World
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UN refugee chief visits Egypt-Sudan border crossing
Cairo: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi visited the border crossing between Egypt and Sudan and checked relief efforts being provided to the thousands of people who have fled…
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Birmingham: Chaman Lal elected first-ever British-Indian Lord Mayor
London: Councillor Chaman Lal has become the first ever British-Indian Sikh to take oath as Birmingham’s Lord Mayor. Born in Pakhowal village of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, Lal came to England in 1964…
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Israeli President Herzog to visit Azerbaijan amid warming ties
Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay a state visit to Azerbaijan, the first visit by an Israeli President to the Muslim-majority country. Herzog will depart on Tuesday for the two-day trip…
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Iran says security guaranteed on border with Afghanistan after clashes
Tehran: A top Iranian military commander has said that the security of Iran’s common border with Afghanistan is fully guaranteed as it is completely under the control of Iranian Army’s Ground Force.…
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Wildfire prompts evacuation orders in Canadian subdivisions
Halifax: Canada’s Nova Scotia RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) have ordered residents of subdivisions in the Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains area to leave their homes in the face of a fast-moving…
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F-16s to Ukraine would be ‘unacceptable escalation’, warns Russia
Moscow: Charging the US and its allies with “playing with fire” by increasing support for Ukraine amid the conflict with Moscow, including planning to provide it US-made F-16s, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…
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Major rise in world hunger, says UNFAO
There has been a major increase in the number of people that go to bed hungry in the world, as the globe reeled under the effects of prolonged conflicts and a global…
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Kabul-Tehran issues can be resolved through talks: Afghanistan’s acting FM
Kabul: Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has stressed the need to resort to dialogue to resolve issues between Kabul and Tehran in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan…
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Iran-Taliban exchange gunfire at Zabol border over water dispute
Tehran: Clashes broke out on Saturday between Iranian and Afghan Taliban forces at the border between the two countries, Iranian police said without reporting casualties, amid a water dispute between the two…
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ChatGPT lands US lawyer in trouble after it cites bogus cases
San Francisco: ChatGPT has fooled a lawyer into believing that citations given by the AI chatbot in a case against Colombian airline Avianca were real while they were, in fact, bogus. Lawyer…
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Finland to see biggest drop in housing prices in 30 yrs
Helsinki: Housing prices in Finland are expected to have the biggest drop this year since 1993, according to a housing market review conducted by Hypo, a credit institution specialising in the sector.…