U.S. condoles with India over soldiers killed in clash with China, tensions stay high

[conuly]

Condoles?

That's a usage I'm unfamiliar with!

The Ngram viewer does suggest it's very rare, and getting rarer by the decade. However, that only checks American + British English - further googling revealed, unsurprisingly, that it's much more common in Indian English.

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[flemmings]

It was used in Toronto when I was young, like the 50s and 60s, but among a very British influenced population. So at a guess, a pre WW1 usage surviving into a later time.