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Pak PM Sharif meets IMF chief in Riyadh, discuss new loan programme
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday met the International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva and discussed a new loan programme for the cash-strapped country, Sharif’s office said. In a meeting on…
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Elon Musk makes surprise visit to Beijing; meets Li Qiang
Beijing: On a surprise visit to Beijing amid speculation that he may unveil Tesla’s autonomous driving technology in the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market in China, billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday met…
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UK Hindu body condemns Islamophobic slogans in Ram Navami rallies
The UK chapter of Hindus for Human Rights, a faith-based human rights group, has taken a strong stance against the Islamophobic chants during recent rallies in Leicester city of the UK. Hate-mongering…
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World Economic Forum special meeting kicks off in Riyadh
Riyadh: A special meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicked off on Sunday, April 28, in the Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh for the first time outside the Swiss city of Davos…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk heads to China in surprise visit to country: Report
Shanghai: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has headed to China on Sunday on a surprise visit to the country, which is also the second biggest market of the electric vehicle giant, news agency…
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UK PM Sunak again refuses to rule out July general election
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local election results for the Tories could force his…
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Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Arizona State University
Los Angeles: A total of 69 protesters attending a pro-Palestine protest on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, the main campus of the public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area, were arrested…
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IDF says more aid lorries reaching Gaza, UN confirms numbers are up
Gaza: More humanitarian aid is reaching the Gaza Strip, with more than 400 lorries arriving on some days last week, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman has said. Israel is under massive…
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6.5-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: An undersea quake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday night, without triggering giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The earthquake occurred…
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Antony Blinken on Saudi visit from Monday, Gaza truce talks on table
Tel Aviv: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia from Monday. Blinken’s visit is aimed at giving impetus to the peace process in…
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Iran condemns sanctions by US, UK, Canada
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the sanctions recently imposed by the US, UK, and Canada on a number of Iranian defence-related individuals and entities. The condemnation came on Saturday in…
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Judge abducted in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Peshawar: A district and sessions judge was abducted on Saturday by armed men in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. Shakirullah Marwat was kidnapped near Tank and Dera Ismail (DI) Khan…
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Centre allows export of 99,150 tonnes of onion to UAE, 5 other countries
New Delhi: The government has allowed the export of 99,150 metric tonnes of onion to six countries — Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said…
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Deadly crash in US kills 3 women; victims reportedly from India
New York: Three women, reportedly from India, were killed in a deadly crash in the US state of South Carolina when their overspeeding car veered out of control before jumping at least…