World
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling, making talc-based baby powder
London: Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling and making talc-based baby powder globally, two years after it ended sales in the US and Canada, the media reported. The healthcare firm has…
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Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death
Lahore: A 62-year-old man belonging to the Ahmadi community was stabbed to death by a religious fanatic for refusing to praise a controversial cleric in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, the latest…
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Afghan women raise concern over Taliban’s new rule to limit entry in “ladies park”
Kabul: Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a…
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Over 140 humanitarian aid workers killed in 2021: United Nations
Geneva: More than 140 aid workers were killed over the course of 2021, the Geneva-based UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. The figure for aid workers…
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Japan braces for more rain as typhoon Meari approaches
Tokyo: Japan’s weather agency said on Friday that more rain was expected in the prefectures of Aomori and Akita as typhoon Meari, the eighth of this season, was approaching the country. According…
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US weekly unemployment claims hit new high
Washington: Initial jobless claims in the US last week rose to 262,000, hitting a new high since November 2021, the US Labour Department reported. In the week ending August 6, the number…
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US Justice dept asks court to unseal search warrant for Mar-a-Lago raid
Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement…
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Armed man attempting to breach FBI office killed after standoff
Washington: An armed man who tried to breach a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field office in the US city of Cincinnati was shot dead by law enforcement after a standoff. The…
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McDonald’s to reopen some branches in Ukraine
Kiev: American fast food giant McDonald’s wants to reopen some of its restaurants in Ukraine, despite the ongoing Russian war against Kiev. “After lengthy consultations and discussions, we have a phased plan to…
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EU nations aide France to battle raging forest fires
Paris: Firefighters and aircraft from several European Union (EU) countries are engaged to tackle a raging forest fire in France, the European Commission announced. Firefighters from Germany, Poland, Austria and Romania are to…
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Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani killed in suicide attack
Kabul: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, a prominent Taliban figure, was killed in a suicide attack on a seminary in Kabul on Thursday when the attacker blew explosives placed in a prosthetic leg, according…
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Ukraine wants Switzerland to represent interests in Russia
Geneva: Ukraine wants Switzerland to represent its interests in Russia after the break-off of diplomatic relations, the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Bern announced on Thursday. Negotiations for such a protecting power mandate…
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I would rather lose than win on a false promise: Rishi Sunak
London: Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he…