World
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Rishi Sunak declares candidacy to be new UK PM, says he wants to fix economy
London: Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunday formally declared his candidacy to contest the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Liz Truss as British Prime Minister and fix the economy. The…
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak said to be locked in talks
London: With Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the two main potential candidates in contest to become the UK’s next Prime Minister, said to be locked in talks, speculation has been mounting over…
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South Korea, Arab nations to hold new round of FTA talks next week
Seoul: South Korea and a group of Arab countries will hold another round of negotiations for their free trade deal next week, Seoul’s trade ministry here said Sunday. South Korea and the…
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Xi elected general secretary of CPC central committee: Official communique
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the committee’s first plenary session held on Sunday, according to…
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Iran says US ‘expressed its hastiness’ to reach nuke agreement
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said his country has received a message from the US expressing American “hastiness to reach the nuclear deal with Iran”. “Three days ago, we received…
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Gujarati family’s death in Canada: Police seek public help
Toronto: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is investigating the deaths of four members of a Gujarati family who froze to death while trying to enter the US illegally in January,…
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Zelensky meets EBRD chief on Ukraine’s post-war recovery
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met visiting President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso to discuss the country’s post-war recovery. Noting the significance of Renaud-Basso’s visit to…
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Russian attacks in Ukraine are “genocide of Ukrainians”, says FM Dmytro Kuleba
Kyiv: Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday accused Moscow of “genocide of Ukrainians”, hours after Russian strikes reportedly targeted the country’s critical civilian infrastructure. Russia on Saturday had launched a missile…
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Former Chinese president Hu Jintao mysteriously escorted out in front of Xi Jinping
Beijing: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the ‘Great Hall of the People’ in Beijing on Saturday during the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist…
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Removal from FATF grey list to boost Pakistan’s reputation
Islamabad: Pakistan’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of countries would help boost the nation’s reputation and get a credit rating upgrade from global agencies, analysts said. Since the…
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Iran’s Rekabi latest female athlete at risk in home country
Morioka (Japan): Days after Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi caused an international incident by not wearing a her country’s mandatory headscarf while competing abroad, her fate is top of mind for the world’s…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping tightens grip on power
Beijing: China’s President Xi Jinping has strengthened his power as leader and elevated his status within the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) history, with major political resolutions announced on the final day of…
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Indo-Canadian gets 7 year jail-term for killing girlfriend
Ottawa: An Indo-Canadian man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for ‘accidentally’ killing and then attempting to burn the body of his Sikh girlfriend in Surrey. Harjot Deo, 25, pleaded…