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Asia Cup hosting: PCB chief Sethi ‘wants to discuss’ issue with Jay Shah
New Delhi Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi intends to have a chat with Jay Shah regarding his country’s Asia Cup hosting rights if the BCCI secretary decides to attend the opening ceremony…
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Severe winter storms in California leave 16 dead
San Francisco: At least 16 people have died in a barrage of severe winter storms in California as the most populous state in the US braces for more floods and mudslides. The…
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Leicester violence: Cops release images of wanted men
London: The UK police have released ‘bodycam’ images of 10 men wanted in connection with the Leicester communal clashes, which erupted last autumn following a cricket match between India and Pakistan. In…
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Australian Cardinal convicted of child abuse dies
Canberra: Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction on child abuse charges shocked the Catholic Church before being quashed, has died of heart complications after hip surgery, officials said on Wednesday. He was 81.…
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Buildings damaged after earthquake in Indonesia
Jakarta: More than 100 houses and other buildings were destroyed after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, an official and weather agency said. Most of the damages occurred in…
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IAEA to send monitoring missions to Ukraine’s nuclear plants
Kiev: The IAEA will send monitoring missions to nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported, citing a senior official. “In the near future, these missions will…
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NATO, EU sign declaration on cooperation
Brussels: NATO and the EU signed a third Joint declaration on cooperation that aimed to further expand their strategic partnership collaboration and strengthen collective European defence. “We have just signed the third…
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Zimbabwe’s 2022 gold output reaches new record high
Harare: Zimbabwe’s gold output reached a new record high of 35.38 tonne in 2022, spurred by new mining projects, timely payments, and incentives to miners. The output was 19.5 percent up from…
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Pakistan’s Election Commission issues arrest warrants for Imran Khan, his aides in contempt case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top election body on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in a contempt case. The case is based…
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Ukraine’s 2022 defence expenditure accounted for 32.5% of GDP
Kiev: Ukraine’s defence spending in 2022 accounted for 32.5 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product amid the ongoing war with Russia, a top official said here. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of…
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Saudi Arabia boosts investments in Pakistan to USD 10 billion
Islamabad: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has directed authorities to study augmenting the Gulf Kingdom’s investments in Pakistan to reach USD 10 billion and increasing its deposit to the cash-strapped country’s…
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Indian American space expert named NASA’s new chief technologist
Washington: An Indian American aerospace industry expert has been appointed as NASA’s new chief technologist to serve as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programmes at the space…