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India is celebrating a historic achievement as the country's women cricketers won the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup for the blind on Sunday. They defeated Nepal by seven wickets in the final, held in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. This victory, coming just weeks after India secured its first Women's One-Day International World Cup, is anticipated to significantly boost sportspersons with disabilities across the nation. The tournament featured six teams—India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, and the US—competing in a single round-robin format.

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Renewed tensions have flared between Thailand and Cambodia, prompting Thailand to suspend the "peace deal" signed only two weeks prior under the supervision of Donald Trump. The Thai government initiated the suspension after soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion near the Cambodian border. The agreement was meant to ensure lasting peace following border clashes in July that claimed over 40 lives, but Cambodia maintains its commitment to upholding the deal.

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A set of Chinese astronauts will have to wait a bit longer for their return from space. According to CNN, the mission to return Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie to Earth from China's Tiangong space station has been delayed indefinitely owing to potential debris damage to their Shenzhou-20 spaceship.

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India and China resumed direct flights on Sunday, ending a five-year suspension in a move considered both economically important and symbolic for the cautious rebuilding of relations between the two nations.