked 47 per cent in August over July, while the number of arrivals and departures logged a 39 percent growth.

Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law a National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) and a Standing Committee on anti-profiteering have been set up to examine complaints of not passing on tax rate cut benefits to consumers.

Suneil Shetty has got his hands on a brand new BMW X5 SUV. The car goes against popular offerings in the luxury SUV segment including the Porsche Macan and the Mercedes-Benz GLE.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine on Wednesday of fomenting trouble in neighbouring Belarus, and said Moscow saw no point in engaging with a Belarusian opposition council that has emerged amid nationwide antigovernment protests.

Dozens of journalists gathered Wednesday outside a police station in the capital of Belarus to protest the detention of colleagues covering a demonstration against the nation's authoritarian president and an election the opposition sees as rigged.

The depth of the light-intensity quake was 30.5 km, he added. No casualties or damage to the property were reported due to the tremors, the district administration said.

India's top explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp is unlikely to buy overseas oil and gas assets at current prices of about $45 a barrel, its finance chief said on Wednesday.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 will be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session.