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Elderly Sikh man in UK pleads guilty to murdering wife
London: A 79-year-old Sikh man has pleaded guilty to murdering his wife with a wooden rounders bat at their Hornchurch home in east London in May this year. Tarsame Singh appeared at…
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‘Never imagined in my life…’: Abdu Rozik meets Sheikh Mohammed in London
Tajikistani singer, social media sensation and ‘Bigg Boss 16’ contestant Abdu Rozik, met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in London. Taking to Instagram on Monday, July 31, Abdu shared a photo…
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UN chief Guterres condemns suicide blast in Pakistan
New York: UN chief Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a political convention of a hardline Islamist party in northwest Pakistan and called on authorities to bring those responsible…
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US judge rejects Trump’s attempt to derail 2020 election probe
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump’s attempt to derail an investigation into his alleged meddling in the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia has been rejected by a judge, the…
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Indian-American fired for speaking in Hindi with dying kin: Report
New York: A 78-year-old Indian-American engineer has claimed that he was fired from his job for speaking in Hindi with a dying relative on phone last year. Anil Varshney filed a lawsuit…
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US slaps sanctions on ISIS, al-Qaeda supporters in Maldives
Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on 20 individuals and 29 companies for providing financial support to operations of ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorist groups in the Maldives. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller…
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US officials in crucial talks with Taliban to address Afghan crisis
Washington: A group of senior American diplomats met representatives from the Taliban and technocratic professionals during which they discussed critical issues concerning Afghanistan’s well-being and humanitarian crisis, the State Department said. The…
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Taliban burns musical intruments, claims music ’causes moral corruption’
Kabul: Authorities from the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have burned thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment, which included a guitar, harmonium and tabla, claiming that music “causes moral corruption”, a media…
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Europe’s economy is growing again
London: The euro area economy is growing again, but may struggle to maintain the momentum for the rest of the year, CNN reported. Gross domestic product across the 20 countries that share…
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Daredevil dies after 721ft fall from top of Hong Kong skyscraper
Hong Kong: Remi Lucidi, a 30-year-old French daredevil known for climbing various towers around the world, has died after falling 721-ft from the top of a 68-storey Hong Kong skyscraper that he…
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Pakistan, China ink deals to boost CPEC phase 2
Islamabad: Pakistan and China on Monday signed six key documents to help undertake the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects under a new model, further cementing…
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Jewel thieves target Indians, South Asians in Massachusetts: Report
New York: Indian and South Asian families in several towns of the US state of Massachusetts are being increasingly targeted by thieves for their expensive jewelleries, a media report said. According to…
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SL records single-digit inflation for the first time since economic crisis: Official data
Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Monday said that its inflation dropped to 6.3 per cent in July from 12 per cent in June, a single-digit figure for the first time in two…
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Woman receives 100 Amazon packages she never ordered, keeps them all
Cindy Smith, a resident of, Virginia, US was shocked when packages from Amazon started piling up rapidly at her doorstep. Cindy was left wondering how nearly 100 packages bearing headlamps, glue guns…
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Video: Benazir Bhutto’s wax statue unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Dubai
Abu Dhabi: A wax statue of Pakistan’s late former Prime Minister (PM) Benazir Bhutto was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds Museum, Bluewaters Island in Dubai on Sunday, July 30. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister…