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Pak court rejects FIA’s plea to cancel Imran Khan’s bail in prohibited funding case
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected the country’s top investigating agency’s plea to cancel former prime minister Imran Khan’s bail in the prohibited funding case, a media report said. Khan, the…
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UK ex-PM Boris Johnson to be grilled over partygate scandal
London: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will be grilled by a cross-party parliamentary panel for several hours on Wednesday to establish whether he knowingly misled the House of Commons over the…
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China, Russia to jointly counter US’ Indo-Pacific strategy
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his state visit to Moscow on Wednesday and vowed to build “an equal, open and inclusive security system” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to counter…
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Security heightened at London’s Indian mission for protest by British Sikh groups
London: There is a heightened security presence and barricades have been erected outside the Indian High Commission here on Wednesday due to a planned demonstration called by some British Sikh groups. Banners…
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Mukesh Ambani still wealthier than Adani; ranks 9th on world’s richest list
Chennai: Despite the erosion of 20 per cent or $21 billion in wealth, Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani continue to be in the top 10 wealthiest individuals in the…
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Putin lauds Chinese peace plan for Ukraine
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Kremlin for official talks on Tuesday. Speaking after the meeting alongside Xi, Putin lauded the 12-point peace roadmap for Ukraine…
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Uganda’s Parliament passes bill criminalising identifying as LGBTQ
Kampala: Uganda’s Parliament has passed a bill to criminalise people identifying as LGBTQ and under which a person can be jailed for up to 10 years. As homosexual acts are already illegal…
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Biden nominates Nisha Biswal as Dy CEO of US finance agency
Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American policy expert Nisha Desai Biswal as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Biswal is…
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Five dead in Afghanistan, Pakistan after powerful quake
Kabul: Five people died in Afghanistan and Pakistan following a powerful earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, which was also felt across north India. According to the US Geological Survey, Tuesday…
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Powerful earthquake jolts Pakistan
Islamabad: A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday night jolted Pakistan, spreading panic and forcing people to run out of their homes. The quake was felt in the capital Islamabad and several…
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Boris Johnson admits he misled UK Parliament, but in ‘good faith’
London: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson’s written defence in response to an influential parliamentary committee was published on Tuesday and in it he accepts that he misled Parliament over the partygate…
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How many hours do Muslims fast around the world during Ramzan?
Ramzan is just around the corner. The holy month is expected to begin on Thursday, March 23 this year and more than a billion Muslims around the world will start observing a…
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Japan PM Kishida’s visit to Ukraine overshadows Xi’s talks with Putin, upsets China
Beijing: China on Tuesday hit out at Japan after its Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine and overshadowed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir…
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Man sues wife for marrying lover after Rs 2.9 cr lottery win
A Thai man was stunned to learn that his wife had won a lottery jackpot of 12 million baht (Rs 2.9 crore) and then married another man. According to a report by…