World
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Ex-US President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care
Houston: Former US President Jimmy Carter will spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care after a series of short hospital stays, Carter Center announced. After a…
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Hungarian PM calls for peace in Russia-Ukraine conflict, warns of escalation
Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and warned of the escalation of the conflict here. Giving his annual state of the nation address, Orban said…
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Maryam Nawaz slams Imran for using women as shield
Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday censured Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for “hiding in a bunker” and using “women as a shield”, media reports said. The…
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Myanmar’s maritime trade up 19.42% in over 10 months
Yangon: Myanmar’s seaborne trade surged 19.42 percent year on year to about $22.24 billion in over 10 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year, official data showed. From April 1, 2022, to February…
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India reaps pricing benefits of crude oil imports from Russia
Chennai: In the case of oil imports, India till now is on a firm path of sourcing the product cheaply from Russia since the latters invasion of Ukraine. This is much against…
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Southwest Airlines fire Muslim worker for taking time off for Friday prayers
A Muslim man in Maryland, United States of America (USA) alleged that an airline company discriminated against him by not allowing him to swap shifts to attend Friday (Jummah) prayers, according to…
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Bank of Japan to launch digital yen pilot program
Tokyo: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will start a pilot program to test the use of a digital yen with commercial financial institutions in April, the central bank said. Under the program,…
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San Francisco gets emptier and emptier, Musk finds it ‘tragic’
San Francisco: Tech leaders and internet stars are lamenting that downtown San Francisco’s real estate market has deteriorated and the city is getting “emptier and emptier”, with Elon Musk calling this “tragic”.…
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‘Old, rich and dangerous…’ Jaishankar takes on George Soros
Sydney: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday termed billionaire investor George Soros as an “old, rich opinionated person” who still thinks that his views should determine how the entire world works.…
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Taliban supreme leader comes under attack from powerful ministers
Kabul: Key Taliban officials have recently appeared to criticise the militant group’s supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, whose repressive policies have alienated Afghans and isolated the Taliban’s unrecognized government internationally, the media…
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Biden faces Republican probe into US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan
Washington: US President Joe Biden seems to be the “Man on Fire” as he faces a Republican probe into the hasty withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 which led…
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Karachi attack triggers nationwide red alert, travel advisories & investigation
Islamabad: The terror attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) has raised many questions over the security situation and immediate response capabilities of security personnel as the country goes into a red…
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American communities being torn apart by gun violence: Biden
Washington: Just hours after six people were shot dead in a rural Mississippi town, US President Joe Biden said that American communities are “being torn apart by gun violence”. “Thoughts and prayers…
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In a racist tirade, Nikki Haley asked to go back to ‘her own country’
New York: Calling Indian-American Nikki Haley a ‘bimbo’ and ‘preposterous creature’, conservative pundit and author Ann Coutler asked the Republican presidential candidate to return to India. “Why don’t you go back to…
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Indian charged for allegedly assaulting security officer in Singapore
Singapore: An Indian man has been charged in Singapore for allegedly hitting, grabbing and pushing a security officer, and may face a jail-term of five years and fined up to S$10,000. Ajitpal…